Bach English Suite No. 3 in g minor BWV 808
Dutilleux 3 Préludes
Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
Interval
Marshall Waltz for Eleanor, Prelude No. 3, Valse Chouette
Beethoven Sonata Op. 110

D’Anglebert Prélude in g minor
Chopin Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4
Messiaen Prélude 1964

Alexander discusses his debut album Notations & Sketches ahead of its release in January 2019 by Rubicon Classics. Alongside he will perform works by D’Anglebert, Chopin and Messiaen.

6pm Lecture Recital Room

Works by Boulez, Dutilleux and Messiaen to mark the upcoming release of Alexander’s debut album, Notations & Sketches, recorded in GSMD’s Milton Court

1.10pm St. Giles’ Cripplegate

Alexander curates a performance of contemporary music by the young students at City of London Girls School

10am francemusique ‘En pistes!’ broadcast Dutilleux’s Chorale et variations from Alexander’s new disc Notations & Sketches

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The Notations Project

Alexander leads his educational outreach programme The Notations Project at Whitgift School. 25 young pianists will each write a composition inspired by the works of Boulez and Kurt.

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3.30pm Venue tbc

Lecture Recital examining memorisation in the works of Boulez and Messiaen.

7.30pm Holy Trinity Church

Delius Concerto

7.30pm Vicars Hall, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

Bach English Suite No. 3 BWV 808
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Beethoven Sonata Op. 111

11.30am SWR2 broadcast

Alexander’s debut album Notations & Sketches is reviewed on German radio SWR2 Treffpunkt Klassik – Neue CDs by Jürgen Kesting.

Includes the second movement of Dutilleux’s Piano Sonata ‘Lied’, and Boulez’s Notations.

“In the album titled Notations & Sketches, British Pianist Alexander Soares makes a brilliant case for the pioneering works of new music”
- Jürgen Kesting

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7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Edward Road Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2HL

Bach English Suite No. 3 in g minor BWV 808
Albeniz El Puerto
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Beethoven Sonata Op. 111

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2pm, St Mary’s Church, Perivale

Bach English Suite No. 3 in g minor BWV 808
Albeniz El Puerto
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit

1.10pm St Giles Cripplegate
Women Composers Concert

Alexander opens a student concert featuring the talented students at CLSG

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre Prelude in A minor

The second workshop of Alexander’s collaboration with composer Gonçalo Gato.

Gonçalo Gato NowState (2019)

Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal

Date tbc

CD recording

St. James’s Piccadilly, 1.10pm

Dutilleux 3 Preludes
Chopin Mazurka Op. 17 No 4
Debussy Poissons d’or
Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux Op. 39 No 3

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St. Giles Cripplegate, 1.15pm

CLSG Spectrum Concert

Alexander will curate a performance of contemporary music, performed by pupils of City of London School for Girls

Southgate, Maxability Charity Recital, 7.30pm

Bach Partita No 5 in G BWV 829
Arnold Variations on a Ukranian Folksong
Beethoven Sonata Op. 110
Liszt Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Chopin Polonaise Fantaisie Op. 61

The Notations Project Launch

11am Whitgift School, Croydon

As part of Whitgift School’s piano day, Alexander will be launching his composition and piano workshop The Notations Project inspired by Boulez’s miniatures.

Fore further details, please visit thenotationsproject.com

Highgate School, 7pm

Debussy and Friends Faculty Concert

Works by Debussy, Bizet and Lavignac

LSO Soundhub residency 1

Workshop with composer Gonçalo Gato

King’s Ely, 7.30pm


Chopin Polonaise Fantaisie Op. 61
Liszt Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Dutilleux Choral et Variations

Bartok Sonata Sz 80
Liszt Sposalizio
Beethoven Sonata Op.110

Senate House, London, 5.30pm

Surrealism and music in France, 1924-1952: interdisciplinary and international contexts


Boulez douze notations
Boulez Une page d’éphéméride
Jolivet Piano Sonata
Messiaen Prelude (1964)
Messiaen Île de Feu 1

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