Riverside Stroll + Piano Recital in 'The Journalists' Church'

We will meet at 11 am at the Embankment Cafe (nearest Tube Station: Embankment).
At around 11.30 am we will start our riverside stroll eastwards....
Then we will head up through Middle Temple one of the Inns of Court and on towards St Brides Church.
As you enter St Bride's Church from Fleet Street, you are immediately aware of two things: firstly, that this is a building of great beauty and tranquillity and, secondly, that this is a place steeped in history.
In this church there is evidence of a Roman burial to the Christian rite; a Celtic-Romano settlement and a well; the marks left by the Saxons and Normans. Here King John held his parliament and Wynkyn de Worde brought his printing press in 1500. St Bride's was Henry VIII's parish church and the Book of Common Prayer was first used here. Samuel Pepys was baptised at St Bride's and Benjamin Franklin designed a lightning conductor for the unique "Wedding Cake" steeple. The current church is the eighth on the site and one of Wren's finest achievements
We will attend the lunchtime recital given by James Kirby who performs regularly throughout the UK and Europe. His recital work includes appearances at major concert series in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Holland, the Czech Republic, Bermuda, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia and in the UK at Wigmore Hall and the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh festivals.
The recital will consist of:

P Tchaikovsky
Six pieces from The Seasons op. 37b

1. January: At the Fireside
2. February: Carnival
4. May: White Nights
7. July: Song of the Reaper
11. November: Troika
12. December: Christmas

L van Beethoven
Sonata in E major op. 109

i. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
ii. Prestissimo
iii. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung

After the recital we shall go to a nearby pub for lunch (optional).
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