Rachmaninov – Sonata n. 2 op.36 in B flat Minor
Debussy – Image Book 2
Silvestrov – Three pieces from Kitsch Music
Ravel – Miroirs
Our evening classical recitals are back! We are so pleased to be up and running again, with a slightly different format.
We will present 4 concerts a year, each offered on two consecutive evenings. Sunday evenings will be a concert, dinner and wine event, with canapes and wine to be served in the interval, and the concert to be followed by a three-course meal with paired wines.
Monday evenings will be concert only, with a glass of wine served in the interval, included in the ticket price.
Audiences will be limited to around 25 guests for each event.
Timings will be as follows:
Sunday evenings:
Doors 5:30pm – Concert start 6:00pm – Dinner 8:00pm approx.
Monday evenings:
Doors 7:00pm – Concert start 7:30pm
Pricing will be as follows:
Sunday evening concert, dinner and wine package – £160.00 per person
Monday evenings concert – £30.00 per person
London-based Maya Irgalina is a Belarusian pianist of Tatar origin. She performs internationally with UK highlights including Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Machynlleth Festival, Oscar Wilde Weekend, and Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
Maya’s recent appearances include the Oxford Festival of Arts together with soprano Nicola Said, performances at Piano Week Festival in Rugby, UK, and in Quimper, France premiering the theatrical recital Who Does She Think She Is? together with mezzo-soprano Veronica Chacon.
Maya has won numerous prizes in piano competitions, including Dudley, Sydney, Maria Yudina and Scriabin. She is the winner of the RNCM’s highest accolade for solo performance, the Gold Medal, and had her Wigmore Hall debut as a winner of the Worshipful Company of Musicians auditions. Her playing was broadcast by ABC (Australia), BBC Radio 3 and Belarusian Radio. As a soloist, she has played with orchestras including City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Belarusian Opera House Orchestra, RNCM Symphony Orchestra, Batumi Symphony Orchestra and others.
As a collaborative pianist, Maya has been selected as Britten-Pears Young Artist and was featured in Semyon Bychkov’s Beloved Friend project about Tchaikovsky. She regularly performs with such singers as Fleur Barron, Ruby Philogene and Nicola Said; she has received The Paul Hamburger Prize from Graham Johnson and is an alumna of Franz Schubert Institute in Baden bei Wien, Austria.
Maya is a frequent guest in Piano Week as a performer and educator. In 2023 Maya became the ambassador of the PH Pianos, recording videos on the Danish design pianos.
Maya is very grateful to her professors Lilia Ter-Minasian, Graham Scott, Ronan O’Hora and Julius Drake. She holds the International Artist Diploma in Solo Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music and the Master’s degree in Music from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Menu
Canapés
Cured Cornish turbot, black curry spices
Ham croquettes, local wild apple
Our sourdough focaccia
To Start
Confit duck, walnut and celery, pickled grape sauce
Main Course
Roasted cod, farfalle of morels, tomato, garlic and thyme
Dessert
Chocolate pavé, macerated raspberries, local rose petal ice cream