Danny Driver - Piano and Classical Music in London

Favourite pieces

Debussy's Cloches à travers les feuilles from Images, Series 2 performed in 2022 (May) and 2021 (March).

Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 performed in 2021 (April) and 2018 (July).

Schumann's Études symphoniques Op. 13 (with or without Op.posth. variations) performed in 2020 (October, 1) and 2016 (November).

Ligeti's No. 4 Fanfares from Etudes Book I performed in 2022 (May) and 2020 (October, 1).

Ligeti's Galamb borong from Etudes Book 2 performed in 2022 (May) and 2021 (March).

Ligeti's Fém from Etudes Book 2 performed in 2022 (May), 2021 (March) and 2020 (October, 1).

Wigmore Hall, 17-May-2024 / 19:30

Schumann
Gabriela Lena Frank
Beethoven

Wigmore Hall, 8-Jan-2024 / 13:00

Stravinsky: Divertimento for violin and piano
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G
Prokofiev: Andante from 5 Melodies Op. 35bis

Chloë Hanslip - Violin

Wigmore Hall, 29-Oct-2023 / 11:30

Beethoven

Kings Place, 7-Oct-2023 / 15:00

Kings Place, 7-Oct-2023 / 12:00

Nancarrow

Royal Festival Hall, 20-May-2023

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2

Philharmonia, Christopher Warren-Green - Conductor

Royal Albert Hall, 29-Oct-2022 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor

Favourite Concertos

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' performed on the 25^th of May 2024 at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Christopher Warren-Green, and on the 28^th of December 2018 at the Barbican Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Christopher Warren-Green, and on the 9^th of October 2016 at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gareth Hancock.

Wigmore Hall, 24-May-2022 / 19:30

Ligeti, Etudes Book 2:
- Vertige
- Der Zauberlehrling
Bill Evans, Chopin

Wigmore Hall, 09-Feb-2022 / 19:30

Conlon Nancarrow: Study No. 6 (arranged by Thomas Adès for 2 pianos)

Arditti Quartet

Wigmore Hall, 29-Oct-2021 / 19:30

Thomas Adès: Piano Quintet
Amy Williams: Cineshape 2
Rodericus: Angelorum psalat (arranged by Christopher Otto)

JACK Quartet

Royal Albert Hall, 18-Sep-2021

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Wigmore Hall, 16-Jun-2021 / 19:30

Recital with violinist Chloë Hanslip

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 'Spring'
Judith Weir: Music for 247 Strings
York Bowen: Romance in D flat
Delius: Violin Sonata in B

Wigmore Hall, 19-Apr-2021 / 19:30

Recital with Chloë Hanslip

Stravinsky: Suite italienne for violin and piano
Lili Boulanger:
- I. Nocturne from 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano
- D'un matin de printemps
Messiaen: Theme and Variations
Deirdre McKay: A Quarter Million Miles from the Moon

Wigmore Hall, 09-Mar-2021 / 19:30

Fauré:
- Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Op. 73
- Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63
Musorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

Wigmore Hall, 26-Oct-2020 / 13:00

Recital with Chloë Hanslip

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8
César Franck: Sonata in A for violin and piano
Reynaldo Hahn: À Chloris

Wigmore Hall, 01-Oct-2020 / 13:00

Bach: Sonata in F sharp minor Wq. 52 No. 4
Ligeti: Etudes No. 8 and No. 12 Entrelacs from Etudes Book II

Mr. Driver performed:

> Deirdre McKay's Time, Shining, Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, Betsy Jolas's Pièce Pour and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 'Hammerklavier' on the 18^th November 2019 at the Wigmore Hall.
> Janáček's Violin Sonata, Suk's Four Pieces for violin and piano and Schulhoff's Violin Sonata No 2 with violinist Chloë Hanslip in a BBC Radio 3 lunchtime recital on the 31^st of May 2019 at St. Lukes.

Mr. Driver:

> played Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23 and Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 on the 9^th of July 2018 with Chloë Hanslip in a lunchtime recital at the Wigmore Hall,
> performed with her at Kings Place in a concert including Beethoven's Sonata in G for violin and piano, Op. 96, two of Fauré's barcarolles, Violin Sonata No. 1 by Saint-Saëns and Hahn's Nocturne in E flat for violin and piano on the 18^th of April 2018,
> gave a lunchtime recital at the Wigmore Hall on the 26^th of March 2018.

Kings Place, 7-Oct-2017 / 19:00

John Adams: Hallelujah Junction (1996) (Driver & Owen)
Schumann: Andante and Variations, Op. 46 (Tan & Driver)
Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941) (Tan & Driver)

Melvyn Tan, Charles Owen
Katya Apekisheva

Cadogan Hall, 23-May-2017 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Venzago - Conductor

St John's Smith Square, 3-Nov-2016 / 19:30

Bach: French Suite No.5 in G, BWV.816
Balakirev: Nocturne No.2 in B minor
Rachmaninov: Selection from Etudes-tableaux, Op.39
Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B flat, Op.83

Mr. Driver performed:

> CPE Bach's Concerto in E flat for harpsichord & fortepiano, Wq.47 with Mahan Esfahani and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the baton of Rebecca Miller at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 30^th of January 2014

Kings Place, 9-Jan-2015 / 19:30

Recital with cellist Oliver Coates

Feldman: Patterns in a Chromatic Field for cello and piano (1981)

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