Follow the Ravel Trail with us at Stromness Town Hall on Thursday 20 February 2025 from 7.30pm.

In the 150th anniversary year of French composer Maurice Ravel, Orkney Arts Society presents a solo piano recital featuring Ravel’s masterpieces for piano performed by a pianist heralded for his spectacular musicianship and technical brilliance.

Alongside Ravel’s most famous works – Pavane pour une enfante defunte, Jeux d’eaux, Valses nobles et sentimentales and Gaspard de la nuit – pianist James Willshire will play music by Couperin, Liszt and Fauré, composers who were strong influences on Ravel.

The programme will also feature a work by British composer Lennox Berkeley who studied with Ravel and was greatly influenced by him.

Tickets are £12 for OAS members, £16 for non-members, £6 for under-25’s and £3 for schoolchildren. Tickets can be purchase in advance via TicketSource or on the door if still available.

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