We are delighted to welcome you to Biggin Hall Country House Hotel for lunch and a piano recital by acclaimed pianist Roelof Temmingh.
South African Roelof Temmingh enjoys a multi-faceted career comprising solo piano, chamber music, art song, orchestral piano, composition and arrangement, and working with other composers. This diverse career has taken him to sought-after stages including Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie, as well as festivals such as Verbier, Buxton, Clifton, Amsterdam Grachtenfestival, and most recently, the World Orchestra Week in New York. He is a Young Artist of the Musicians’ Company, who also supported his Constant/Kit Lambert Fellowship at the Royal College of Music. As part of the Delphine Trio, he has recorded at Abbey Road Studios, as well as releasing the trio’s debut album Adrift with the Dutch label TRPTK in 2024. The Trio won the ROSL Mixed Ensembles Category 2025, and are Young Artists of the Philip and Dorothy Green Trust. Roelof is also building a concert schedule with Matthew McKinney, duo partner and First Prize Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2024. His past piano teachers include Dina Parakhina, Nigel Clayton, Paul Gulda, and his mother Zorada.
One of Beethoven’s happiest piano sonatas, Op 31 No 3 is full of humour, excitement and dance rhythms. Medtner’s Forgotten Melodies also include many dances, some wild and fiery, but opens in stark contrast with the Beethoven into the deeply melancholic Sonata Reminiscenza, one of Medtner’s most beloved pieces.
PROGRAMME
Beethoven Sonata Op 31 No 3 The Hunt
- Allegro
- Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
iii. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
- Presto con fuoco
Medtner Op 38 Forgotten Melodies
- Sonata reminiscenza
- Danza graziosa
iii. Danza festiva
- Canzona fluviala
- Danza rustica
- Canzona serenata
vii. Danza silvestra
viii. Alla reminiscenza
ABOUT THE VENUE
Biggin Hall is a stunning 17th century country house in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales. Free parking is plentiful on site.
LUNCH MENU
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