PrintCity of London Festival 2010
21 June - 9July
Each summer the City of London Festival brings the City’s uniquebuildings and outdoor spaces to life with an extensive artisticprogramme ranging across many kinds of music, visual arts, film,walks and talks, much of it free to the public. Chopin’s last-ever publicperformance was in the Guildhall, at the heart of the City, and onceagain this historic venue will play host to his music, as the openingnight of the City of London Festival celebrates Chopin’s birth with aspecial evening of music-making.
Monday 21 June 7:30pm
Guildhall Old Library
Cristina Ortiz (piano) · Portuguese Chamber Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro (conductor)
Braga Santos Nocturno for Strings Op.11
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21
Luis Tinoco Chant for East Timor
Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C Op.21
Monday 21 June 10pm
Guildhall Yard
Chopin Compete Nocturnes
Twenty-one upright pianos will be brought together for a one-off candlelit
performance designed by the artist Luke Gerram. As darkness falls
twenty-one students of the Guildhall School will give the world première
of a new arrangement of the twenty-one nocturnes by Richard Causton
specially commissioned by the festival.
Tuesday 22 June to Friday 9 July
Play Me I’m Yours
The Street Pianos return by popular demand after the success of 2009.
The twenty-one uprights will be placed in locations throughout the open
spaces of the Square Mile. Luke Gerram’s project offers an extraordinary
open-air opportunity for impromptu recitals, sing-alongs or just a quiet
‘tickling of the ivories’ on the way home from work. Each piano will have
a specially designed sheet music book featuring pieces by Chopin as well
as new compositions inspired by his work.