A RETURN visit by the Russian pianist Sophia Lisovskaya marked the start of the new season of concerts in the chapel at Kirkleatham Almshouses.
A thoughtful and intense performance of Mozart's B minor Adagio K.340 provided an effective prelude to three Chopin works.
In his Nocturne op.9/1, she caught the quiet of the night with assurance, while the F sharp Barcarolle, op. 60 caught the romanticism of the piece tellingly, in contrast to her strongly defined, yet elegant, B flat minor Scherzo, op. 11.
The second half of the evening was given over to Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, op.37, a suite of 12 short, descriptive pieces tracing the 12 months of the year, each preceded by a brief spoken introduction.
All were finely wrought and colourful. A Rachmaninov Prelude from the op 32 provided a welcome encore.
Next concert at Kirkleatham is by Arta Arnicane, from Latvia, on November 16, her fifth visit to the chapel; details from communigate.co.uk/ne/classicsatkirkleatham/, also at Darlington Piano Society on November 17 and Stockton Arc on November 20.
Dave Robson
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