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22march2026 Sunday 2pm Simon Finlow piano virtuoso & POTLUCK buffet 102/53

Woodacres, Bethesda

Sun, March 22, at 2:00 PM, EDT
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    $25 tickets ($20 for Supermusers)
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    30 of 30 tickets still available
    Drinking policy
    Bring your own drinks
    Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks provided
    Pets
    Cats live here
    Wheelchair access
    Wheelchair Accessible

    This is a groupmuse

    A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.

    Host

    Richard W. Superhost

    22march2026 Sunday 2pm Simon Finlow piano virtuoso & POTLUCK buffet, music begins 3pm 102/53

    Professor Finlow studied with Imogen Cooper, prior to attending Oxford University as an undergraduate subsequently earning a PhD in music from King’s College, Cambridge; he taught/played music professionally.

    He hasperformed in recitals throughout the Washington area and competed successfull in several competitions, including the 7th Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition (2016). I have also performed in master classes with distinguished artists including Santiago Rodriguez and Olga Kern, and played beautifully in many WIPAC, Washington international piano arts competition.

    Program: including the Liszt B minor sonata

    PotLuck Dinner Buffet. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch for potluck reception during intermission & beginning, when doors open. Guests are encouraged to bring food/wine to share/potluck; if considering a sweet, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 3pm, please be on time, 2 sets with 1 short intermission, rarely one longer set. Guests most welcome and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share/potluck, please consider bringing wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Buckets/Filtered Water Provided.

    Advance payment REQUESTED (pay thru GroupMuse or the PayPal Link) NO CASH at EVENT--illegal in MD; $25 including PP/GM fee, advance only, artist receives $18.97 groupmuse, $24.25 PayPal per SOLOX announcements. All guests will be seated in Music Room. Accessibility note: 3 steps walkway to entry hall, 30 inch doors inside.

    Arrivals 2-2:30pm ...
    -potluck dishes dining room
    -wine, beverages: bar in galley
    -important: coats and bags upstairs please
    -arrivals: 2pm for social hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet
    -concert seating opens: 3pm, music begins
    -outdoor cats live here
    -2 upstairs galleries open, 2 upstairs lavatories, open in addiction to main lavatory rear of studio

    Your safety is paramount: covid vaccinated/booster guests preferred, or PCR tested (honor system). Please consider the newly released Flu and current covid vaccines.

    What's the music?

    Simon Finlow

    The program begins with Liszt's Sonata in B minor, his greatest work for solo piano, published in 1854. Alfred Brendel described this as the finest sonata composed after Beethoven, a view which many musicologists share. It comprises a single thirty-minute movement with several contrasting sections or quasi-movements. All the hallmarks of the mature are on full display throughout this extraordinary composition.

    The second work, Enrique Granados's "Maiden and the Nightingale", is part of his collection of "Goyescas", pieces inspired by the paintings of Goya. It is perhaps the best known of the set, with rich, expressive harmonies and some of the composer's most exquisite melodic lines.

    The final work is "Danzas argentinas" by the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera, published in 1839. The three pieces in this collection are "Danza del viejo boyero", "Danza de la moza donosa", and "Danza del gaucho matrero". As one musicologist has asserted, "With its distinct Argentinian folk influences and dynamic piano textures, [Danzas] remains one of the most celebrated works in Latin American classical music."

    Where does this music come from?

    Romantic and post-romantic music for piano. The Liszt sonata is a cornerstone of the Romantic repertoire. The Granados and Ginastera selections are some of the most edifying Latin music of the 10th century.

    Location

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