Programme: William Alwyn - Sonata alla Toccata (1946) Doreen Carwithen - Sonatina (1946) Arthur Bliss - Masks (1924) John Ireland - Three Pastels (1941) Interval Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor op. Post Chopin - Sonata in B minor op. 58 The critical plaudits which have greeted Mark Bebbingtons performances and recordings have singled him out as a British pianist of the rarest refinement and maturity ("Bebbington is without doubt one of Britain's finest pianists." wrote Michel Fleury recently in Classica). Internationally recognised as a champion of British music, in particular, Mark has recorded extensively for the Somm label to critical acclaim, with no fewer than nine of his recent CDs awarded 5 by BBC Music Magazine. Recent CDs include three British Piano Concertos with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, an all-Gershwin album with Leon Botstein and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ('Recording of the Month' from MusicWeb International). A CD of Concertos by Grieg (including the premiere of his sketches for a Second Piano Concerto, edited by Robert Matthew- Walker) and Delius with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Jan Latham-Koenig was released in April 2018 and became 'CD of the Week' in The Times and Mail on Sunday. Full details at https://www.wensleydaleconcertseries.co.uk/