West Wight Arts Association are delighted to welcome back the pianist Viv McLean who will give a piano recital at the Memorial Hall Freshwater on Saturday October 15th starting at 7.00pm. Viv has played several times for WWAA and with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra.

Winner of the First Prize at the 2002 Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, Viv McLean has performed at all the major venues in the UK as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne where he held the Hodgson Fellowship and was made an Associate of the Royal Academy in 2005. He made his Wigmore Hall recital debut through winning the Friends of the Royal Academy Wigmore Award. Viv has recorded regularly for BBC Radio 3 since making his recital debut through the BBC Radio 3 Young Artists Forum scheme. His commercial releases include recordings for such labels as Sony Classical Japan, Naxos and the RPO label.

Viv will play:

Bach/Busoni Chorale Prelude "Ich Ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BMV. 639

Ravel Sonatine

Chopin Prelude in C Sharp Minor Op. 45
- Polonaise in C Sharp Minor Op. 26 No. 1
- Nocturne in E Flat Op. 9 No. 2
- Polonaise in A Flat Op. 5

Grieg Lyric Pieces
- Arietta Op. 12 No. 1
- Berceuse Op 38 No. 1
- Schmetterling Op. 43 No. 1v - Nocturne Op. 54 No. 4
- Remembrances Op. 71 No. 7

Gershwin Song Transcriptions: The Man I Love, Oh Lady be Good, Sweet and Lowdown, I Got Rhythm
- Rhapsody in Blue

The concert is generously sponsored by Peter and Elizabeth Marsden to celebrate their diamond wedding.

Tickets at £12.50 (£2.00 students and children) are available from Totland Parish Office, 756028, www.westwightarts.co.uk or at the door