Internationally acclaimed pianist Viv McLean will be making a very welcome return to Freshwater Memorial Hall on Saturday September 16th when he gives the first concert of West Wight Arts Association’s 2023/2024 season, starting at 7.00pm. Viv has delighted Isle of Wight audiences in recent years both for WWAA and the IoW Symphony Orchestra.

Described by the press as having “extraordinary originality, superb simplicity, and fingers of steel hidden behind muscles of velvet”, Viv will play sonatas by Scarlatti, Beethoven’s Appassionata sonata, Intermezzos op.117 by Brahms, Mouvements Perpétuels by Poulenc and finish with a Nocturne, a Mazurka and a Scherzo by Chopin.

Tickets at £16.00 (£2.00 students and children) are available from www.westwightarts.co.uk (booking fee of £1.00) and Totland Parish Office 756028. Season tickets for all 9 concerts of the season at £110 are available from Jackie Warner on [email protected] or 755825. Full details from WWAA’s website www.westwightarts.co.uk.