Soprano and Piano recital September 2024
Sunday 15 September 2024 at 3pm St Luke’s Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG Christina Birchall-Sampson (soprano) and Natalie Bleicher (piano) will be presenting a programme with the theme “Birds …
Song Without Words by Cheryl Frances-Hoad
A Little Passacaglia by Rob Keeley
Hopper by Joanna Lee
Dream Rotation Mark 2 by Dave Smith
Evening Lament by Sally Beamish
3 Plain Pieces by Paul Burnell
Natalie Bleicher is a classical pianist and composer living in Hertfordshire. She has a particular passion for contemporary music and performs new works regularly.
Natalie’s solo CD Dream Rotation features premiere recordings by British composers Sally Beamish, Paul Burnell, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Rob Keeley, Joanna Lee and Dave Smith. In 2018 Natalie was selected to perform in a BBC Radio 3 lunchtime concert for International Women’s Day. In 2019 she performed with Lontano ensemble in a CD of works by Jennifer Fowler and the world premiere of Odaline de la Martinez’s opera Imoinda. In 2021 she was rehearsal pianist for the UK premiere of the opera As One by Laura Kaminsky. She gives solo recitals of contemporary and standard repertoire in venues throughout London and Hertfordshire.
Natalie is the regular accompanist for Fortune Green Choir in West Hampstead and occasional accompanist for several other choirs. She plays for weekly Mini Mozart baby classes in St Albans and regularly accompanies grade and diploma exams. She teaches piano both privately and at York House School in Sarratt.
As a composer Natalie has written examination pieces for piano, electronic keyboard and harp which have featured on the Trinity Guildhall syllabus. Her flexibly-scored work Thalassa is published by CoMA in its Open Score anthology. In 2022 she was selected for the ABRSM Composers mentoring scheme to further develop her work writing music for education. Sample scores and recordings of Natalie’s works are available in the British Music Collection.
Sunday 15 September 2024 at 3pm St Luke’s Church, Langley Way, Watford WD17 3EG Christina Birchall-Sampson (soprano) and Natalie Bleicher (piano) will be presenting a programme with the theme “Birds …
I’m delighted to be one of six composers selected to take part in a mentoring scheme run by the ABRSM to write educational music. The mentoring programme is designed to …
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