Lunchtime Concert: David Alexander (piano)

Chichester Cathedral's popular lunchtime concerts take place on Tuesdays at 1.10pm during term time, in the spectacular setting of the Cathedral Nave. They are free and last approximately 50 minutes. You are welcome to come and go as you please. Coffee is available at no charge, and some visitors even bring a sandwich! There is a retiring collection.

David Alexander graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music in 2002 having studied with Yonty Solomon and Andrew Ball. During his time at the College David won most of the piano prizes including the Dannreuther Concerto Prize, which he was awarded on two occasions for performances of concertos by Schoenberg and Poulenc with RCM orchestras. He was also twice a finalist in the prestigious Chappell Gold Medal, and in 2000 was awarded the highest possible mark for his undergraduate final recital.

David has performed at such venues as the Purcell Room, St John’s, Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’ Piccadilly, and the Warehouse in London, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, and the Guildhall and the Pump Rooms in Bath.

He has performed live for BBC Radio 3 and for Radio France, and abroad in France, Germany, Switzerland and South Korea.

The Times newspaper wrote of his performance of Tippet’s third sonata: “…(his) assured performance of this challenging work was deeply impressive. Rising to the technical hurdles of the frantic toccata was an achievement in itself, but Alexander also found a seething turbulence in the piece’s long, central movement giving it much-needed momentum and a visceral impact.”

2018/19 sees David continue to balance his performance commitments (which include the continuation of his project to perform each of the Beethoven Piano Concertos with conductor Angelika-Rose Stangl and the Johannes Ensemble) alongside teaching roles at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department and at Eton College.

Programme of Music:

La Cathédrale Engloutie (from Prelude, Book 1)
by Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Fantasie in C, Op. 17
by Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)

I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; ImLegendenton

II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch

III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten.