Adam Johnson
Sunday 24th January 2027  3.00 pm, Parish Church, £18

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Adam Johnson was a Scholar and Junior Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with Martin Roscoe and performing under the batons of Kent Nagano, Martin Brabbins and George Hurst. He made his concerto debut aged 15 in St Petersburg, conducting from the piano. His studies continued in London under Peter Feuchtwanger.
 
He is equally at home conducting opera as he is soloist in concerto repertoire, playing chamber music or directing his own large-scale compositions. He is active as a teacher and currently Head of Keyboard at Newcastle University.

Programme:
​Mendelssohn Song without words op 30 no 7
Schubert Impromptu op 90 nos 1 and 4
Brahms Intermezzos op 116 nos. 6 and 2, op 117 no. 2, op 119 no. 3
Liszt Legend no. 2 : St Francis of Paola marching over the waves
Brahms Fantasy op. 79
Johnson Voices of the Ocean
Alexandra Louie Once upon a time
Debussy Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (selections)

“The programme as a whole is suffused with charm and in Adam Johnson's performances is immensely listenable to”
                                                                                                - Gramophone Magazine