Recorded in the West Parry Room at the Royal College of Music in London, Imma Setiadi and Nigel Clayton play four hands on a Steinway Model B piano. Everyone Matters is very grateful to the Director of the Royal College of Music for permission to record in this historic setting. 

00:00    Nigel and Imma introduce the evening’s recital and the first item:

02:06    Marche caractéristique No.1 in C, D.886, Op.121 by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) 

08:19    Nigel introduces the second item:

08:45    Wachet auf by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) 
(From the chorale cantata “Sleepers, wake”, BWV 140)
Arranged for piano duet by Leonard Duck

13:41     Nigel and Imma introduce the third item:

Dolly Suite, Op. 56 by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
17:44    No.4 Kitty-valse
20:27    No.5 Tendresse
23:28    No.6 Le pas espagnol

25:45     Nigel and Imma introduce the fourth item:

26:57    Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 
Brahms’s “Cradle Song” Op. 49, No.4, arranged by piano duet partners Greg Anderson and                   Elizabeth Joy Roe

30:21    Nigel and Imma introduce their final item:
 
32:08    In paradisum from the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
arranged for piano duet by Imma Setiadi

35:56    A view of the Royal Albert Hall pictured from the window of the West Parry Room

Nigel Clayton is both Piano Professor and Collaborative Piano Professor at the Royal College of Music. He developed a particular interest in chamber music and accompanying while himself still a student at the RCM. In recent years his collaborative music making has taken him on major tours of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Middle East, USA, Europe and the UK, with regular London appearances at the Wigmore Hall, on the South Bank and on the BBC.

Indonesian-born Imma Setiadi came to London to study at the RCM including with Nigel. Imma’s many awards include selection as a young artist by the Park Lane Group and Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society. She is an LPO Foyle Future Firsts 2018-19 and a Pro Corda / Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellow.

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