Piano duet partners Nigel Clayton and Imma Setiadi perform some of their favourite repertoire, interspersed with poems read by Rob Archibald and with a guest appearance by Margaret Archibald clarinet.
Recorded in the north aisle at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, Imma Setiadi and Nigel Clayton play four hands on the church’s Steinweg piano. Everyone Matters is very grateful to Father John and to his administrator Rachel Rae for welcoming us so warmly.
00:14 Piano by Heather Du Pré (b.1949)
01:34 Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), arr. for piano four hands by Charlie Harmon
06:10 In Black and White by Rosemary Whittingham (b.1935)
06:50 Organ Recital by Lesley McLetchie (b.1937)
07:40 Andante & Allegro brillante, Op.92 for piano four hands by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
18:54 Piano by D H Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
20:06 Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943), arr. for piano four hands by Greg Anderson
26:36 Slippers on a Worn Carpet by Rosemary Whittingham
28:13 Italian Polka for piano four hands by Sergei Rachmaninoff
30:45 The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
32:25 Bist du bei mir by G. H. Stölzel (1690 - 1749), found in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach by JS. Bach (1685 - 1750), arr. for piano four hands by Greg Anderson, with clarinet played by Margaret Archibald
35:38 New Every Morning by Susan Coolidge (1835 - 1905)
37:44 Six Pieces, Op.11 for piano four hands by Sergei Rachmaninoff, No.6 - Slava (Glory)
The Slava (Serbian Cyrillic: слава, lit. 'celebration', pronounced [ˈslâʋa]) is a Serbian Orthodox Christian tradition of the ritual glorification of one's family's patron saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the saint's feast day.
Audio and video production by Robert Archibald
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.
Robert Archibald made his debut at the Monaco Opera House aged 6 and has been composing since he could reach the piano keyboard. His performance career spans many instruments, genres and locations, touring the UK first as a church chorister and then as a punk guitarist, playing keyboards for prog rock in Canada and for death metal in Australia. He works as a sound engineer including for Everyone Matters.
Margaret Archibald has accumulated a large collection of modern and historic clarinets during her career as recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral player, teacher, coach and lecturer and has travelled widely with many modern and period instrument orchestras. She set up Everyone Matters in 2010 to deliver professional music-making to those less able to access it for themselves.
Heather Du Pré was born in Jersey and came to London to study with Guy Jonson at the Royal Academy of Music, soon launching on a solo piano career. She wrote “Piano” after health issues forced her to stop playing and after this time she published several collections of poetry and drawing and exhibited paintings in London galleries including being accepted for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.
Rosemary Whittingham learnt piano from her early years, initially with her father who was a church organist. She has very affectionate memories of her teaching days, working with the youngest children, and now lives in Chislehurst enjoying walking, gardening and music in her retirement. She took up the clarinet when in her late 60s and passed Grade 8 just 8 years later. The poems in this video come from her published collections “Monkeys in the Lupin Trees” and “Stars in my Soul”.
Lesley McLetchie was born in Aberdeen and hit the headlines immediately when she became the youngest baby ever to fly, in her mother's arms back home to Kirkwall on Orkney. She was sent to a boarding school for children of colonial families in Perthshire when only 8 years old. She has published several volumes of poetry and is a long-standing member of the Shortlands Poetry Circle. One of her young pupils during her career teaching in Bromley was 6 year old Robert Archibald.