Albuquerque, New Mexico
28th October – 3rd November 2019
Metta Bhavana for solo piano
Commissioned for the 2nd Olga Kern International Piano Competition
Blackheath Concert Hall, London
Sunday 13th October 2019
Sextet for Piano and Strings – David Earl
Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 – Mozart
The Ubuntu Ensemble (Tessa Uys piano; Pieter Schoeman, Wilhmien van Rensburg, violins; Louise Lansdowne, cello; Rudi de Groote, Cello; Leon Bosch, Bass)
Memorial Hall, Rondebosch Boys’ High School, Cape Town
Sunday 1st September 2019, 3pm
Beethoven – Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 13 Pathetique
Chopin – 4 Impromptus; Fantasie in F minor Opus 49
David Earl – Old Roses
Schumann – Carnaval Opus 9
David Earl – piano
Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Friday 16th August 2019, 7.30pm
Beethoven – Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 13 Pathetique
Chopin – 4 Impromptus; Fantasie in F minor Opus 49
David Earl – Old Roses
Schumann – Carnaval Opus 9
David Earl – piano
The October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AL
Thursday 2nd May 2019, 7.30pm
Recital ‘A Celebration of African Art Composers’
Programme to include Nocturne – Old Nectar – David Earl
Leon Bosch (double bass) and Rebecca Omordia (piano)
Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Saturday 27th October 2018, 7.30pm
Sangharakshita Songs
for Baritone and Piano
(first public performance)
Manidhara (Graham Titus) – baritone
Akashadeva (David Earl) – piano
Part of a musical evening to benefit The Abhayaratna Trust
Casa Labia, Muizenberg, South Africa
Thursday 15th June 2017, 10.45
Schubert – Sonata No 16 in A minor D845
David Earl – Piano Suite No 4 Darshanas
Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Op 22
David Earl, Piano
Brooklyn Theatre, Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa
Saturday 10th June 2017, 18.00
Schubert – Sonata in A minor D845
David Earl – Piano Suite No 4 Darshanas (2016)
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor Op 40
Nocturne in B Op 62 No 1
Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Op 22
David Earl, Piano
St John’s Smith Square, London
Sunday 28th May 2017, 3pm
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A K581
David Earl: Sonata for solo Viola and Double Bass (world premiere)
Schubert: Octet in F D803
I Musicanti
Churchill College, Cambridge
Friday 26th May, 6.15pm
Piano recital
Andante con moto (from Sonata in A minor D 845) – Schubert
Piano Suite No 4 Darshanas – David Earl
Fantasie in F minor Op 49 – Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op 22 – Chopin
David Earl, Piano
Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Friday 5th May 2017 at 13.10
Lunch hour recital
Schubert – Sonata in A minor D845
Chopin – Nocturne in B Opus 62 No 1
Chopin – Andante Spianato and Polonaise Opus 22
David Earl, Piano
Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge
Saturday 29th April 2017, 7.30pm
Charity fundraiser in aid of The Friends of Whitworth House
Triratna Buddhist Centre, Berlin
Sunday 7th May 2017, 7.30pm
Schubert – Sonata in A minor D845
David Earl – Piano Suite No 4 Darshanas (2016)
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor Opus 49
Nocturne in B Op 62 No 1
Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Op 22
David Earl, Piano
St Mary and St Giles Church, Stratford Stony
Saturday 1st April 2017, 7.30pm
Queens’ Building, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Saturday 22nd April 2017, 7.30pm
Schubert – Sonata in A minor D845
David Earl – Piano Suite No 4 Darshanas (2016)
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor Opus 49
Nocturne in B Op 62 No 1
Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Op 22
David Earl, Piano
Stanley Library, Girton College, Cambridge
Sunday 6th November 2016, 14.30
Frederick Delius: Sonata no.3 for violin and piano, arr. Lionel Tertis
David Earl: Sonata for Viola and Piano
Carol Hubel-Allen – viola
Alan MacLean – piano
Endler Hall, Conservatorium of Music, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Saturday 1st October 2016 (starting time 20.00)
Viola Concerto (2016) – first performance
Emile de Roubaix (soloist)
University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra
Corvin Matei (conductor)
Festival Theatre, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
11th and 12th December 2015, 7.30 pm
13th December 2015, 2.00pm
Strange Ghost
A new opera marking the centenary of the death of Rupert Brooke
Music – David Earl
Libretto – Juliet Jenkin
Festival Theatre, Cambridge Buddhist Centre, Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8DT
Cape Town, South Africa
14th October 2014 at 7pm
Fundraiser for The Friends of The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra (private event)
Two recent works:
SONATA for Viola and Piano (first SA performance)
Emile de Roubaix – viola
David Earl – piano
QUINTET for Cor Anglais and Strings (premiere performance)
Carin Bam – cor anglais
Quentin Crida – violin 1
David Bester – violin 2
Karin Gaertner – viola
Peter Martens – cello
Pate’s Grammar School, Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham
Friday 4th July 2014, 7.30 pm
Sonata for Viola and Piano (first performance)
Duo Karadys
Carol Hubel-Allen (viola)
Alan MacLean (piano)
Cambridge Buddhist Centre, Cambridge
Saturday 28th June 2014 at 7.30 pm
Viola and Piano Recital
Duo Karadys
Carol Hubel-Allen (viola)
Alan MacLean (piano)
Handel – Sonata in G minor
David Earl – Viola and Piano Sonata (preview performance)
Rebecca Clarke – Morpheus
Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata
Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town
Tuesday 6th May 2014 at 8.15 pm
The Wineland Suite (first performance)
University of Cape Town Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Alexander Fokkens, conductor
City Hall, Durban, South Africa
Thursday 10th October 2013
Symphony Concert
programme to include
David Earl – Clarinet Concerto (first performance)
KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
Maria du Toit (clarinet)
Arjan Tien (conductor)
Queens Building Auditorium, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Friday 22nd March 2013 at 19.30
Cello and Piano recital including the first performance of Cello and Piano Sonata no 2 (David Earl).
With Jon Fistein (cello) and James Sherlock (piano).
Small Hall, State Conservatory, Nizhny Novgorod
Saturday March 2nd 2013 at 19.00
David Earl programme:
Oboe Sonata, Clarinet Trio and Piano Preludes Oxymorons.
With Viktor Pospelov (oboe), Alexandr Samarin (clarinet), Yulia Migunova (cello) and Yulia Grosheva (piano).
Rugby School, Warwickshire
Thursday 28th June
The Old Vicarage, Grantchester for baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra
Rugby School Arts Festival
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Tuesday 26th June 2012 7.30pm
A Rupert Brooke Society event
To include The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, a setting of Rupert Brooke’s poem for baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra – first performance, commissioned to mark the poem’s centenary.
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Graham Ross (conductor), Nicholas Mogg (baritone)
Members of the choirs of Clare, and Gonville and Caius Colleges
Music Faculty, West Road, Cambridge
Sunday 13th May 2012: Evening recital at 19.30
Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Old Roses (Earl)
In aid of the Friends of Whitworth House Extension Appeal
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Sunday 11th March 2012: Midday recital at 13.15
Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Old Roses (Earl) – free admission
Keynes Hall, Kings College, Cambridge
Saturday 30th April 2011 4.15 pm
Rupert Brooke song cycle (first performance)
City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Thursday 16th June 2011 8.00pm
Double Violin Concerto (first performance)
with Suzanne Martens, Farida Bacharova, CPO conducted by Thomas Sanderling
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Sunday 3rd April 2011 4.30 pm
Piano Recital – works by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Earl
In aid of The Friends of Whitworth House
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Friday 18th March 2011
Chopin Recital – Opening Ceremony, 4th National Congress for Polish Student Societies
Loddon Mill, Loddon, Norfolk
20th November 2010
Works by Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninoff,
plus excerpts from David’s Mandalas Suite
Hellenic Society, London
13th November 2010, 7.30 p.m.
A recital by Renée Reznek including the first performance of Chios Rhapsody for Piano
Stellenbosch Conservatoire of Music, South Africa
28th August 2010
Piano Quintet
David Earl with The Odeon Quartet
Hiddingh Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
22nd August 2010, 4.30 p.m.
Piano Quintet
David Earl with The Odeon Quartet
Langley School, Loddon, Norfolk
26th June 2010
Island Owl : Song Cycle for children’s chorus, soloists and orchestra
Langley School Choir and combined school choirs with the Norfolk County Youth Orchestra
Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Saturday 12th June 2010 at 7.30 pm
Chamber Concert featuring the premiere performance of Quintet for Piano and Strings (David Earl) and other items, including Cello Sonata in A Opus 69 (Beethoven)
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Sunday 2nd May 2010 at 7.30pm
David Earl Trumpet Concerto – First performance (soloist James Davison)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 K271 (soloist David Earl)
K.239 Chamber Orchestra (conductor Peter Britton)
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
23rd April 2010, 1.10pm
Lunch-hour recital
Programme to include works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff,
and the first performance of Sonatina for Piano (David Earl)