Paul Lewis born on 20th May 1972 is an English classical painist and will play Beethoven’s last three sonatas at St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton on Saturday, 3rd October from 7.30pm. These are widely considered to be three of the most sublime, brilliant and audacious of his works for piano.
Paul’s father worked at the Liverpool docks and his mother was a local council worker; there were no musicians in the family background.
He is married to Bjorg Vaernes, the Norwegian cellist of the Vertavo Quartet. (“I played the cello as a young boy, really badly, and that was my...
International pianist Peter Donohue will be playing an inspiring programme: SCHUMANN, R: Abegg Variations, Op. 1 SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A Major D959 SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 CHOPIN: 3 Waltzes CHOPIN: Two Nocturnes, Op. 62 DEBUSSY: Trois Pièces Pour Piano 1. Masques 2. D'un Cahier d'Esquisses 3. L'Isle Joyeuse for further details see website: www.stpetersmusic.co.org
Oh dear! How much worse can it get. The Chancellor has got a real problem, a complete lack of growth in the economy and debt not coming down. In only June 2010 he forecast borrowing in 2015/16 to be £20 billion. He now estimates this figure to be £87 billion! Debt was to peak previously during 2014/15 but instead will now peak in 2016/17 and at a much higher level. Austerity has been pushed out by a further two years Growth forecasts for the economy have been reduced again but perhaps the good news is that we should avoid a recession at the next quarter’s release of figures. I bet we do it...
