A bit of careful googling brings up information for a good few concert societies in the region, including the very well established Sunderland Pianoforte Society . I have been meaning to attend one of their events and finally made the trip to Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens yesterday for the final piano concert of the current season, featuring Margaret Fingerhut with a full programme including Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Debussy and more. A first for me in artist as well as location! Arriving in the Museum I had chance to at least glance at the displays in the Pottery room; enough to notice that the Museum is definitely worth a detailed visit. I also noted the fabulous Steinway ready and waiting. I had heard about the ' Sunderland Steinway ' from a few musical friends and even from the first few notes the character of this centenarian Model D shone through: warm, mellow and very classy. Fantastic. Margaret's programme for the evening was centred around ballade...
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