Le Cirque Invisible, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 22 August 2009

We went to see Le Cirque Invisible with Anthea and Mitchell.

Here is the Official London Theatre blurb about the show.

I recall a beautiful summer evening, enjoying drinks on the SBC terrace etc. I recall that the others liked the show more than I did. Of course it is clever and skillful, but I fins acrobatic/gymnastic performance only does so much for me.

Lyn Gardner in The Guardian didn’t like it.

Here’s a good snippet which gives you a reasonable idea:

I can’t for the life of me recall what we did afterwards. Janie and I both thought, at first, perhaps we went to Hix, but I’m now pretty sure that was another time, after we four went to a dance thing at the Barbican. Perhaps we decided not to eat afterwards on this occasion or just ate light on the South Bank.

Anna Maria Stanczyk Playing Chopin & Liszt At The Queen Elizabeth Hall, 5 November 1986

Busy day at work – went to piano recital with Jilly in evening at QEH.

This one stumped me as I didn’t keep a programme and had no record of it on my other logs. Not even Gemini could help me, but I guessed correctly that the Queen Elizabeth Hall might advertise concerts through listings and found the atatched detailed one in The Daily Telegraph through my Newspapers.com subscription.

Anna Maria Stanczyk QEH 5 Nov 1986 Anna Maria Stanczyk QEH 5 Nov 1986 1 Nov 1986 The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Aha. This is what we heard Anna Maria Stanczyk play:

  • Frédéric Chopin – Polonaise in A flat Op 53
  • Frédéric Chopin – Five Mazurkas Op 7
  • Frédéric Chopin – Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23
  • Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne in E minor Op 72/1
  • Frédéric Chopin – Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op31
  • Franz Liszt – Six Polish Songs By Chopin
  • Franz Liszt – Sonata in B minor

Here’s a recording of her playing the Polonaise in A flat at The Thames Festival in 2010: