After a performance of the Brahms D minor concerto, with the Derby Concert Orchestra, October 2006, conducted by Jonathan Trout.
Piano Performance
Background and Booking Repertoire Recent Performances Programme Biography
Please see my Programme Biography for a summary of my career. I am always ready to
discuss traditional or innovative programmes, or non-conventional performance settings. All audience types and age groups can be considered. Solo programmes are rooted in the mainstream piano repertoire, as seen in my repertoire – from Bach to Bartok and beyond, but can also include ragtime and light jazz, or my own arrangements of African folk songs.
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After a performance of the Brahms D minor concerto, with the Derby Concert Orchestra, October 2006, conducted by Jonathan Trout. |
J.S.Bach: D major, C minor, D minor
Mozart: K 271, K 414, K 466, K 467 (Elvira Madigan), K 488, K 491, K 503, K 537
Beethoven: Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Schumann: A minor
Brahms: D minor
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Grieg: A minor
I have performed most of the above Concertos with professional and
semi-professional orchestras in UK and abroad. Enquiries for projects and new
concertos are always welcome and will be considered.
In Preparation:
Beethoven: No.1
Sample Recital Programmes
Please enquire if you have any particular wishes for your concert. Suggestions
below are only a guideline.
Sample Recital Programmes:
Keyboard Dances from Bach to Bartok
J.S.Bach Partita, No.4 in D major
F. Schubert, from Waltzes op.18
F. Smetana, Polka and Furiant
Shostakovitch, 3 Phantastic Dances
F. Liszt, Mephisto Waltz No.1
Folk Music from Botswana (arr. BT)
J. Brahms, 6 Waltzes from op.39
F. Chopin, Polonaise op.53
I. Albeniz, Cataluna and Castilla from ‘Suite Espagnole’
B. Bartok, Roumanian Folk Dances
A. Ginastera, 3 Danzas Argentinas
Romantic Piano Music You Have Always Wanted to Hear
F. Chopin, Nocturne E flat major
Waltz B flat major
F. Liszt, Liebestraum No.3
Concert Study ‘La Campanella’
R. Schumann, Carnival
Clara Schumann, Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann
G. Gershwin, S’Wonderful, The Man I love, I got rhythm,
R h a p s o d y I n B l u e
Variations on a Theme
G.F. Handel, The ‘Harmonious Blacksmith’
W.A. Mozart, ‘Ah, je voudrais dire, Maman’
L.v. Beethoven, ‘Rule Britannia’ Variations
Joseph Whitol, Variations on a Latvian Folksong
Clara Schumann, Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann
Variations in style of different composers on the German Folksong “Oh Du lieber
Augustin”
Beethoven, ‘Eroica Variations”
Music from New European Member States
COMPOSER PROFILE CONCERTS: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin
THE COMPLETE WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER BY J.S.BACH
CONCERTS SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS:
Short, ’fun’ or titled pieces with introductions:
J.S.Bach Gigue from French Suite or Partita
Mozart, Alla Turca
Beethoven , Rondo “Rage over the lost Penny”
Schumann, Selection from ‘Kinderszenen’
Chopin, ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Revolutionary’ Studies
Bartok, Roumanian Folk Dances (with Audience Participation)
Kurtag, Selection from ‘Jatekok’
Gershwin, ‘I got rhythm’
Joplin, 2 Ragtimes
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The following provides my career summary, and biographic detail for a concert programme:
Beate Toyka was born in Germany, to a
family in which music and internationalism were a way of life. Trained in Cologne Conservatoire she went on to the Royal Academy of Music to study with Hamish Milne. While there she won the Leslie England prize for interpretation and was accepted by the AVANTI concert agency for outstanding young musicians. Moving to Cambridge, she traveled to destinations across Europe, both as soloist as well as in chamber music ensembles. She also taught for Cambridge University.
Leaving Cambridge, Beate lived for seven years in Botswana, Southern Africa. From there she played concerts in most surrounding countries - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, and was broadcast on Radio Botswana. Whilst keeping true to her classical roots she also responded to the influence of
other sounds around her. She joined forces with marimba players, local dancers and choirs and arranged Tswana folk songs for piano. She wrote and produced 2 childrens' operas, merging the cultural influences she found around her.
Beate now lives in Derbyshire, England. Through continued playing and teaching, she explores new forms of musical communication. She is a sought-after teacher, accompanist and adjudicator. Frustrated with teaching advanced students who had been poorly taught in early childhood, she has taken a keen interest in the teaching of absolute beginners, and has trained in the Suzuki teaching method. She co-founded and runs the “Peak District Suzuki Piano Workshop” – an intensive residential summer piano course for children, set in the heart of England’s beautiful Peak District.
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With Zimbabwean marimba virtuoso Alport Mhlanga, Beate receives applause after their “Bridge the Gap” concert in Gaborone, Botswana.
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Beate produced and played, with husband and writer Tim, the childrens’ musical fairy tale, “Msichana, the Blacksmith’s Daughter”, set in East Africa. She has formed the Derby Piano Quartet, 4 pianists playing music in combinations from 1 to 8 hands. In search of new ways to reach audiences Beate teamed up with members of Derby University and created a 'New Look' Recital, placing the classical performance within a multimedia presentation. She has founded and runs her own highly successful community choir.