Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)

Pieces performed

Performances

  • ??/11/1919 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Regent’s Park (home of Maud Allan), London, UK
    Private reading in presence of Busoni
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 02/11/1920 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Mortimer Hall, London, UK
    2nd “Sackbut” concert
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 02/06/1921 Marthe Martine (soprano), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Société des Agriculteurs de France, Paris, France
    Société Musicale Indépendante
    • 21 Trois poèmes pour chant et piano
  • 13/01/1922 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Kammersaal, Musikverein, Bösendorferstrasse, Vienna, Austria
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
    • 28 Piano Sonata No. 2
  • 13/04/1924 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury: Contemporary Music Centre, London, UK
    British Music Society (International Society for Contemporary Music)
    • 28 Piano Sonata No. 2
  • 16/01/1930 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Westminster Congregational Church (now Westminster Chapel), London, UK
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi
  • 01/04/1930 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Stevenson Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
    Active Society for the Propagation of Contemporary Music
    • 48 Piano Sonata No. 4
  • 01/12/1930 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Stevenson Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
    Active Society for the Propagation of Contemporary Music
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 29/04/1931 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Stevenson Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
    Active Society for the Propagation of Contemporary Music
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi
  • 16/12/1936 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Stevenson Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
    Active Society for the Propagation of Contemporary Music
    • 57 Toccata Seconda

Broadcasts etc.

  • 22/04/1930 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    BBC London Regional, London, UK [broadcast]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 19/10/1932 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Bombay Station (radio), Bombay, India [broadcast]
    Improvisation (according to the composer)
  • 07/12/1932 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Bombay Station (radio), Bombay, India [broadcast]
    Improvisation (according to the composer)
  • ??/??/1933 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Bombay Station (radio), Bombay, India [broadcast]
    Improvisation (doubtful — probably refers to one of the two preceding items)
  • 08/12/1969 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    WBAI (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
    “The Composer Sorabji” (Erik Chisholm): illustrated talk read by Frank Holliday
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 13/12/1970 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 12/12/1971 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 10/12/1972 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    WNCN (radio), New York NY, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 08/11/1973 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    KPFA (radio), Berkeley CA, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 19/02/1975 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    WMUK (radio), Kalamazoo MI, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 19/06/1976 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Minnesota Public Radio (broadcast over KSJR/KSJN/KCCM/WSCD/KRSW/KLSE), Collegeville MN, USA [repeat broadcast of recording]
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé [extract]
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi [extract]
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana [extract]
    • 85 Piano Symphony No. 4 [extract]
  • 25/08/1982 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    WUHY (later WHYY) (radio), Philadelphia PA, USA [broadcast of recording]
    90th birthday tribute
    • 63 Gulistān
  • 26/07/1988 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    Cleveland Lodge (home of Lady Susi Jeans), Dorking, UK [recording]
    Organists’ Summer School: Illustrated Lecture
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
  • 24/02/1989 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (piano)
    NOS (Nederlandse Omroeprogramma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
    • 66 100 Transcendental Studies [26]