Rachmaninov in transcription by Zoltàn Kocsis

Vocalise: Rachmaninov transcription played by Bernard Pulham

"Butterfly" Étude opus 25 No.9: Chopin

from the Album "Nobody's Jazz" Bernard Pulham plays Trenet and Kasputin

"Rêverie" Jazz Concert Étude op40/2 Kapustin

"Pastorale" Jazz Concert Étude opus 40/6 Kapustin

"Black Notes" Étude op.10 No.5 in G flat: Chopin

Leopold Godowsky's Transcription for solo piano played by Bernard Pulham

Saint-Saëns/ Godowsky: Le Cygne (The Swan)

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"Reminiscence" Jazz Concert Etude opus 40/4 Kapustin

"Raillery" Jazz Concert Etude opus 40/5 Kapustin

Transcription of Weissenberg's rare recording "Mr Nobody Plays Trenet" played by Bernard Pulham
from the Album "Nobody's Jazz" Bernard Pulham plays Trenet and Kasputin

Boum! : Trenet/Weissenberg played by Bernard Pulham

Transcribed from Weissenberg's rare recording "Mr Nobody Plays Charles Trenet". Played by Bernard Pulham

from the Album "Nobody's Jazz" Bernard Pulham plays Trenet and Kasputin

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Vous qui passez sans me voir: Trenet/Weissenberg played by Bernard Pulham

Grand Etude de Paganini 6 in A Minor, Liszt

Studio Recording January 2016 played by Bernard Pulham

'Un Sospiro' Concert Study in D Flat Major, Franz Liszt

Piano reduction of Ravel String Quartet in F Major, second movement
as transcribed by Lucien Garban
played by Bernard Pulham

Assez Vif: Très Rythmé, Maurice Ravel

2017 studio Recording
Liebestraum in A flat major, piano Nocturne by Franz Liszt
performed by Bernard Pulham

Liebesträum 3 in A flat major, by Franz Liszt: played by Bernard Pulham

from 12 Études d'Exécution Transcendante 
Franz Liszt
played by Bernard Pulham

Franz Liszt: Feux Follets

Maurice Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

Released on Greenfinch Records
Recording made in November 2012

Claude Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse

recorded in November 2012
correct version now uploaded!

"Chromatique" Étude in A Minor op10/2: Chopin

recorded November 2012
I have now changed the recording to a different interpretation!

"Tristesse" Étude in E Major op10/3: Chopin

"Torrent" Étude in C# Minor op10/4 Chopin

Franz Liszt: Gnomenreigen

no. 1 Gaspard de la Nuit
played by Bernard Pulham

Maurice Ravel: Ondine

based on the virtuosic version made by Georges (Gyorgy) Cziffra of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of The Bumblebee. Cziffra's live recordings of this piece were later transcribed by his son for publication.

Georges Cziffra / Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of The Bumblebee

Chopin: Étude opus 25 No. 1 in A flat "Aeolian Harp" played by Bernard Pulham

"Aeolian Harp" Étude opus 25 No. 1 in A flat: Chopin

Franz Liszt Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs) from 2 Konzert Etuden played by Bernard Pulham

Franz Liszt: Waldesrauschen / Forest Murmurs

Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch (1982) for piano played by Bernard Pulham

Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch 雨の樹素描

Bernard Pulham
Gabriel Keen

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Glorification of the Chosen One from Part 2 of The Rite of Spring: Bernard Pulham and Gabriel Keen

Preview excerpt from CD of Rite of Spring for Two Pianos.

Kiss of Earth and Dance of Earth from Part 1 of Rite of Spring: Pulham/Keen Duo

I am a pianist from the United Kingdom. I studied Piano at Chethams School of Music with the late Charles Hopkins (a pupil of Gyorges Cziffra, John Ogdon and Alexis Weissenberg).


While at Dartington College of Arts I continued performing solo piano and contemporary chamber music. During postgraduate study in Manchester I gave public recitals including one of the earliest performances of Maxwell Davies' piano sonata.
An extensive twenty year career in music and creative arts education followed, alongside incredibly exciting meetings with John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu and Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose Klavierstück XII I studied with Ellen Corver at the composer's first course in Kürten 1998. In 2010 I began widely expanding my repertoire of romantic and impressionist music.
I have also studied Japanese language both at London University and in Japan and I also play the Koto a little.
I am grateful to all the listeners around the world who enjoy my musical examples every day here on Soundcloud! It is very encouraging to find new audiences this way.  Especially thankful to all of you who have bought a track or whole album from iTunes, Amazon or CD Baby in full CD quality.

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