Bedford Music Festival 1985, Prizewinners' Concert Part 1

Bedford Festival 1985 Part 1

Bedford Music Festival, Prizewinners' Concert 1985, Part 2.

Bedford Festival 1985 Part 2

A piano performance given in 1995 by Nigel Johnston at a friend's informal concert.

Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse

Piano performance given by Nigel Johnston at an informal concert in 1994. Picture shows trophies won at the Bedford Festival in 1987, adjudicated that year, by the late Peter Element FRCM.

Lennox Berkeley Prelude No. 1 from 'Six Preludes' Op.23

A performance by Nigel Johnston at an informal concert in 1995. The picture shows trophies won at the Bedford Festival in 1991,  the adjudicator was Christopher Elton, Head of the Piano Faculty at the Royal Academy of Music for 24 years and now a Professor Emeritus. The framed item is the Sheila Mossman Memorial prize for Grade 8, awarded from the Associated Board in 1990.

Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor Bk. 2 No. 20

A performance given by Nigel Johnston at an informal concert in 1995.

Chopin Etude in G flat Op.10 No.5 (Black Keys)

A performance given in the Bedford Corn Exchange by Nigel Johnston during the Prizewinner's Concert of the Bedfordshire Competitive Music Festival in March 1985.

Tchaikovsky 'Sweet Dreams' from 'Album for the Young' Op.39

A performance given by Nigel Johnston in 1988 at the Harpur Centre, Bedford during a musical event organised by Chiltern Radio.

Rachmaninov Prelude in G Minor Op.23 No.5

A performance given by Nigel Johnston at Television Centre, White City, London, during the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, January 1988. Piano: Steinway D 274.

Brahms Rhapsody Op.79 No.1 in B minor.

A performance given by Nigel Johnston at Television Centre, White City, London, during the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, January 1988. Piano: Steinway D 274. I also won a silver medal from the North London Music Festival (adjudicator: Kate Elmitt)  playing this piece, and performed it at the Purcell Room as a junior student of the Royal Academy of Music.