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Title: Merry Go Round of Life
Movie: Howl's Moving Castle
Composer: Joe Hisaishi

So I just finished my undergrad, so Geoff and I thought we would record one last time. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 

I made the arrangement myself since I couldn't find any others that I really liked.

Merry Go Round Of Life - Howl's Moving Castle - Joe Hisaishi - Piano and Violin

sibelius piano

Sibelius Impromptu No 5 in B minor
Rob Marshall - Piano
Live recording from September 2011 All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Wales

Sibelius Impromptu No 5 in B minor

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This track is from the album Saint-Saens violin Concerto, Beethoven Triple Concerto and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/allaa

Camille Saint-Saens, violin concerto N.3 in B minor op 61, 3rd m

Possibly the most well known and most loved of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas, but do you know the 2nd and 3rd movements?
Performed by Welsh Concert Pianist Rob Marshall at a live recording at All Saints Church in Oystermouth, Swansea, Wales

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata Mvt 3. Presto agatato

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata Mvt 2. Allegretto

Ivor and Jones the Steam find a mysterious red hot 'thing' on Smoke Hill outside Llaniog. What can it be? 
With many thanks to Daniel Postgate for permission to record and upload this story.

Ivor The Engine - The Dragon by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin

Performed live by Welsh pianist Rob Marshall at All Saints Church, Mumbles, Swansea, Wales in 2002

Sibelius Romance in Db Op.24 No 9

Welsh pianist Rob Marshall performs the majestic 'Vallee d'Obermann' by Franz Liszt from 'Annees de Pelerinage' (Suisse. Recorded live as part of All Saints Alive Music Festival in 2002 in Swansea, Wales

Liszt - Vallee D'Obermann

Haunting and full of religious beauty. Performed by Welsh concert pianist Rob Marshall live at All Saints Alive Festival

Liszt - The Bells Of Geneva

The Janacek Piano Sonata is a very underplayed work in the piano repertoire. It was written as a reaction to the execution of a Czech woodcutter at a demonstration demanding a Czeck University.
Performed here by Welsh concert pianist Rob Marshall in 2000 live in Swansea, Wales

Janacek - Piano Sonata I X 1905 1. The Presentiment 2. The Death

Liszt's virtuosic writing for the piano is clear throughout this piece and at times it is almost Satanic - literally 'Dancing with the Devil'
Performed by Welsh Concert Pianist Rob Marshall live in 2000 in Swansea, Wales.

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1

The first published piece by Finnish Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. The work is in 6 distinct movements that are linked
Performed live in Helsinki, Finland by Welsh Pianist Rob Marshall in 2002

Rautavaara - Pelimannit (Fiddlers) Op. 1

'The Island Spell' by John Ireland performed by Welsh concert pianist Rob Marshall live in Swansea, Wales

The Island Spell

Concert Pianist From Wales, UK

Robert Marshall was born in Swansea South Wales into a family, which have produced a number of musicians and singers. His musical ability was spotted at an early age and by the age of six he had started piano lessons under the tuition of Norman Edmonds.

In 1990 Robert became a student at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he studied with a line of distinguished pianists including Rosalie Armstrong, Julian Jacobson, and Mikhail Kazakeivich; and also with Irina Zaritskaya at the Royal College of Music, and privately with Leslie Howard in London. He also participated in numerous master classes with pianists such as David Owen Norris Vanessa Latarche, Bernard Roberts, Michael Ponti, and Alexander Torradze. After appearing in a master class with Alexander Torradze he was invited to study on a concert artist’s course at the University of Indiana in the United States, but due to funding problems he was unable to take up the offer.

Whilst a student at R.W.C.M.D. he was appointed to the post of orchestral pianist with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain which took him on national tours. He also had much success in competitions including twice being recipient of the John Thomas (Merthyr Tydfil) award, Lawrence Davies memorial award and in 1994 he became the first piano student to win the coveted R.W.C.M.D. Concerto competition. He performed twice with the college orchestra as soloist – in 1992 he played Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals” with the College Chamber Orchestra, and after winning the concerto competition he gave a highly acclaimed performance of Liszt’s first concerto with the College Symphony Orchestra at St David’s Hall in Cardiff.

Since then Robert has been in considerable demand as soloist and has played with most of the orchestras in Wales including, Welsh Philharmonic, Cardiff Philharmonic, Welsh Chamber, National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, Festival Orchestra of Wales and the Classical Fanfare Orchestra. He has worked with many eminent conductors such as Tadakki Otakka, Christopher Adey, Adrian Leaper, Mark Shanahan, Owain Arwel Hughes and Elgar Howarth. Concerto performances include Grieg, Liszt, Schumann, Rowley, Shostakovich (No. 2), Prokofiev (No. 1), Beethoven (No’s. 1, 3 and 5), Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Richard Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto” in a special concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of V.E. Day.

Other solo performances include festivals dedicated to the composers Bartok, Stravinsky, Brahms, Schubert and Chopin, also Swansea, Margam, Neath, Carmarthen and Cardiff festivals. Elsewhere in the U.K. he has played in London, Nottingham, Swindon, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Litchfield, and international recitals in France, Germany, Finland, Spain, Italy and Denmark.

Returning to live in Swansea in 1997, Robert was appointed the post of Musical Director to the Swansea branch of the Welsh National Youth Opera, and also spent time as Musical Director with Llanelli Youth Theatre – conducting musicals including Sondheim’s “Assassins” and Rogers and Hammerstein’s “King and I”.

In June 2001 with Violinist Matthew Jones, he gave the World Premiere of “Cantus Insolitus” for violin and piano by World-renowned composer Karl Jenkins, and he promotes music by Welsh Composers whenever possible – having performed Daniel Jones Bagatelles for Piano both in Wales and Denmark.

In the world of pop music he has performed with singer Bonnie Tyler whom he regularly works with as a coach, the band “Dirty Fingers” and has also performed with and entertained many celebrities including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and David Emmanuel.

Robert currently lives in Swansea and apart from playing as a soloist and chamber musician; he has built up an outstanding reputation as an accompanist, having worked with many instrumentalists and singers from the United Kingdom and abroad for concerts, examinations, competitions and auditions. He partners Tenor Greg Arthur in a concert duo, is a piano adjudicator for the Urdd National Eisteddfod, Musical Director for "Lighthouse" Theatre Company, a member of the “Millennium Awards Fellowship”, the UK Sibelius Society and also on the advisory committee of Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts.


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Sibelius Impromptu No 5 in B minor

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