Wind down for your weekend with this 9pm Cocoa Concert; pianist Lynn Arnold is thrilled to bring you her interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations as the debut performance on her new instrument!

This is the first Cocoa Concert that BMCS is hosting, and BMCS is delighted to return to your screens on Friday 26th February at 9pm. Roger Coull will be technologically masterminding this live-streamed concert, which will include arguably the greatest work ever written for keyboard: Bach's Goldberg Variations. Rumoured to have been written for Count Kaiserling's insomnia for the young Goldberg to play, to "be of such a smooth and somewhat lively character that he might be a little cheered up", musicologist Forkel asserts that Bach composed these magnificent variations for Goldberg...

Normally priced at £12.50 per ticket, we are instead inviting donations. Proceeds will be split equally between the Church of St Peter & St Paul Butlers Marston and the artists. Our concerts are normally only able to be viewed live: this concert will remain available for a further 24 hours.

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About your pianist:

Pianist Lynn Arnold is well-known for her collaborative musicianship and for her commitment to advocating and performing British music. Recognised for the breadth, scope and depth of colour of her interpretations, Lynn performs frequently both across the UK and internationally as a chamber musician, soloist and accompanist. Since 2009, Lynn has been the Founder Director of the Butlers Marston Concert Society, bringing outstanding chamber music to rural, and most recently, online, audiences since 2009.

A founding member of the Warwick Piano Trio, the Arnold Ensemble and the piano duet "Four Hands" with Charles Matthews, Lynn also collaborates with individual artists including Roderick Williams, Gabriela Demeterova, Roger Coull and Peter Mallinson. “Four Hands: Lynn Arnold & Charles Matthews” have recently recorded two CDs for Albion Records, and Lynn is delighted to be collaborating with the Tippett Quartet for Dutton Epoch in a series of CDs.

An alumna of Cambridge University where she held a celebrated Instrumental Award, Lynn won much recognition in various competitions during her subsequent study at the Royal Academy of Music, not least the prestigious Sir Henry Richardson Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund. A former Park Lane Group Young Artist, Lynn studied with Vanessa Latarche, Michael Dussek and Patsy Toh.

Lynn is on the staff of the Royal Academy of Music and has coached chamber music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. A member of the ABRSM grade examining panel, Lynn also nurtures her select private teaching practice.