"As I listened,
enthralled, to Gibbons'
glorious playing – now
melting, now almost
terrifying in its ferocity,
there flashed
across my mind that
much quoted
remark of Schumann's
concerning Chopin:
'
Hats off, gentlemen,
genius.' Surely
there was more than
a touch of genius
in Jack Gibbons"

Fairfield Halls recital review

COMPOSERS

Johann Sebastian BACH
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Frederic CHOPIN
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Charles-Valentin ALKAN
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George GERSHWIN
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Jack GIBBONS
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