Tyler Hay – Vaudeville Virtuoso
Monday 13th October 2025, 7:00 PM at National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, Westminster, London, SW1A 2HE.
Programme
Frédéric Chopin – Polonaise no.6 in A flat major ‘Herioc’, Op.53
Claude Debussy – Preludes, Book I: La Fille aux Chevaux de Lin
Felix Mendelssohn – Spring Song
Edvard Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Christian Sinding – Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring), Op.32 no. 3
Franz Liszt – Grandes études de Paganini, S.141: 3, ‘La Campanella’
Carl Czerny – Grand Étude en forme de variations, Op.882 no.46
Anton Rubinstein – Piano Sonata no.1, Op.12
Performers
Tyler Hay – piano
Programme Note
Act I – Popular Classics and Comedy
Tyler presents a selection of all-time favourite piano music, laced with musical anecdotes and tongue-in-cheek humour.
Act II – Forgotten Masterpieces
Tyler showcases two rarely heard masters of the Romantic era with works that stretch virtuosity to its limits.
Tyler Hay is an artist of rare talent, a true ‘pianist of the people’ – equally an extraordinary, international competition-winning virtuoso and a highly charismatic entertainer (and quite handy on a billiards table, too!). For one night only, in the spectacular setting of the National Liberal Club in Central London, Kettner Concerts presents Tyler in a novel performance format.
In ‘Act I’, he offers a selection of the most beloved classical piano works – with original, humorous introductions to each piece. Expect nostalgia-inducing poetic musical beauty, alternating with laugh-out-loud comedy!
‘Act II’ offers an exhilarating tour-de-force of virtuoso piano playing as Tyler champions two 19th century composers whose music is criminally underperformed (in Tyler’s opinion – you’ll have to decide for yourself when you hear it!).
Tyler Hay first showed prodigious talent at the age of 11, winning a local award in Kent with his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1. He then gained a place to study at The Purcell School for Young Musicians under the great Tessa Nicholson.
A virtuoso pianist drawn to some of the most demanding works in the repertoire, Tyler has performed worldwide – from London’s major concert halls to a cruise ship in the Antarctic.
Winner of the 2022 Dudley International Piano Competition, Tyler is a formidable pianist. But also an entertainer. Mentored by BAFTA award-winning comic Alistair McGowan, he increasingly uses humour to engage new audiences with the music he loves.