A LUNCHTIME recital is to be given in Weymouth by pianist David McNulty.

This is an ideal chance to slip away from the hustle and bustle of the shopping streets and hear some piano music.

The concert is at St Mary’s Church at 1pm on Wednesday, July 9.

Numbers to be performed are Debussy’s Bergamesque suite, (which includes Clair de Lune) and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, one part is The Great Gate at Kiev – many people will know this if not by name.

David started his studies at the Belfast School of Music in 1990.

After weekly tuition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music from 1993, he went on to study with internationally renowned concert pianist, Hugh Tinney on the four year BA performance degree from which he graduated with honours in 2001.

He then moved to London and completed a masters degree in performance with Hamish Milne, at the Royal Academy of Music in 2004.

David has won several prizes and taken part in concerts throughout Ireland and the UK, as well as in Finland, Germany and at the Royal Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam.

Concerto collaborations include RTE Concert Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the West London Sinfonia.

He is an avid masterclass participant and over the years has played for such celebrated pianists as Barry Douglas, and John O’Conor.

He has recently taken part in a series of masterclasses in London, Bristol, Bath and Sheffield with the legendary Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov.

Recent performances include solo recitals for the Kilkenny Festival and at the John Field Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Tickets will be £5 on the door, and refreshments will be served before the concert from 12.30pm.