Kathleen Long (1896 -1968), a pianist born in Brentford

by Duncan Walker

We’ve just stumbled across a wonderful pianist, Kathleen Long, who was born in Brentford and her recordings are still available from the 1940s and 1950s.

Kathleen Long Plays Mozart.

Here she is playing the ‘Fauré Ballade for Piano and Orchestra Op. 19’.

And playing in 1948 the ‘Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 K491 Kathleen Long’.

And playing the ‘Scarlatti Sonata in E flat L.142’.

Kathleen Long was a child prodigy, and appeared in public at the age of eight, while her London debut took place in the Aeolian Hall in 1915. From 1910 to 1916 she studied for Herbert Sharpe at the Royal College of Music in London, where she herself was a teacher from 1920 to 1964. She was a regular performer at the CEMA concerts during World War II, often with the violinist Eda Kersey.

In 1950 she was decorated by the French Government for her services to French music and in particular for playing and recording works by Gabriel Fauré. She was also made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her "services to music" in 1957.

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Kathleen Long Plays at St Lawrence's

  • Oct 4, 2011

  • Duncan Walker

Just imagine..... If Kathleen Long was with us today and we had St Lawerence Church rennovated to be a live recital space, just as we suggested. The recital could be against a backdrop of Brentford artists such as Bob Law.

What a marvellous thought of what Brentford could be with some imagination.