Rich
Solo · Based in Adelaide · Travels Australia-wide
About this act
Rich Batsford writes piano music people put on to unwind, and his original compositions have been streamed more than 50 million times and played on ABC Classic FM. That's the backbone of Classically Chilled Piano, his solo set for weddings, corporate events and functions across South Australia and beyond. Expect Einaudi favourites like Le Onde and I Giorni alongside gentle takes on All of Me, God Only Knows and Song for Guy. He's played the Adelaide Convention Centre, Chateau Tanunda and Regattas Bistro, and he's been performing solo piano professionally for over a decade, with earlier stints in charting pop bands and a symphony orchestra chorus. He prefers a real piano, but brings a battery-powered digital one when there isn't a piano in the room. Sets run up to four hours.
Repertoire
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Ludovico Einaudi (contemporary piano from the worlds most streamed classical artist):
Le Onde, Dolce Droga, Dietro Casa, La Nascita, Nefeli, Password, Berlin Song, Julia, I Due Fiumi, Stella Del Mattino, I Giorni, Come un Fiore|
Beautiful and relaxing original compositions as heard on ABC Classic FM and streamed online over 50 million times.
Mystery of Love (Sufjan Stevens)
If I Ain't Got You (Alicia Keys)
All of Me (John Legend)
By the Time I get to Phoenix, Whiter Shade of Pale, Try a Little Tenderness
Time of Your Life (Green Day)
The Way Old Friends Do (ABBA)
Song for Guy (Elton John)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)
Angel of Mine (Monica)
Ballad Pour Adeline (Richard Clayderman)
You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)
The Beatles (some in jazzy arrangements): Long and Winding Road, Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, Nowhere Man, Yesterday, With a Little Help From My Friends, Here There and Everywhere
Paul Simon: America, The Boxer, Bridge over Troubled Water, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy), I am a Rock, Still Crazy After All These Years
Angela (theme from ‘Taxi’)
Hill Street Blues Theme
Theme from M*A*S*H
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
Sound of Music
Rose (Titanic)
You Belong to Me (Shrek)
Danny Boy (Memphis Belle)
River Runs Through You (Twilight)
Can you Feel the Love Tonight (Lion King)
Pure Imagination (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fly Me to the Moon, I Could Write a Book, I Get a Kick Out of You, I've Got You Under My Skin, Misty, Volare, My Funny Valentine, You Make Me Feel So Young, My Way
At Last, La Vie en Rose, Stairway to the Stars, In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, As Time Goes By, It Ain’t Necessarily So, And the Angels Sing
Bach Prelude 1
Delibes Flower Duet from ‘Lakme’
Satie Gymnopedie
Schumann Traumerei (Dreaming)
Chopin Etude No 3 (theme from)
Chopin Raindrop Prelude (theme from)
Time to Say Goodbye (Bocelli, Brightman)
Pachelbel’s Canon