Music as a Storyteller
Thu 10 Aug
|St Paul’s Church Covent Garden
Time & Location
10 Aug 2023, 13:00 – 14:00 BST
St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, Bedford St, London WC2E 9ED, UK
About the event
Programme:
J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor, BWV. 849 (Book 1)
L. v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
F. Schubert: 4 Impromptus Op. 90, D. 899
F. Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 12 “Chasse-neige”
"A word from the Performer I would like to provide a variety of composers' works that I enjoy. Given the venue, I felt that the strong organ imagery of Bach's c sharp minor prelude and fugue made it an appropriate opening piece. Beethoven's sonata Op.109 was one of his late works; the first movement represents the sound of a chorale theme and the third movement I find especially profound and evocative of a story tale. Schubert’s four Impromptus show distinct characters and varied emotions in each of the impromptus, expressing liveliness, sweetness, bitterness, relief and mystery throughout the set. Liszt's Chasse-neige (literally, snow-whirls) gives one the impression of…