Friday 19 November 2010
Assembly Rooms · 7:30pm
| Mozart | Fantasia in C minor K475 |
| Allegro and Andante K533 | |
| Sonata in D major K576 | |
| Rondo in A minor K511 | |
| Sonata in C minor K457 |
The Hungarian-born pianist and conductor András Schiff, a British citizen since 2001 and a perennial favourite in our concert halls, is celebrated for his performances of the music of the classical period: one CD reviewer has praised “the inherent freshness and spontaneity of his playing”. Here he launches a two-concert Mozart celebration with a programme of solo piano music from the composer’s later years in Vienna. The dramatic Fantasia and Sonata in C minor, usually paired, are separated to provide a frame for a diptych of sonata movements, another complete Sonata (Mozart’s last), and the heart-breakingly expressive Rondo in A minor.
Tickets: £26 £21 £15 £10
Box Office: 01225 463362
Event Code MF14
Supported by Martin & Elise Smith