Hiro Takenouchi Mozart Finale: Conway Hall Sunday Concerts at Conway Hall, London on Sunday 28th April 2019

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Hiro Takenouchi Mozart Finale

Conway Hall Sunday Concerts

Part of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, Spring 2019 Season

Add to my Calendar 28-04-2019 18:30 28-04-2019 20:30 36 Hiro Takenouchi Mozart Finale The culmation of Hiro Takenouchi’s year-long cycle of the Mozart Piano Sonatas includes some of his greatest works in the genre, including the effervescent D major sonatas and the famous ‘Rondo alla Turca’. “Perhaps the most celebrated “”sonata-thon” is the monumental series by Beethoven. I have never done it myself, but have heard reports from those who have, about the discovery, the mental journey, the spiritual progress, the journey of the man himself, and so on. I have a sneaking suspicion and a somewhat sanguine wish that I might find the same shining wonder in all the sonatas by Mozart. Although we know that his skills as a composer matured, and he certainly changed his language to suit the evolving musical fashions, I want to test this theory by playing them all, to find the unchanging and sparkling spirit of a man preserved in all the sonatas. I have now lived longer than Mozart did. Not that this gives me any right or superior insight into his music, but it is an odd feeling that I am in a position to look back at all the ages at which Mozart wrote these 18 works. If I have time, I might endeavour to play the Beethovens, Schuberts, or even the Haydns too!” (Words by Hiro Takenouchi) Conway Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Camden
London
WC1R 4RL
England

Sunday 28th April 2019
6:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata no.6 in D major, K.284/205b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata no.17 in B-flat major, K.570
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata no.11 in A major, K.331/300i
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata no.18 in D major, K.576

Performers

Hiro Takenouchi – piano

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Programme Note

The culmation of Hiro Takenouchi’s year-long cycle of the Mozart Piano Sonatas includes some of his greatest works in the genre, including the effervescent D major sonatas and the famous ‘Rondo alla Turca’.

“Perhaps the most celebrated “”sonata-thon” is the monumental series by Beethoven. I have never done it myself, but have heard reports from those who have, about the discovery, the mental journey, the spiritual progress, the journey of the man himself, and so on. I have a sneaking suspicion and a somewhat sanguine wish that I might find the same shining wonder in all the sonatas by Mozart. Although we know that his skills as a composer matured, and he certainly changed his language to suit the evolving musical fashions, I want to test this theory by playing them all, to find the unchanging and sparkling spirit of a man preserved in all the sonatas.

I have now lived longer than Mozart did. Not that this gives me any right or superior insight into his music, but it is an odd feeling that I am in a position to look back at all the ages at which Mozart wrote these 18 works. If I have time, I might endeavour to play the Beethovens, Schuberts, or even the Haydns too!”

(Words by Hiro Takenouchi)

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