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Valentines Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional Valentine's piano recital in the beautiful candlelit setting of St James Church, Piccadilly
Add to my Calendar 15-02-2024 19:30 15-02-2024 21:30 36 Valentines Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional Valentine's piano recital in the beautiful candlelit setting of St James Church, Piccadilly Renowned British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, will perform an outstanding selection of classical and romantic piano works in a concert to remember!ProgrammeBeethoven – Moonlight SonataChopin – Ballade no. 1Rachmaninov – Prelude in G minorRachmaninov/Kreisler – LiebesfreudSibelius - RomanceIntervalLiszt - LiebestraumeSatie – GymnopodieDebussy – Clair de luneGershwin – The Man I loveGershwin - Embraceable YouIn 2016 Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin's complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John's Smith Square. Hailed by the critics as an "epic achievement", Mailley-Smith will repeat the series at several venues in 2023-4. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at The Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. He is one of the busiest concert pianists of his generation and gave over 100 solo performances in the last year. St James's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St James's Church
197 Piccadilly
Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.14 'Moonlight', Op.27 no.2
Frédéric Chopin – Ballade no.1 in G minor, Op.23
Sergei Rachmaninov – Prelude in G minor, Op.23 no.5
Sergei Rachmaninov – Liebesfreud
Jean Sibelius – Romance, Op.42
~ Interval ~
Franz Liszt – Liebesträume, S.541
Erik Satie – Gymnopedie No.1
Claude Debussy – Suite Bergamasque: III, Clair de lune
George Gershwin – The man I love
George Gershwin – Girl Crazy: 'Embraceable You'
Performers
Warren Mailley-Smith – piano
Programme Note
Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional Valentine's piano recital in the beautiful candlelit setting of St James Church, Piccadilly Renowned British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, will perform an outstanding selection of classical and romantic piano works in a concert to remember!
Programme
Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata
Chopin – Ballade no. 1
Rachmaninov – Prelude in G minor
Rachmaninov/Kreisler – Liebesfreud
Sibelius - Romance
Interval
Liszt - Liebestraume
Satie – Gymnopodie
Debussy – Clair de lune
Gershwin – The Man I love
Gershwin - Embraceable You
In 2016 Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin's complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John's Smith Square. Hailed by the critics as an "epic achievement", Mailley-Smith will repeat the series at several venues in 2023-4. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at The Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. He is one of the busiest concert pianists of his generation and gave over 100 solo performances in the last year.
