The Great Romantics – A Piano Concert by David Soo
An evening of work by Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
Part of the Chobham 2019 Festival
Add to my Calendar 05-10-2019 19:45 05-10-2019 21:45 36 The Great Romantics – A Piano Concert by David Soo A beautiful old Surrey village church is the setting for stellar young Australian pianist, David Soo, a fellow of London's Guildhall School, to perform music by some of the great 19th and early 20th century romantic composers. “…Soo’s rendition of Liszt’s 1858 Rhapsodie Espagnole is something else… It’s a work that demands spills, thrilling glissandi sweeping up the keyboard, rhythms of Spanish dances from Andalusia… It’s vertiginous, outrageously showy, profoundly musical. Soo pulled off the difficult feat of making Liszt’s showmanship emotionally telling in the way his more searching works are.” Fringer Review More about David Soo St Lawrence Church, Chobham DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Lawrence Church
High Street
Chobham
Surrey
GU24 8AA
England
Programme
Franz Liszt – Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Franz Liszt – Sonetto 104 del Petrarca in E major, S.161 no.5
Sergei Rachmaninov – Etude-tableau in E flat minor, Op.39 no.5
Sergei Rachmaninov – Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3: Elégie
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – 6 Pieces, Op.19: Thème original et variations in F major
Frédéric Chopin – Ballade no.4 in F minor, Op.52
Frédéric Chopin – Ballade no.2 in F major, Op.38
Performers
David Soo – piano
Programme Note
A beautiful old Surrey village church is the setting for stellar young Australian pianist, David Soo, a fellow of London's Guildhall School, to perform music by some of the great 19th and early 20th century romantic composers.
“…Soo’s rendition of Liszt’s 1858 Rhapsodie Espagnole is something else… It’s a work that demands spills, thrilling glissandi sweeping up the keyboard, rhythms of Spanish dances from Andalusia… It’s vertiginous, outrageously showy, profoundly musical. Soo pulled off the difficult feat of making Liszt’s showmanship emotionally telling in the way his more searching works are.” Fringer Review