Strand International Piano Series 2023-4 (Concert 3): Sam Haywood at St Mary Le Strand Church, London on Friday 27th October 2023

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Strand International Piano Series 2023-4 (Concert 3): Sam Haywood

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Add to my Calendar 27-10-2023 18:00 27-10-2023 20:00 36 Strand International Piano Series 2023-4 (Concert 3): Sam Haywood St Mary le Strand (The "Jewel" of the Strand) plays host to the second Strand International Piano Series.  Further to it's launch to great acclaim in the 2022-23 season, the new series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. London's most intimate concert venue boasts stunning architecture, beautiful acoustics and a brand new Steinway concert grand piano.Tickets include complimentary glass of wineFull details of the Strand International Piano Series available via following link https://sips.org.uk/ About Sam HaywoodSam Haywood has performed in many of the world’s major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Philharmonie de Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Wigmore Hall. The New York Times hailed his ‘‘Passionate flair and sparkling clarity’ and the Washington Post his ‘dazzling, evocative playing’. He has a special fondness for Indonesia, where he has performed and taught for many years. He embraces a wide spectrum of the piano repertoire and is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician or working with singers. He has toured extensively as a duo with American violinist Joshua Bell and also with cellist Steven Isserlis. He has composed several instrumental miniatures, including ‘The Other Side’, first performed at the Konzerthaus in Vienna. His Song of the Penguins for bassoon and piano, dedicated to Roger Birnstingl, is published by Emerson Editions. He is currently working on a commission for piano and string quartet. Passionate about early instruments, Haywood recorded a Chopin album on the composer’s own Pleyel piano, part of the Cobbe Collection, to celebrate his bicentenary in 2010. Other recordings include Stanford’s Preludes and the piano works of Julius Isserlis for Hyperion Records. For Sony he has recorded a selection of works by the child prodigy Alma Deutscher and he also features on Joshua Bell’s ‘Musical Gifts’ album. Haywood is also Artistic Director and co-founder of the Solent Music Festival, which takes place annually in the beautiful sailing town of Lymington, UK. 2022 will mark the festival’s tenth anniversary. He is currently based in Thessaloniki. St Mary Le Strand Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary Le Strand Church
Strand
The Strand
London
WC2R 1ES
England

Friday 27th October 2023
6:00 PM

Programme

Franz Schubert – Impromptu in G flat major, D.899 no.3
Franz Schubert – Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 no.4
Ignaz Pleyel – Trio in F minor, Ben 422: Allegretto (arr. by Sam Haywood)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.13 in E flat major 'Quasi una fantasia', Op.27 no.1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.14 'Moonlight', Op.27 no.2
Jelena Poulíčková – About Time
Geraldine Mucha – Tempo di Mazurka
Frédéric Chopin – Mazurkas, Op.41

Performers

Sam Haywood – piano

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Programme Note

St Mary le Strand (The "Jewel" of the Strand) plays host to the second Strand International Piano Series. Further to it's launch to great acclaim in the 2022-23 season, the new series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. London's most intimate concert venue boasts stunning architecture, beautiful acoustics and a brand new Steinway concert grand piano.

Tickets include complimentary glass of wine

Full details of the Strand International Piano Series available via following link https://sips.org.uk/

About Sam Haywood

Sam Haywood has performed in many of the world’s major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Philharmonie de Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Wigmore Hall. The New York Times hailed his ‘‘Passionate flair and sparkling clarity’ and the Washington Post his ‘dazzling, evocative playing’. He has a special fondness for Indonesia, where he has performed and taught for many years. He embraces a wide spectrum of the piano repertoire and is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician or working with singers. He has toured extensively as a duo with American violinist Joshua Bell and also with cellist Steven Isserlis. He has composed several instrumental miniatures, including ‘The Other Side’, first performed at the Konzerthaus in Vienna. His Song of the Penguins for bassoon and piano, dedicated to Roger Birnstingl, is published by Emerson Editions. He is currently working on a commission for piano and string quartet.

Passionate about early instruments, Haywood recorded a Chopin album on the composer’s own Pleyel piano, part of the Cobbe Collection, to celebrate his bicentenary in 2010. Other recordings include Stanford’s Preludes and the piano works of Julius Isserlis for Hyperion Records. For Sony he has recorded a selection of works by the child prodigy Alma Deutscher and he also features on Joshua Bell’s ‘Musical Gifts’ album. Haywood is also Artistic Director and co-founder of the Solent Music Festival, which takes place annually in the beautiful sailing town of Lymington, UK. 2022 will mark the festival’s tenth anniversary. He is currently based in Thessaloniki.

Strand International Piano Series 2023-4 (Concert 3): Sam Haywood

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