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Details
St Paul's Church (Actors' Church)
Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9ED
England
Tickets
Prices: £20, £35, £45, £50
Booking line: 0333 666 33 66
Book Tickets
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Goldberg Variations: Aria
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor 'Pathétique', Op.13
Franz Liszt – Années de pèlerinage II: Sposalizio and Sonetto del Petrarca 123
Edvard Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Performers
Simon Watterton – piano
Programme Note
Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional evening piano recital in the beautiful candlelit setting of St Paul's Church Covent Garden, "The Actors' Church". Featuring renowned concert pianist, Simon Watterton, the programme includes Gershwin's masterpiece, Rhapsody In Blue along with other outstanding classical and romantic piano works.
Wirral born pianist Simon Watterton has given recitals as soloist and chamber musician all across the world. In recent years he has performed in China, Canada, the USA, Sweden and Italy as well as extensively in the UK and Republic of Ireland. He made his concerto debut at London’s Cadogan Hall and was featured as a Rising Star in International Piano Magazine at the time of a cycle he gave of all the Beethoven piano sonatas in London. He has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, St John’s, Smith Square and the Purcell Room, as well as performing live on Radio 3’s InTune and for Classic FM. As chamber musician he has made two visits on a collaborative piano internship to the Banff Centre, Canada, and has worked with a number of artists including his wife, Irish violinist Anna Cashell, ‘cellist Raphael Wallfisch and violinist Daniel Rohn. In addition to this his piano trio have also performed extensively in the UK to critical acclaim. Whilst a specialist in the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann, Simon’s repertoire encompasses a broad range of styles and periods. He has also given lecture recitals ranging from Liszt’s Anness de Pelerinage to Bach’s Goldberg Variations. As a writer on music he selected and wrote the foreword for a new edition of Frank Bridge’s piano music published by Dover Publishing of New York, which came out in October 2014.
