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St Paul's Church (Actors' Church)
Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 9ED
England
Tickets
Prices: £30, £42, £48
Booking line: 03336663366
Book Tickets
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.14 'Moonlight', Op.27 no.2
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Johann Sebastian Bach – Goldberg Variations: Aria
Edvard Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Franz Liszt – Sonetto 123 del Petrarca in A flat major, S.161 no.6
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 Beethoven's ever-popular Moonlight Sonata and other outstanding classical and romantic piano works.
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 Ireland. He made his concerto debut at London's Cadogan Hall and was featured as a Rising Star in International Piano Magazine while he was performing a cycle of all the Beethoven piano sonatas. Simon has made two visits on a collaborative piano internship to the Banff Centre, Canada. He has worked with a range of artists including his wife, Irish violinist Anna Cashell, cellist Raphael Wallfisch and the London International Players, with whom he appeared live on the BBC Radio 3 "In Tune" programme in 2013. 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.
