Details
Stamford Arts Centre
27 St Mary's Street
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2DL
England
Programme
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major, D.960
Frédéric Chopin – Four Ballades
Performers
James Lisney – piano
Programme Note
Over four decades, James Lisney’s musical integrity and pianistic command have fuelled a career that has taken him seamlessly from concerto and recital soloist – to chamber musician and pianist director. Initiatives, such as his highly acclaimed Beethoven Project in Amsterdam, Leipzig, and Berlin - or his many recordings - have provided a platform for his wide-ranging musical sympathies.
Schubert has always been at the centre of his repertoire; he has performed Schubert cycles in many of Europe’s finest halls and was the first to do so on the Indian subcontinent. For his return to the Stamford Ballroom, he performs the final sonata, a lyrical masterpiece conceived on the first anniversary of Beethoven’s death. Chopin’s epic Ballades complete the programme, music of extraordinary narrative power and amongst the most taxing in the piano repertoire.
“I have nothing but praise for James Lisney's piano playing; he combines velvet touch and wide range of colour with complete understanding of phrasing and dynamic shading. This is someone who can really give the mechanical box of wires and wood a singing soul.” The Telegraph
