What's On - Spring 2014 - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
What's On - Spring 2014 - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
What's On - Spring 2014 - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
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Steinway International Piano Series<br />
Sun 26 January 2pm<br />
Steven Osborne<br />
Prok<strong>of</strong>iev Sarcasms<br />
Ravel Miroirs<br />
Prok<strong>of</strong>iev Visions Fugitives<br />
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata<br />
No.2 in B flat minor<br />
The Scottish pianist Steven<br />
Osborne is the thinking<br />
listener’s virtuoso, a true<br />
keyboard lion who brings<br />
both deep poetry and a<br />
commanding musical<br />
intelligence to some <strong>of</strong><br />
the most spectacular<br />
masterpieces <strong>of</strong> the piano<br />
repertoire. From Prok<strong>of</strong>iev’s<br />
ferocious miniatures to the<br />
glittering romantic heights <strong>of</strong><br />
Rachmaninov’s monumental<br />
sonata, this winter afternoon’s<br />
programme shows him at his<br />
full, astonishing power.<br />
Tickets £12 £10 concessions*<br />
Dora Stoutzker Hall<br />
Sun 23 February 2pm<br />
Imogen Cooper<br />
Schumann Romanze in F<br />
sharp major Op 28/2<br />
Wieck Romanze in B major<br />
Wieck Le Ballet des<br />
Revenants, scene fantastique<br />
from Quatre Pieces<br />
Caracteristiques Op 5<br />
Schumann Humoresque Op 20<br />
Brahms Variations from String<br />
sextet Op 18 (arr for Clara)<br />
Schubert Sonata in B flat<br />
major D960<br />
The forbidden romance <strong>of</strong><br />
Robert Schumann and Clara<br />
Wieck was one <strong>of</strong> music’s<br />
greatest love stories. And<br />
when their young friend<br />
Johannes Brahms found<br />
himself falling for Clara too…<br />
well, let’s just say that it<br />
led to some <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
beautiful piano music <strong>of</strong><br />
the 19th century. The<br />
incomparable Imogen<br />
Cooper brings a lifetime’s<br />
insight to a programme that<br />
pretty much defines the<br />
term ‘the Romantic piano’.<br />
Tickets £12 £10 concessions*<br />
Dora Stoutzker Hall<br />
Sun 16 March 2pm<br />
Freddy Kempf<br />
Beethoven Piano Sonata<br />
Op 109<br />
Schumann Fantasiestücke<br />
Op 12<br />
Schumann Toccata Op 7<br />
Mussorgsky Pictures at<br />
an Exhibition<br />
The angry gnome, the ballet <strong>of</strong><br />
chicks in their shells, and the<br />
triumphant Great Gate <strong>of</strong> Kiev…<br />
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an<br />
Exhibition is one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
popular works in the orchestral<br />
repertoire. But you haven’t<br />
really heard it until you’ve heard<br />
the composer’s original piano<br />
version. And what better way<br />
to discover it than in the hands<br />
<strong>of</strong> Freddy Kempf – the former<br />
BBC Young <strong>Music</strong>ian winner<br />
who’s become one <strong>of</strong> Britain’s<br />
best-loved solo pianists?<br />
Tickets £12 £10 concessions*<br />
Dora Stoutzker Hall<br />
Sunday Lunch<br />
£13 (2 Courses) 12pm-2pm<br />
Book online with your<br />
concert ticket at www.<br />
rwcmd.ac.uk or call the Box<br />
Office on 029 2039 1391<br />
*Transaction fees may apply<br />
Steven Osborne, Photo Eric Richmond<br />
Imogen Cooper, Photo Benjamin Ealovega<br />
Freddy Kempf, Photo Neda Navaee
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