Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver
Firebird’s artistic director, Marc Corbett-Weaver performs a key work of Beethoven’s ‘Heroic’ decade – his Waldstein sonata – alongside music by Liszt and Bach/Busoni…
Busoni’s legendary piano transcription of J S Bach’s monumental Chaconne from the D minor Partita for solo violin is filled with passion, drama, profundity and despair as it journeys through the theme’s many different variations.
The three movements in Beethoven’s thrilling and exquisite Waldstein Sonata are often likened to different times of the day – a bustling morning, a serenely beautiful afternoon and a dream-filled night.
The Waldstein Sonata was composed during his extraordinary Heroic Decade, which also gave rise to the Appassionata Sonata, Violin Concerto, Symphonies Nos. 3-7, his only opera, Fidelio, and the final three piano concertos.
Liszt’s monumental B minor Sonata is considered the pinnacle of Sonata form. This virtuosic work ranks amongst the most technically demanding pieces for the instrument and is filled with drama, excitement and beautiful dolce melodies.
“Marc Corbett-Weaver showed himself to be an interpretive artist fully immersed in the subtleties and considerable technical demands of each composer’s writing.“
Musical Opinion Magazine
Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver
Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004
Beethoven Sonata in C, Op. 53 Waldstein
Liszt Sonata in B minor
Tuesday 14 October 2025, 7.30pm
St George’s Hanover Square, Mayfair
