
Piano Recital with Marc Corbett-Weaver
Beethoven Sonata in C, O. 53 (‘Waldstein’)
Liszt Sonata in B minor
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
Pianist and Artistic Director Marc Corbett-Weaver’s annual recital at St George’s Hanover Square features two great master-works of the repertoire.
Beethoven’s thrilling and exquisite Waldstein Sonata was composed during his extraordinary Heroic Decade (which also gave rise to the Appassionata Sonata, Violin Concerto, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th symphonies, his only opera, Fidelio, and the final three piano concertos). The sonata’s three movements are often likened to different times of day – a bustling morning, dream-filled night and serenely beautiful afternoon.
Liszt’s monumental B minor Sonata is of course a famous masterpiece, thought to be the pinnacle of Sonata form. This grandiose and 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. Both sets of pieces were given with quite notable interpretative mastery – bringing this subtly-planned and finely-executed recital to a satisfying conclusion.”
Musical Opinion Magazine
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