Moonlight Sonata at Christmas by Candlelight
Friday 20th December 2024, 6.15pm at St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1RE, Scotland.
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.14 ‘Moonlight’, Op.27 no.2
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Sergei Rachmaninov – Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 no.2
Claude Debussy – Preludes, Book II: Brouillards, Ondine, La Terrasse des audience du clair de lune
Frédéric Chopin – Berceuse, Op.57
Frédéric Chopin – Scherzo no.1 in B minor, Op.20
Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244
Performers
Warren Mailley-Smith – piano
Programme Note
Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional pre-Christmas piano recital in the beautiful candlelit setting of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. Renowned British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, will perform an outstanding selection of much-loved piano works, including Beethoven’s masterpiece, The Moonlight Sonata.
In 2016 Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin’s complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John’s Smith Square. Hailed by the critics as an “epic achievement”, Mailley-Smith will repeat the series at several venues in 2023-4. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at The Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. He is one of the busiest concert pianists of his generation and has given over 200 performances in the last year.