Sample Programmes
Piano recital series 2004-05 · Steven Wray
The Warehouse, Waterloo, South Bank, London
 
“A highly enterprising and imaginative series” — Jeremy Siepmann, editor, PIANO magazine
Programme 1        
...there was something wonderful in his expression besides the beauty and originality of his ideas
Czerny on Beethoven’s improvisations
CPE Bach Haydn Mozart Beethoven La Stahl • Sonata No 2 from the ‘Versuch’ Sonata in F Hob XVI/23 Rondo in A minor • Variations K455 Sonata in D Op 10/3 • Sonata Op 57 ‘Appassionata’
 
 
Programme 2
Beethoven’s music awakens precisely that infinite longing which is the essence of Romanticism
ETA Hoffmann
Beethoven Bagatelles Op 126 • Sonata in A Op 101 Sonata in B flat Op 106 ‘Hammerklavier’
 
 
Programme 3
And the heavenly length...how it refreshes, this feeling of rich and boundless plenitude
Schumann on Schubert
Schubert Four Impromtus D935 • Two Scherzos Sonata in G D894
 
 
Programme 4
...a new Romanticism proclaiming passionate devotion and longing
Moscheles on Schumann
Schumann Brahms Sonata in F sharp minor Four Ballades Op 10 Variations and Fugue on a theme of Händel Op 24
 
 
Programme 5
Chopin came.  Florestan rushed to meet him. I saw them walking arm in arm, but it was
as though they were floating on clouds
Schumann on meeting Chopin
Chopin Liszt Polonaise Op 26/2 • 2 Waltzes • 3 Mazurkas Op 63 Scherzo No 3 • 2 Nocturnes Op 62 • Ballade No 4 Sonata in B minor
 
 
Programme 6
I feel the air of another planet... ich fühle luft von anderem planeten....
Stefan George (Entrückung,1907)
Busoni Suk Schoenberg Berg Skryabin Debussy Berceuse Zivotem a snem (Things Lived and Dreamt) Op 30 / Book 1 Six Little Pieces Op 19 Sonata Op 1 Sonata No 9 ‘Black Mass’ • Vers la flamme Estampes • L’Isle joyeuse
 
Romantic Generations