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PERTH

PIANO

SUNDAYS

3pm at Perth Concert Hall

presented by Michael Tumelty Some of the world’s best players visit Perth for this exceptional series of piano concerts on a Sunday afternoon.

Oct 2014 - Jun 2015 Selected Sundays at 3pm

tickets: 01738 621031 www.horsecross.co.uk

This season’s expanded Perth Piano Sundays are an enticing blend of the familiar and the new.

One of the world’s great musicians, Steven Kovacevich, opens the series and we welcome Piano Sundays newcomers Juho Pohjonen and Martin Roscoe. There are returns for Perth favourites Steven Osborne, Alasdair Beatson and Llŷr Williams, and at the core of the series are three piano based programmes around Myths of Eastern Europe led by the brilliant young pianist James Baillieu, presented in association with BBC Radio 3.

James Waters Creative Director, Classical Music

Steven Kovacevich in Recital Sun 5 Oct: 3pm Bach Brahms Beethoven

Partita No.4 Ballades, Intermezzi and Capriccio Piano Sonata No.31 Op.110 in A flat major

The new season of Perth Piano Sundays is launched by one of the world’s truly great musicians with a programme from the core repertoire to which he brings invincible authority.

‘Stephen Kovacevich is a master to be admired; faithful to the spirit of the music yet always individual’ International Piano

Juho Pohjonen in Recital Sun 19 Oct: 3pm Grieg Brahms Chopin

Ballade in G minor Op.24 4 Ballades Op.10 Ballades 1-4

Brilliant young pianist Juho Pohjonen makes his Perth Concert Hall debut with a programme of ballades by three great composers. ‘the audience was certainly astounded - as was I - by the young Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen’ Concertonet.com

Myths of Eastern Europe 1

Sun 9 Nov: 3pm Schumann Schumann Janáček

Frauenliebe und -leben Liederkreis Op.24 The Diary of One Who Vanished

James Baillieu, piano Anna Huntley, mezzo soprano Robert Murray, tenor James Baillieu opens his series of three concerts around Myths of Eastern Europe with two of the very greatest song-cycles, including Janáček’s extraordinary work which is really a mini opera.

Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore The Art of Transcription Sun 30 Nov: 3pm

Bach-Kurtág Chorale Preludes Beethoven Große Fuge, Op.134 Ravel Mother Goose Brahms String Sextet No.2 in G In the nineteenth century, in the days before iPods, transcriptions were often the only way people could hear masterworks. These transcriptions for piano duet are performed by the brilliant duo Simon CrawfordPhillips and Phillip Moore. ‘in Ravel’s Mother Goose childlike simplicity and technical sophistication go hand-in-hand’ BBC Music Magazine

Myths of Eastern Europe 2 Sun 25 Jan: 3pm Janáček Zemlinsky Dvořák

String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Piano Trio Piano Quintet

James Baillieu, piano Heath Quartet James Baillieu continues his series of three concerts around Myths of Eastern Europe.

‘James Baillieu is in a class of his own... a remarkable pianist’ The Daily Telegraph

Myths of Eastern Europe 3 Sun 15 Feb: 3pm

Szymanowski Four Polish Dances Bartok String Quartet No.1 Brahms Piano Quintet James Baillieu, piano Heath Quartet The third in James Baillieu’s survey of ravishing music from Eastern Europe. ‘amazing, rapt intensity, pinpoint focus and swinging energy... simply dazzling’ The Telegraph on Heath Quartet

Steven Osborne in Recital Sun 8 Mar: 3pm Beethoven Schubert Beethoven Beethoven

Piano Sonata in E minor Op.90 Klavierstück in A, D604 Piano Sonata in A, Op.101 Piano Sonata Op.106, ‘Hammerklavier’

Steven Osborne opened last year’s Perth Piano Sundays with a thrilling Beethoven recital. Now he tackles the immense Hammerklavier Sonata, the Everest of the piano repertoire.

‘Osborne’s attack is ferocious and fearless, his tenderness beyond words... his self appears subsumed in service to the composer... this is the best it gets’ The Observer

Llŷr Williams in Recital Sun 19 Apr: 3pm Schumann Schubert

Carnaval Piano Sonata in B flat, D960

Llŷr Williams is no stranger to Perth audiences. He has now developed an international reputation as both recitalist and concerto soloist and his programme today will show him at his very best. ‘his commanding technique, cool grasp of the vast intellectual span of the music and sense of wisdom beyond his years make for a stunning combination’ The Guardian

Martin Roscoe in Recital Sun 3 May: 3pm Haydn Beethoven Dohnányi Schubert

Sonata in D Hob.XVI:37 Sonata in C minor Op.10/1 Pastorale and Rhapsody Sonata in B flat, D960

A beautifully planned programme, ranging from Haydn’s exquisite writing through Dohnányi’s charming romanticism to unforgettable Schubert to finish with.

‘Roscoe is a pianist who both thinks and offers full-blooded playing of breadth and depth. In this country, he is an uncommon creature…’ Daily Telegraph

Alasdair Beatson in Recital Sun 28 Jun: 3pm Kurtág Kurtág Schubert Kurtág Ravel Kurtág Beethoven

Excerpts from Játékok Hommage à Schubert Sonata in A minor, D784 Sarabande and Mikrorondo Sonatine Perpetuum mobile Sonata in C, Op.53 ‘Waldstein’

Perth-born Alasdair Beatson delivers a wonderfully balanced programme with two blazing masterpieces

by Schubert and Beethoven, interleaved with Kurtág’s charming aphoristic miniatures. ‘… [Beatson] shapes and weights every phrase with a caring devotion, liquid sonority and gentle cantabile... highly sensitive playing of rare insight.’ Classic FM Magazine

Passion served in every bite

Book a traditional two-course Sunday carvery before the concert (spaces limited)

Cafe at perth concert hall 01738 477724

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SUNDAY CARVERY £12.50

Some of the world’s finest pianists perform at Perth’s marvellous concert hall in this unique series of Sunday afternoon piano recitals.

Steven Kovacevich

Sun 5 Oct 2014

3pm

Juho Pohjonen

Sun 19 Oct 2014

3pm

Myths of Eastern Europe 1 Sun 9 Nov 2014

3pm

Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore

Sun 30 Nov 2014

3pm

Myths of Eastern Europe 2

Sun 25 Jan 2015

3pm

Myths of Eastern Europe 3 Sun 15 Feb 2015

3pm

Steven Osborne

Sun 8 Mar 2015

3pm

Llŷr Williams

Sun 19 Apr 2015

3pm

Martin Roscoe

Sun 3 May 2015

3pm

Alasdair Beatson

Sun 28 Jun 2015

3pm

TICKETS

£20, £16, £12; concessions £18, £14, £10 (includes booking fee)

Book tickets in advance for three concerts and your fourth is FREE Two under 16s go FREE with every full-paying adult ticket (subject to availability, please book in advance) HX

10% discount for horsecrossregular members

Visiting us

Perth Concert Hall is in Perth city centre, just a few minutes walk from shops and sights.

Car parking

Perth Concert Hall

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Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5HZ

Kinnoull Street multi-storey is a payand-display car park a few minutes walk from Perth Concert Hall. There are multiple other car parks around the city centre, with some having no charge on Sunday. Street parking is also free on Sundays. with thanks to our funders, partners and sponsors

Horsecross Arts Ltd is a charity registered in Scotland, no SC022400