Stephen De Pledge - piano.
Stephen's programme features Beethoven’s first sonata, written when he was just 12 years old and his last, written at the end of his eventful life. Widely regarded as one of the pinnacles of the repertoire, the sonata Op.111 is a profound and moving work.
The programme concludes with two characterful pieces of Liszt and a quirky new work from London-based NZ composer Jeroen Speak.
Programme
- Sebastián de Albero | Sonata in E
- Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in E flat, WoO 47 no.1
- Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata op.111
- Interval
- Improvisations
- Jeroen Speak (NZ) | shapes, symmetries and sounds
- Franz Liszt | Sposalizio
- Franz Liszt | Wilde Jagd