Jonathan Powell (piano)

Speaker
Jonathan Powell (Piano)
Event date
Event time
19:30
Venue
St Hilda's College
JdP Music Building
Cowley Place
Oxford
OX4 1DY
Event type
Concerts
Event cost
£20 Stalls / £25 Gallery / £5 Student
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Recommended

Berg - Sonata op.1
Beethoven - Sonata op.110
INTERVAL
Bach - Largo from Trio Sonata no.5, transcribed by Samuil Feinberg
Reubke - Sonata

Jonathan Powell returns to the JdP after a two-year absence with a programme exploring Austro-German keyboard traditions. The youthful and intense Sonata by Berg is contrasted with the serene and lyrical late work of Beethoven. The second half juxtaposes Feinberg's masterly pianistic realisation of a introspective Bach organ work with the grandiose and flamboyantly virtuosic sonata (of 1856-7) by Julius Reubke. He was a favourite pupil of Liszt and died aged 24; his organ sonata 'On the 94th Psalm' is frequently performed, while the contemporaneous piano work is much less often heard.

St Hilda’s College encourages all audience members continue to wear masks during the concert and maintain social distancing where possible