The World of the Piano Sonata

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3

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Nikolay Medtner Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 11, No. 1
Nikolai Kapustin Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14

Patrick Hemmerlé is a French pianist based in England. He has gained recognition as a performer, as a recording artist, and is the artistic director of the Intimate Engagements series at Clare hall, Cambridge. He has a wide repertoire that comprises many works by lesser known composers, whom he likes to introduce to his audiences, alongside works by established masters. This programme for this concert does exactly this, by juxtaposing sonatas from the 18th and 20th century, which have in common an elegance, playfulness, and lightness of spirit, and putting Medtner and Kapustin Sonatas alongside those of Mozart and Beethoven.