NEW THEMED PROGRAMMES
Concert and festival promoters often speak of a preference for very specifically themed recital programmes, so three new themes – Small Treasures, The Austrian Connection and Variations (ref SBB 01-4) are described here:
Themed programmes for societies or festivals. For more loosely themed mixed programmes please see below.
ref SBB05
From Bach to Bartok
- Bach Two Preludes and Fugues from book 1 of 48
- Beethoven Sonata in C major, op 53 ‘Waldstein’
- Interval
- Bartok Suite, op 14
- Schumann Arabeske
- Chopin Berceuse, op 57 and F minor Fantaisie, op 49
ref SBB06
Debussy and Chopin
A very popular programme offering a fine cross section of Debussy and Chopin featuring many of the works on Sarah’s much acclaimed Debussy and Chopin disc which has featured over forty times on Classic FM
- Debussy Suite Bergamasque
- Debussy Reflets dans l’eau (Images bk 1)
- Debussy Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (Preludes book 1)
- Chopin Berceuse, op 57
- Chopin Ballade no 1 in G minor, op 23
- Interval
- Chopin F minor Fantaisie, op 49
- Debussy Two arabesques
- Debussy La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes book 1)
- Debussy Pour le piano
ref SBB07
From the classical and romantic eras to 1930, including a delightful set of Britten miniatures which Sarah world premiered
- Mozart C minor Fantasy, K475
- Haydn Sonata in E flat, Hob XXI/52
- Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op 13, ‘Pathétique’
- Interval
- Britten Three Character Pieces
- Brahms Intermezzi, op 117
- Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses, op 54
REF SBB08
Schubert’s final piano sonata and Debussy’s first book of Preludes
Widely regarded as one of the piano repertoire’s greatest sonatas, Sarah’s release of Schubert Sonata in B flat, D960 won huge critical acclaim. Here she juxtaposes it with a fascinating impressionist journey through Debussy’s Preludes Book 1
- Schubert Sonata in B flat, D960
- Interval
- Debussy Preludes Book 1
Marci Stuchlikova
Fritz Curzon
Extract from painting by Paul Martinez-Frias
Marci Stuchlikova