Solo repertoire

A sample of the sort of programmes offered by Sarah Beth Briggs. Sarah is always delighted to talk to promoters about repertoire preferences to create the best programme to fit within their concert season.

PROGRAMME A

From Bach to Bartok

Bach Italian Concerto BWV971
Beethoven Sonata in C major, op 53 ‘Waldstein’
Interval
Bartok Suite, op 14
Brahms Intermezzos and Rhapsody, op 119
Chopin Ballade no 4 in F minor, op 52

PROGRAMME B

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 December 2014 release which featured forty times on Classic FM during 2015

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 Fantasy, op 49
Debussy Two arabesques
Debussy La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes book 1)
Debussy Pour le piano

PROGRAMME C

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
Chopin Berceuse and Ballade no 3
Debussy Pour le piano

PROGRAMME D

A Whistle stop tour through musical history

Scarlatti Sonata in C, K513
Mozart Sonata in F major, K332
Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op 10 no 1
Interval
Rawsthorne Bagatelles
Liszt Waldesrauschen from 2 Concert Etudes
Tchaikovsky Doumka, op 59
Debussy Reflets dans l’eau (Images bk 1)
Chopin Ballade no 1 in G minor, op 23

PROGRAMME E

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 September 2013 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