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.

Find out about Sarah’s concerto repertoire here.

PROGRAMME A

Variations Plus (click to view more)

A programme showcasing part of Sarah’s 2023 release of Variations and including famous works that are Variations in all but name. Also featured is Hans Gál’s Sonata (a composer who Sarah has become closely associated with through her prize winning recordings) which includes a haunting set of variations. Further details here:

Mozart Variations on a theme by Duport, K573
(or Haydn F minor Variations Hob XVII/6)
Hans Gál Sonata, op 28 (1927)
Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses, op 54
Interval
Beethoven Variations on God Save the King, WoO78
(or Haydn Variations on Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser)
Schubert Impromptu in B flat, D935 No. 3
Chopin Berceuse, op 57 and F minor Ballade op 52

PROGRAMME B

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
Brahms Intermezzos and Rhapsody, op 119
Chopin Ballade no 4 in F minor, op 52

PROGRAMME C

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

PROGRAMME D

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 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 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