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
- Schubert Sonata in B flat, D960
- Interval
- Debussy Preludes Book 1

Carolyn Mendelsohn

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Painting by Paul Martinez-Frias – Spectrum Gallery

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Carolyn Mendelsohn