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Llyr Williams Piano

Liszt  Vallée d’Obermann
           Sonetto del Petrarca No 104
           Les jeux d’eaux à la villa d’Este
           Tarantelle di bravura (Venezia e Napoli)
           Piano Sonata in B minor

The hypnotically intense performances of pianist Llyr Williams have thrilled audiences with their breathtaking power and revelatory insights. For this concert, he scales the heights of 19th-century piano virtuosity in contrasting pieces by one of the greatest ever composers for the instrument.

Liszt is famed for his spectacular showpieces that push performers to their limits. But his music is equally possessed of a transcendental spirituality, as revealed in the ecstatic Vallée d’Obermann, which conveys a sense of wonder at nature’s grandeur. Les jeux d’eaux à la villa d’Este is a shimmering evocation of light and water, and the monumental Sonata in B minor, a piece of startling originality and daring emotional scope, is the ideal showpiece for Williams’s astonishing abilities.

‘His performance was near-miraculous’ The Herald

This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Thursday 30 August 11.00am
The Queen’s Hall
Tickets
£29 £26 £21 £17.50 £11 £8
1 hour 45 minutes approximately
eif.co.uk/llyrwilliams

Supported by Joscelyn Fox