Moonlight Sonata at Christmas by Candlelight

Name: Moonlight Sonata at Christmas by Candlelight
Start: 2024-12-27T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-12-27T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Manchester Cathedral

Schedule

Fri Dec 27 2024 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Manchester Cathedral | Manchester, EN

Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional piano recital in the days after Christmas in the beautiful candlelit setting of Manchester Cathedral. Renowned British concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith, will perform an outstanding selection of much-loved piano works, including Beethoven's masterpiece, The Moonlight Sonata.
Featuring
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody
Chopin - Scherzo no. 1
Chopin - Berceuse
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Rachmaninov - Prelude in C sharp minor
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
In 2016 Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin's complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John's Smith Square. Hailed by the critics as an "epic achievement", Mailley-Smith will repeat the series at several venues in 2023-4. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at The Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. He is one of the busiest concert pianists of his generation and has given over 200 performances in the last year.