Romantic Piano Classics by Candlelight

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Celebrate the power of music and love with a romantic piano recital by award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel at St Vincent's Chapel Edinburgh!

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"Matthew Shiel shone" (ThisWeek Culture)

This Valentine's Day, we celebrate the power of music and love with a romantic piano recital by award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel.

As you sink into your seat and relax with a complimentary hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows, award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel will perform several of the most romantic piano peices ever composed including Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Bach's Prelude in C and Debussy's Clair de Lune.

Tickets:

10th February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/romantic-piano-classics-by-candlelight-tickets-817375611457

17th February: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/romantic-piano-classics-by-candlelight-tickets-817011261677

This concert is also the premiere of a romantic nocturne by Matthew's Italian friend and composer Alfredo Caponnetto - Notturno VI.

This recital concludes with three of arguably the most romantic piano piece ever composed in music history: Liszt's breathtakingly athletic Liebestraum ('Love Dream') No.3 in A-flat major - performed by atmospheric candlelight in our special candlelit chapel setting.

Tonight, this magnificent and historic 19th Century chapel is transformed by moonlight and candlelight into a place of inspiration as we celebrate love and music with Belgian chocolates and roses!

PROGRAMME:

PROGRAMME

Alfredo Caponnetto: Notturno VI *world premiere

J.S. Bach: The Anna Magdalena Bach Book

Chopin: Prelude in D-flat major (Op.28, Nr. 15) - 'Raindrop'

Beethoven: Sonata quasi una fantasia (Op.27, Nr.2) - 'Moonlight Sonata'

Debussy: Clair de Lune - 'Moonlight'

Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 - 'Love Dream'

Interesting fact - it is said Bach presented a remarkable book of keyboard pieces to his second wife on the occasion of their wedding anniversary. The Anna Magdalena Book contains pieces composed by their children (including Johann Christian and Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach), contemporaries (Couperin, Hasse and Petzold), anonymous folk dances and Johann Sebastian Bach's own most loved compositions including the Prelude in C (BWV 846) and the opening aria from his Goldberg Variations (BWV 899).

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