Award-winning pianist Shai Wosner, who’s been praised for his “uncommonly delicate and beautiful” playing by The New York Times and called “one of the greats” by All Things Considered, performs beloved works by Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven—including the revolutionary Appassionata Sonata, which Beethoven referred to as one of his finest piano sonatas—plus leading English composer George Benjamin’s Relativity Rag, a short but surprising take on the infectious rag form.
BACH Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971
BEETHOVEN Bagatelle in C Major, Op. 119, No. 2
GEORGE BENJAMIN Relativity Rag
HAYDN Andante and Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6, Un piccolo divertimento
BEETHOVEN Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, Appassionata
Approximate length: 1 hour