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Schubert Plus performed by LlÅ·r Williams

Nicola Heywood Thomas presents Schubert Plus - a series of live concerts from St David's Hall, Cardiff, today featuring pianist Llyr Williams.

Nicola Heywood Thomas presents Schubert Plus, a series of concerts broadcast live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, focusing on the music of Schubert, and performed by some of Wales's leading artists: Bryn Terfel, Catrin Finch, The Gould Trio, and Llyr Williams.

In the first concert this week broadcast live from St David’s Hall in Cardiff, Llŷr Williams performs Schubert’s substantial Sonata in G major, D894. Unlike many of Schubert’s works composed in his last few years, which are tinged with a sense of melancholy as the composer was faced with his own mortality, this piano sonata is tranquil in mood. The concert closes with his iconic Ave Maria, arranged for piano by the virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt. Between the two Schubert items, Llŷr Williams performs two of Amy Woodforde-Finden’s Four Indian Love Lyrics, transcribed for solo piano by the pianist Stephen Hough.

LlÅ·r Williams, piano

Schubert: Sonata in G, D894
Woodforde-Finden (Trans. Hough): Kashmiri Song
Woodforde-Finden (Trans. Hough): Till I wake
Schubert (Arr. Liszt): Ave Maria, D839

Produced by Luke Whitlock

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in G, D894

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Kashmiri Song

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Till I wake

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria, D839

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Dec 2020 13:00