Performance on 3 - Till Felner - Early and Mid-Period Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Till Felner's cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas reaches its halfway point with this concert given at London's Wigmore Hall. Felner focuses on early and mid-period sonatas, including the Pastoral Sonata in D, with its rustic 'drone' bass in the outer movements and the fiery early Sonata in E flat, which a contemporary and friend described as written 'in an impassioned frame of mind'. Till Felner (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: in G, Op 79; in F sharp, Op 78; in D, Op 28 (Pastoral); in E minor, Op 90; in E flat Op 7 ENCORE: Sonata in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 Plus church and chamber music by Henry Purcell ahead of BBC Radio 3's weekend celebration of the composer. Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord alway Simon Berridge, Paul Agnew (tenors) Simon Grant (bass) Taverner Choir and Players Andrew Parrott (conductor) VIRGIN VERITAS 7243 5 45116-2 Purcell: Sonata No. 3 in A minor (from ten sonatas in four parts) Ricercar Consort RICERCAR RIC 127140