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Mostly Mozart (1/4)

PIanist Ll欧r Williams connects Mozart and Haydn with a little French twist from the Perth Concert Hall.

PIanist Ll欧r Williams devises a programme for the Perth Concert Hall audience that connects Mozart and Haydn with a little French twist. Ravel's Menuet was written for the anniversary of Haydn's death in 1809. Debussy also contributed to this initiative along with several other prominent french composers of the day and created a hommage in waltz form, based on the translation of Haydn's name into corresponding note pitches as Ravel had done. Poulenc's short miniatures entitled Novelette are written in a similar vein and were published as a set of three short works dedicated to close friends. The concert by Ll欧r Williams culminates in a Mozart double-bill of his C minor Fantasia and Piano Sonata also in C minor which were, unusually, published together and are often performed as a pair. The Sonata is dedicated to his pupil Therese von Trattner, who was also the wife of his landlord, and was probably intended for domestic performance or teaching purposes. It translates effortlessly into a modern concert platform nevertheless.

HAYDN: Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48
RAVEL: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
DEBUSSY: Hommage 脿 Haydn
POULENC: Novelette in C major, FP.47 no.1
POULENC: Novelette in B-flat minor, FP.47 no.2
MOZART: Fantasia in C Minor, K.475
MOZART: Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457

Ll欧r Williams, piano

Presented by Tom Redmond
Produced by Lindsay Pell

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Feb 2023 13:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet sur le nom de Haydn

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Claude Debussy

    Hommage 脿 Haydn

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Novelette in C major, FP.47 no.1

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Novelette in B-flat minor, FP.47 no.2

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in C Minor, K.475

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 12 Apr 2022 13:00
  • Tue 14 Feb 2023 13:00