Patrick Hemmerlé

"The pianist Patrick Hemmerlé impresses with his mastery of musical flow and seduces with his way of managing tonal sonorities." - Diapason

The first half of Patrick Hemmerlé's programme is a spiritual quest. The set of pieces by Bach explore feelings of anguish and a sense of yearning. The first movement of Beethoven's final sonata is also concerned with the trials inherent in the human condition.

In the second half, we are invited into an exploration of Spanish music. The programme opens with 2 Préludes by Debussy, who, with his uncanny ability to capture an atmosphere, gives us the essence of Spain condensed in a few minutes of music. Albeniz's Iberia is the masterpiece by a genius composer who gave Spanish music a voice, and made a colorful and exuberant use of the piano of which even Franz Liszt couldn't dream. The work by Séverac is a melancholic interlude of great beauty, and Granados' El Pelele, after Goya, closes the programme with unbridled joy.

Bach | Arr. Busoni: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland BWV659

Bach | Arr. Hemmerlé: Ich habe Genug BWV82

Bach | Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV906

Beethoven | Sonata in C minor Op.111

Debussy | La Puerta del Vino from Préludes Bk II

Debussy | La Sérénade Interrompue from Préludes Bk I

Albeniz | Iberia, Book 3

Séverac | Les Muletiers devant le Christ Lilvia from Cerdana Suite

Granados | El Pelele from Goyescas Op.11

Presented by Conway Hall.

This is an all ages event. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult.