PAUL LEWIS, PIANO
SCHUBERT CYCLE IV

ARENS series
saturday, november 16 at 7:30 PM at washington irving

virtual concert available on subscription only
for RENEWED & ny area in-person & virtual subscribers
thursday, november 21 - sunday, november 24

As part of its celebration in 2024-2025, of the 125th season of Peoples Symphony Concerts, the series is honored to present the only New York performance of Paul Lewis’ Schubert Cycle.

PROGRAM:

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 19 in c minor, D. 958
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959
~ intermission ~
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960

Schubert’s completed piano sonatas take us on a unique and heart-wrenching journey through the last 12 years of his life. From the charming lyricism of the early sonatas to the transcendent creativity of the late masterpieces, via harrowing moments of despair as his health started to decline.

Schubert’s sonatas express with directness and sincerity some of the most fundamental elements of human experience - longing, consolation, despair, joy, loss, nostalgia, and hope. In our time, his music is as essential and poignant as ever.

- PAUL LEWIS, PIANO

Bio: 

Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide, and consolidated his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire. His numerous awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year, two Edison awards, three Gramophone awards, the Diapason D’or de l’Annee, the Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and the South Bank Show Classical Music award. He holds honorary degrees from Liverpool, Edge Hill, and Southampton Universities, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Read more…

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