Christmas Piano by Candlelight: Moonlight Sonata
Enjoy Beethoven's iconic and haunting masterpiece performed alongside festive piano classics in the atmospheric candlelit St Vincent's Chapel on 23rd December!
About Christmas Piano by Candlelight: Moonlight Sonata
Following their 5***** and sold-out show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
"Matthew Shiel has ‘composed’ a most enchanting concert, relating amusing, enlightening stories to introduce each piece; his eloquent performance expresses a dramatic, emotional mood from sad and sorrowful to light-hearted and lyrical, oozing a joyful sense of romantic love." (5***** Edinburgh Guide)
"A ripping good yarn. Sim and Shiel both are masters of their crafts." (5***** Binge Fringe Magazine)
"Matthew Shiel shone" (4**** Three Weeks)
Moonlight Concert Productions have imagined a Christmas show inspired by Beethoven's timeless Moonlight Sonata, Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet The Nutcracker, Christmas stories and our great British tradition of Christmas carolling.
Celebrate the Christmas season in style this December with classic festive pieces by Debussy, Liszt, Tchaikovsky alongside Howard Blake's uplifting film music from the award-winning animation film 'The Snowman' alongside jazz improv upon favourite Christmas carols – performed by atmospheric candlelight in our special candlelit chapel.
This is accompanied by a digital art exhibition designed by acclaimed Chinese artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen – inspired by silent Christmas films such as the original A Christmas Carol (1910) and Santa Claus (1898) - the oldest Christmas movie ever made!
PROGRAMME:
Ave Maria - Schubert (arranged for piano by Franz Liszt)
Sonata quasi una fantasia (Op.27, Nr.2) - 'Moonlight Sonata' - Beethoven
The Nutcracker Suite (Op. 71) - Tchaikovsky
Film music from 'The Snowman' (including 'Walking in the Air') - Howard Blake
and Jazz improv after Christmas carols including: Good King Wenceslas, O come all ye faithful, Silent Night and more
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