Chillout Piano by Candlelight – ‘Classic FM Top10’ (feat. Moonlight Sonata)
Usher Hall emerging artist Matthew Shiel presents a relaxing evening of the best classical piano music at St Vincents Chapel Edinburgh on 1st & 2nd May!
About Chillout Piano by Candlelight – ‘Classic FM Top10’ (feat. Moonlight Sonata)
Usher Hall emerging artist Matthew Shiel presents relaxing evening of the best classical piano music!
Following their 5***** and sold-out show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
"Matthew Shiel has ‘composed’ a most enchanting concert" (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 Concerts invite you to join acclaimed Usher Hall and Live Music Now emerging artist Matthew Shiel (winner of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Johann Sebastian Bach Prize) as he plays Classic FM's Top. 10 piano pieces - as voted by you, the public in 2024.
Join Matthew for an unforgettable evening of piano excellence and emotional storytelling at an intimately candlelit St Vincent's Chapel - dating from 1857, it is one of Scotland's magnificent chapels and an architectural icon.
PROGRAMME
Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell Davies
Nocturne in B-flat minor (Op. 9, No. 1) - Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat major (Op. 9, No. 2) - Frederic Chopin
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Edvard Grieg
Gymnopedie No. 1 - Erik Satie
Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio from Sonata Pathetique - Beethoven
Aria from the Goldberg Variations - J.S. Bach
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