Piano Recital
Thu, Oct 30
|St Bartholomew the Great Church, London
At the heart of this programme is Chopin’s magnificent Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, alongside a Prelude & Toccata by English composer Madeleine Dring.
Time & Location
Oct 30, 2025, 1:05 PM – 2:00 PM
St Bartholomew the Great Church, London, W Smithfield, Barbican, London EC1A 9DS, UK
About the event
At the heart of this programme is Chopin’s magnificent Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, alongside a Prelude & Toccata by English composer Madeleine Dring.
Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977) was a wonderfully creative composer and musician. She studied composition, piano, violin, singing, and ‘dramatic’ at the Royal College of Music from 1933-45. Her output includes many art songs, chamber works and solo instrumental works, as well as works written for the stage, TV and radio.
Chopin’s monumental third piano sonata was his last, written during the final years of his life when his health was failing him. Majestic and mature, it is one of his most demanding works, its strength and depth belying his fragile physical state at the time. It follows the traditional four movement structure, with a grand opening movement, a sparkling scherzo, a stunningly lyrical slow movement and a dazzling finale that brings the sonata to…