John Lill CBE

Beethoven - Sonata in C minor Op.13 Pathetique
Beethoven - Sonata in C Op.53 Waldstein
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Beethoven - Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27/2 Moonlight
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata

John Lill is the kind of pianist they don’t make any more – a true keyboard lion. But at the centre of his career has been a lifelong engagement with the music of Ludwig van Beethoven.

So this recital – in which Lill performs what might just be Beethoven’s four most popular piano sonatas – is practically self-recommending. No matter how familiar this music, from the brilliance of the Waldstein sonata to the grandeur of the Appassionata and the deep romantic poetry of the Moonlight sonata, Lill is certain to have something new – and profound – to say.