Martin Roscoe

Programme:

Schubert
Two Scherzi D.593
Piano Sonata in G D.894
Piano Sonata in B flat D.960

‘I shall be playing a Schubert programme of masterpieces very dear to my heart which I have been playing in public for over forty years. After the delicious aperitif of the Two Scherzi, the sublime G major Sonata has to be one of the most purely beautiful of all Schubert's works and has strong ‘pastoral’ undertones only occasionally troubled by drama or sadness. The B flat Sonata is rightly regarded as the pinnacle of his works for this genre, being all-encompassing in its depth and humanity. Although often cited as a valedictory work, finished as it was only a few weeks before Schubert's death, the optimistic finale leaves us with a more hopeful message.’