Beethoven Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

Enjoy Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and other great piano works performed by young virtuosi aged 9 to 15 from the London Russian Music School.

The London Russian Music School (formerly the Belsize Music Academy) was founded four years ago to advance education in classical music. It is based on the legendary Russian musical tradition and provides a first class, well-rounded music education for young people in the UK, including for those with limited means. All the teachers are trained in the Russian musical tradition and many combine teaching at the school with flourishing concert careers.

Performers

The London Russian Music School
Alessandro D’Orazio
Giacomo Filippi
Jemial Khairov
Shaunak Desia
Sophia Symonds
Bella Sudbin

Programme

Alessandro D’Orazio
Mozart – Fantasia in C minor
Chopin – Polonaise in A flat
Liszt – La Campanella
Scriabin – Album Leaf
Scriabin – Etude No 8

Giacomo Filippi
Beethoven – Sonata No 19, Op. 49 No 1 in G minor
Debussy – ‘Snowdrops’ from Children’s Corner

Jemial Khairov
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C minor from Book 1 of the Well Tempered Klavier
Beethoven – Rondo in C
Chopin – Nocturne in E flat

Shaunak Desia
Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No 14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’
Schubert arrd Liszt – Ave Maria
Mendelssohn – Rondo Capriccioso
Prokofiev – Toccata

Sophia Symonds
Scriabin – Prelude in E No 9
Liszt – Album Leaf
Debussy – ‘Cakewalk’ from Children’s Corner 

Bella Sudbin (duet with Yevgeny Sudbin)

Schubert — March Militaire in G major