Astride this weekend, London’s Wigmore Hall staged the third, penultimate, programme of the series: two concerts of the same three sonatas, including that which Robert Schumann described as “the most ...
SCHENECTADY — British pianist Paul Lewis circled back to Union College on Sunday for his latest installment in a complete cycle of the 12 Schubert piano sonatas. The ambitious undertaking began with ...
See the English pianist play a movement from one of Schubert's final sonatas, written when the specter of death was never far away. Lewis... Pianist Paul Lewis came to Boston to make his recital debut ...
Now, Lewis assails these pieces differently and to shattering effect: febrile, feverish, fervent and frenzied – sometimes even violent. The opening bars of D958 in C Minor (manuscript pictured below) ...
Beethoven and Schubert pushed the boundaries of the piano sonata, redefining the genre in ways that still resonate today. In turn, Paul Lewis—one of the most sought-after pianists of his ...
A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights. The pianist Paul Lewis picks his favorite page of ...
And what a welcome coupling is the Weber Second Sonata, composed in 1816, just a year before the Schubert, and already looking ahead to the poetic world of Chopin’s concertos. True, the instant ...
The free concert series at the Library of Congress, long focused on chamber music, does not include many piano recitals. The venue's new piano, debuted in 2011, may change that trend, and Saturday ...
On Oct. 22, British pianist Paul Lewis will perform a rare feat, Franz Schubert's final three sonatas. He performs on the series. MORE BY DAVID STABLER Arlene Schnitzer, leading lady of Portland ...