Pianist Sarah Beth Briggs. Picture: Fritz Curzon
YORK classical pianist Sarah Beth Briggs will give a recital at St Peter’s Church, Osmotherley, near Northallerton, on April 5.
The 7pm programme will include music by Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Poulenc and Germaine Taillefairre.
“St Peter’s has a long tradition of music making, putting on several concerts every year for the local community to enjoy and is delighted to welcome Sarah to play,” says concert organiser Eleanor Gill.
Tickets cost £15, available at eleanor_gill@yahoo.co.uk and from the village coffee shop and Top Shop in Osmotherley.
In addition, Sarah will give a masterclass to more advanced pianists from the Positively Piano Group – run by Eleanor – in Hutton Rudby Village Hall on April 6 at 2pm.
Sarah Beth Briggs: Recorded new album Small Treasures for autumn release. Picture: Fritz Curzon
Looking forward to next month’s recital, Sarah says: “I’ve chosen a very audience-friendly programme with something for everyone. It opens and closes with works from my warmly reviewed discography: Haydn’s late C major Sonata and what many view as Mendelssohn’s finest composition for piano, the dramatic Variations Serieuses.
“Much of the rest of the programme draws from my forthcoming release, recorded earlier this month, entitled Small Treasures, in which I juxtapose some of the greatest and best-loved piano miniatures by Robert Schumann and Brahms with lesser-known gems by Poulenc, Clara Schumann and Germaine Tailleferre.”
As ever, Sarah’s informative but light-hearted introductions to the repertoire will uncover fascinating facts that even the most seasoned concert-goers may not know, while also highlighting details to guide the first-time concert-goer, enabling every audience member to delight in all the music.
Small Treasures will be released in the autumn. Watch this space for further details.