Portraits in Miniature is a recital celebrating the art of the piano miniature, where composers create entire worlds within just a few pages. From Schubert and Chopin to Satie and Debussy, each work offers a vivid musical portrait full of colour, character and imagination. The first section will be 3 Schubert Moments Musicaux interspersed with 3 Chopin Mazurkas. After this will come 3 pieces by Satie interspersed with 3 by Debussy
i Moderato in C major, iii Allegro moderato in F minor, vi Allegretto in A♭ major
Six moments musicaux, D. 780 (Op. 94) is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert. Three of these moments (i, iii, vi) will be interspersed with Mazurkas by Chopin
Mazurka Op. 62 No 2,
Mazurka Op. 7 No 4,
Mazurka Op. 6 No 2
Op. 62 No 2: The piece demonstrates Chopin's mastery of lyricism, along with subtle nuances in the inner voices
The Gnossiennes are piano compositions by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. The works are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm and chordal structure.
The popularity of the third movement, Clair de lune, has made it one of the composer's most famous works for piano, as well as one of the most famous musical pieces of all time
Je te veux 'I Want You' is a sung waltz, or valse chantée, by Erik Satie to erotic lyrics by Henry Pacory. Its two verses and repeated chorus were written for Paulette Darty, whose accompanist Satie had been and who first sang it in 1903 at La Scala, a cabaret in Paris.
i Prélude
The first piece in the suite Bergamasque is in the key of F major and marked moderato tempo rubato. Its legato phrases give it a smooth, flowing feel
The Gnossiennes Nos. 4–6 were published only in 1968, long after Satie's death. None of these appear to have been numbered, nor even titled as "Gnossienne" by Satie himself.
This prelude is a musical description of different minstrels that demonstrates their various talents.
Lewis Kingsley Peart - Piano
Lewis Kingsley Peart enjoys a busy life as a working musician: organising projects as both soloist and collaborator, he programmes a wide variety of music from the traditional classical canon, right through to jazz and the avant-garde. With a strong background in theatre, his appearances are never without verve.
Lewis made his debut at St. John’s, Smith Square in March 2018 in a programme of music celebrating the 75th birthday of the American composer, Stephen Montague. In the summer of 2021, he had the privilege of working with British concert pianist and composer, Sir Stephen Hough, on his third piano sonata, "Trinitas", for the Trinity Laban New Lights Festival of Contemporary Music. Highlights of the 2022 season included a concert for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at St. Mary’s Cathedral, and his debut recital at London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields. In November 2023 Lewis made his concerto debut with the Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Highlights of the 2024 season included two performances of Grieg's Piano Concerto, and also his European debut with two solo recitals in Lanzarote. In March of this year Lewis played Beethoven's "Emperor" concerto with the Angel Orchestra, and in April he gave the world premiere of Stephen Montague's "Scherzo in the Vienna Woods" - a new work that Lewis commissioned for solo piano. Lewis looks forward to future engagements both as recitalist and concerto soloist.
Lewis is a Chethams School of Music alumnus and graduate of London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire where he studied with Philip Fowke and Alisdair Hogarth.
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