Sarah Grunstein | A piano recital Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31. No. 2, Tempest Beethoven: Sonata in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 A sold out concert is always something to cheer about and I am sure that Sarah
The Australian pianist Dr Sarah Grunstein has had an illustrious international career both as a performer and educator. She has two degrees from the Juilliard School in New York and held a teaching fellowship there for four years. We arrived early so had plenty of time to read the program for this piano recital. The quality of Grunstein’s own program
The Utzon Room was filled to capacity when Sarah Grunstein introduced the sonatas she would perform in her recital this warm Thursday evening. She explained how Beethoven’s Sonata No.15 in D Major, Op.28 was the last piano sonata he wrote using the classic four-movement structure. Named “Pastorale” by one of Beethoven’s early publishers, the title is mostly descriptive, although there is an
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