Paul Lewis: Mozart +

Paul Lewis makes a welcome return to St George’s with a brand-new series of four concerts exploring the piano sonatas of Mozart. This will be an expansive, brilliantly engaging exploration of this rich corner of the piano repertoire. The next four concerts take place across the 2026 and 2027 and there are discounted series tickets available.

Programme
Mozart Sonata in C major K 330
Poulenc Improvisations nos 7-12
Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse
Poulenc Improvisations nos 1-6 & 13-15
Mozart Sonata in C minor K457

“For many years I’ve wanted to spend some time focusing on Mozart’s piano sonatas and have long felt sceptical of the broadly held view that these remarkable works are the poor siblings of his piano concertos – less original, inspired, and engaging than their symphonic counterparts.

This series aims to challenge that idea by juxtaposing the many facets of this rich corner of the piano repertoire with works by other composers, presenting both contrasts with and, perhaps less obviously, connections to Mozart’s piano writing. From the transparency, discretion, and humour of Poulenc, through the vocal and operatic world of Chopin and Weber, to the development of variation form and, ultimately, the dramatic tension of Beethoven’s musical language – all of these threads are traceable to, and audible in, the piano sonatas of Mozart” (Paul Lewis).