Nocturnes - Susan Tomes In Conversation with Robert Philip
Nocturnes - Susan Tomes In Conversation with Robert Philip at Firth Hall, Sheffield
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About the show
Susan Tomes explores nocturnes and the rich cultural history of the music of twilight and sleep in the classical tradition. This fascinating genre has inspired musicians including Chopin, Richter and John Field, as well as artists and writers. Susan will play some short pieces to illustrate the nocturnes.
Susan Tomes is an award winning pianist and writer, renowned as a soloist and chamber musician. Her books include The Piano and Women and the Piano. Robert Philip is a broadcaster and author of A Little History of Music.
Featuring - Susan Tomes
A classical pianist and accompanist, Edinburgh-born Susan Tomes is one of the
world's leading chamber musicians.
She has been at the heart of three internationally admired ensembles: Domus, the Gaudier Ensemble, and the Florestan Trio, winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2000. With these groups she has performed and broadcast all over the world.
Her recital repertoire focuses particularly on French music, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann; as a soloist, she has recorded Mozart piano concertos and 1920s piano music by the Savoy Hotel's Billy Mayerl.