Alice Sara Ott: John Field & Beethoven
Be captivated by the artistry of Alice Sara Ott in music by Beethoven and Field, pushing the traditional boundaries of the piano recital.
Ott’s multimedia concerts and creatively themed recital programmes have won her devoted audiences around the world.
Following her residency here at the Southbank Centre in Spring/Summer 2024, she returns for a special concert to launch her latest recording (on Deutsche Grammophon).
Tracing a journey through Beethoven’s life – from one of his simplest piano sonatas, the poetic Op.49 No.1, to his mystical late style in the rhapsodic Op.109 – it also includes the twilit magic of the ever-popular Moonlight Sonata.
Ott intersperses these Beethoven sonatas with a selection of the serene Nocturnes by the composer’s contemporary John Field, who invented this evocative and atmospheric genre.
Performers
Alice Sara Ott piano
Repertoire
Field: Nocturne No.17 in C, H.61
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in G minor, Op.49 No.1
Field: Nocturnes: No.1 in E flat, H.24; No.2 in C minor, H.25; No.4 in A, H.36; No.10 in E, H.54
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E, Op.109
Interval
Field: Nocturnes: No.14 in G, H.58; No.16 in C, H.60; No.9 in E minor, H.46; No.12 in E, H.13
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia - Moonlight)
Need to know
Find out more about the music with our free programme.
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Reviews
‘Her playing is technically unimpeachable, with beauty of tone, virtuoso flair and fine musical judgment throughout’BBC Music Magazine
‘This was music-making of the highest order’Evening Standard
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