EVENT 2: LLŶR WILLIAMS

Brahms: Intermezzos, Op. 118 Nos. 1 & 2
Mozart: Sonata in F, K. 533/494
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16

There are poignant and vivid stories to be heard in the music in this programme: Brahms, late in life, relishing the delights of short forms like miniature paintings full of detail and nuance – that word ‘intermezzo’ promises little but delivers so much; Schumann is story-telling on the broadest canvas in Kreisleriana, pouring his own inner thoughts and fantasies into music; and between them, one of the loveliest Mozart sonatas, music that sounds ineffably simple and natural but cost him dearly to create.

It is 20 years since Llŷr Williams first played at ENF and he returns with this programme that is as rich, expressive and thoughtful as ever. At its heart is Schumann’s tour de force of fantasy. The Guardian called Williams performing Schumann’s Kreisleriana ‘a display of boundless virtuosity, but also vivid characterisation of Schumann’s abundance of musical ideas, whether exuberantly energetic or poetic reverie, serious or playful . . . He plays with a clarity and rigour that makes everything seem newly minted, yet it’s the ability to produce a deeply expressive singing tone in an infinite range of colours that is the most telling facet of his pianism.’ Well said!

More Mozart later today in EVENT 5: OPUS13 PLAY OP. 13

• £18.00 - £25.00
• 2 July 2026
• 65 minutes
• 11:30
• Crail Church
• 
  Please note, you are selecting a place within a shared pew, not a specific seat.