Past event
Joanna MacGregor CBE: Good Friday Music
One of the most innovative musicians in the world today, and one of the most celebrated pianists of our time, makes a highly anticipated one-off appearance in the McPherson Recital Room. Her programme juxtaposes the heady sound-world of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt with Franz Schubert's last great sonata for piano.
Repertoire includes Musica ricercata 1-8 (Ligeti); Funérailles (Liszt); Good Friday Music from Parsifal (Liszt/Wagner); Prelude (Kocsis/Wagner) and Isolde's Liebestod (Liszt/Wagner) from Tristan und Isolde; and Schubert's Sonata in B-flat, D960.
Find out more about her work on Joanna's website and book early to avoid missing this unforgettable event.
Tickets, priced £28, £22 (Music Centre members), £10 (students and children), are available from the Byre Theatre website or Box Office on 01334 475000.
Joanna, well-known as an inspiring teacher who is currently Dame Myra Hess Professor of Piano at London's Royal Academy of Music, will work with three of our most talented student pianists in a special masterclass at 10am on Saturday 8 April in the McPherson Recital Room. The event is open to the public without charge.