Act I - Popular Classics and Comedy
Tyler presents a selection of all-time favourite piano music, laced with musical anecdotes and tongue-in-cheek humour.
Act II - Forgotten Masterpieces
Tyler showcases two rarely heard masters of the Romantic era with works that stretch virtuosity to its limits.
Tyler Hay is an artist of rare talent, a true ‘pianist of the people’ - equally an extraordinary, international competition-winning virtuoso and a highly charismatic entertainer (and quite handy on a billiards table!). For one night only, in the spectacular setting of the National Liberal Club in Central London, Kettner Concerts presents Tyler in a novel performance format.
In ‘Act I’, he offers a selection of the most beloved classical piano works - with original, humorous introductions to each piece. Expect nostalgia-inducing poetic musical beauty, alternating with laugh-out-loud comedy!
'Act II' offers an exhilarating tour-de-force of virtuoso piano playing as Tyler champions two 19th century composers whose music is criminally underperformed (in Tyler’s opinion - you’ll have to decide for yourself when you hear it!).
Programme
Act I
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 “Polonaise héroïque”
Claude Debussy - Préludes, Book 1 No. 8: “La fille aux cheveux de lin”
Felix Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 “Spring Song”
Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces Book 8, Op. 65 No. 6 “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen”
Christian Sinding - Frühlingsrauschen, Op. 32, No. 3 “Rustle of Spring”
Liszt - Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 “La Campanella”
Act II
Carl Czerny - Grand Ètude en forme de variations, Op. 822 No. 46
Anton Rubinstein - Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 12
