with Alessandro Taverna

Sun 25 July  |  Royal Hall  |  8pm

Beethoven: 15 Variations and Fugue in E-flat major,
Op.35 ‘Eroica Variations’
Chopin: Nocturne in B major, Op.62
Busoni: Kammer-Fantasie über “Carmen”
Rachmaninov: Polka de W.R.
Moszkowski: Étincelles, Op.36 No.6
Author of countless TV, stage and film dramas including The Madness of George III and The History Boys, the Festival is thrilled to welcome Britain’s best-loved observer with an acute ear for human foibles. In a profile to mark his 75th birthday last year, The Telegraph described him as, “our Mozart of the mundane, our Picasso of the prosaic.”
Bennett will be sharing the stage with pianist Alessandro Taverna, born in Venice in 1983, is a vibrant young talent who has won numerous awards in national and international competitions. He has performed throughout Europe and America, including Berlin’s prestigious Konzerthaus and New York’s Steinway Halls. Alessandro has recorded for Radio Classica in Italy, for the Slovenian National Radio Television and for Classic FM Radio in South Africa.

Tickets: £35, £24, £15, £12
U25s: £5
Boxes: £72, £48

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