Valentines Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

Event information

Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional Valentine's piano recital in the beautiful candlelit setting of Manchester Cathedral . Renowned concert pianist, Tyler Hay, will perform an outstanding selection of classical and romantic piano works in a concert to remember!

Featuring
Tyler Hay (piano)

Programme
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Liszt - 3 Petrarch Sonnets
Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Chopin - 2 Nocturnes in E minor and D flat Major
Bach/Busoni - Chaconne

Tyler Hay is an outstanding virtuoso pianist who enjoys tackling some of the most demanding works in the repertoire. He has performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Sonata at Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall, Scriabin’s 5th Sonata at the Southbank’s Purcell Room and as a result of winning the Senior Concerto Competition at the Purcell School, he played Ravel’s Concerto for Left Hand Alone at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Spring, 2013. Tyler is proud to have successfully organised a full evening recital at the Purcell School as a charity event, raising close to £2000 for the Watford Peace Hospice in Summer, 2012. He has also achieved a full performance of Chopin’s 24 Etudes in Blackburn, 2014. Most recently, Tyler won first prize in the keyboard section of the Royal Overseas League Competition in February 2016 and also went on to win first prize in the Liszt Society Competition in November, later that year.