A Musical Thanksgiving

Event Date: 
14/10/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
South Street Baptist Church, 25 South Street, Exeter

A Musical Thanksgiving

Internationally acclaimed pianist Stephen Beville returns to South Street Baptist Church, Exeter to give an evening piano recital of music by J.S Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Berio.

J.S Bach - Prelude and Fugues in E & F, Well Tempered Klavier, Book II. Mozart - Sonata in F, K 533 Berio - Four Elemental Preludes

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Chopin - Polonaise Fantasie, Op 61 Chopin - Three Nocturnes, Op 15 Chopin - Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54

7.30 pm, Saturday October 14th, South Street Baptist Church, 25 South Street, Exeter.

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