HIGH SUMMER HAYDN: "The London Sonatas I" at Tenri Cultural Institute

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2. HIGH SUMMER HAYDN: "The London Sonatas I"

Piano Lunaire launches a new summer festival in NYC's Greenwich Village, over three Wednesday evenings in July and August at Tenri Cultural Institute: pianist/composer Adam Sherkin presents selections from Haydn's 52 sonata catalogue, alongside Haydn-inspired contemporary works for keyboard (including his own!)

• DOORS OPEN at 8:30pm; performance at 9pm (one 50-minute set)
• TICKETS: Pay-what-you-wish; book tickets in advance
• WINE & BEER: Complimentary Austrian and Hungarian wines and beer

PROGRAM:

HAYDN: Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI: No. 50                                                                                                                                                            BENJAMIN: Meditation on Haydn’s Name (1982)
BENNETT: Impromptu on the Name of Haydn (1982)**
SHERKIN: Farewell Sonatina *

* world premiere
** NYC premiere

Adam Sherkin, piano