Istanbul Recitals: Alexandre Tharaud, piano

The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul

A programme of Couperin, Rameau,Webern and Beethoven (Piano Sonata No 32). Cornucopia’s music critic, John Shakespeare Dyson writes: ‘I look forward to hearing some rarely-played French music, and to seeing how the progression from 18th-century Rameau to 20th-century Webern and then back to Beethoven comes over. Monsieur Tharaud is regarded by some as an ace interpreter of Baroque composers: the New York Times has described him as ‘a consummate Scarlatti player’, for instance.’ See the full preview here