Classical Artists Worldwide - Oliver Williams, Piano



	"... a fine concert; one of those occasions from which the listener departed rejoicing and uplifted." Newbury Weekly News

"Oliver Williams relived the music with wonderful understanding and feeling."
Newbury Weekly News

"Oliver Willams' playing, in these different styles, was masterly, and the intimacy of the drawing-room venue also contributed to the enjoyment of the music."
Newbury Weekly News

Oliver Williams gained a Performers' Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music at the age of seventeen. He went on to study there with Vivian Langrish, winning several awards. Further studies with Moura Lympany led to semi-final places at the Ettore Pozzoli competition in Milan and the Beethoven competition in Vienna.

"... for the Moonlight Sonata, Mr. Williams gave us an opening Adagio of naturalness and classic flow, quite unimpeded by romantic mannerism or quasi-impressionism, and his Presto, too was vital and alert, devoid of stale preconceptions.." With such winning lyric gifts, Mr Williams was naturally at his very best in the burgeoning life of Ireland's Song of the Springtides and Grieg's To Spring."
Daily Telegraph

His wide-ranging repertoire includes most of the solo piano works of Beethoven and Chopin. He has a keen interest in British music and has recently made a disc that includes works by Sullivan, Ireland and Bridge and two new works by Peter Thompson. He enjoys giving performances of light music from the 1930's and 40's mostly with a trio. In addition to solo playing his career includes song accompaniment, arranging - mostly for youth orchestras - and extensive piano teaching.

"His programme ranged from popular 30's favourites in a loping sing-along style, through Kern, Porter, Rodgers and Gershwin, to a sprinkling of light classics. A selection from The Merry Widow, a little Liszt and Schumann and a pair of Chopin nocturnes added relish to the general fare, and the pearly clarity of his Fantasie Impromptu was a delight. ."
Newbury Weekly News

Oliver Williams has performed to other delighted audiences in Cambridge, Cheltenham, Bolton, Newbury Festival, St, James' Piccadilly, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Leighton House and the Blackheath Concert Halls.

Repertoire

**SOLO REPERTOIRE**
J.S. Bach	Predules and Figures C major and D minor (Bk. II)
Beethoven	Sonatas op. 2 no.3, op. 13 Pathétique, op.21 Quasi una Fantasia, op.27 Moonlight, op.53 Waldstein, op. 106 Hammerklavier, op. 109 and op. 110, Bagatelles op.33, Eroica Variations op. 35.
Frank Bridge	Three Sketches (April, Rosemary, Valse Capricieux)
Chopin	The 24 Preludes op. 28, 2 Preludes op. 45, Impromtu in F# op. 36, Polonaise in Ab op. 53, Fantasy-Impromptu op. 66, Various Nocturnes, Ballades nos. 1 op. 23, and 3 , op. 47.
Debussy	Reflets dans l'eau from Images, Estampes, Preludes - Danseuses des Delphes ,Voiles, La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, Les Collines d'Annnacapri.
Grieg	Lyric Pieces op. 43 and op.65 no 53 (Wedding Day at Troldhanger)
Haydn	Sonatas E minor Hob. 34 and E flat Hob. 49.
John Ireland	Sarnia and Three London Pieces.
Liszt	Sonata in B minor, Concert Studies: Un Sospiro, La Legerezza , Consolation in Db Leibenstraum in Ab.
Mendelssohn	Andante and Rondo Capriccioso op.14, Variations Serieuses op. 54.
Mozart	Sonatas Bb K. 281 and A major K .331.
Ravel	Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit.
Scarlatti	Sonata in E.
Schubert	Four Impromtus op. 90, Valses Nobles op. 77
Schumann	Papillons op. 2, Toccata op. 7, Kinderscenen op. 15, Kreisleriana op.16, Fantasie op.17, Sonata in G minor op.222, Faschingsschwanke aus Wein op.26.
Sibelius	Romance in Db op.24.
Sullivan	Thought, Daydreams, Allegro Risoluto, Twilight.
Peter Thompson	Marc Chagall Suite, Bolinge Hill.
Weber	Invitation To The Dance.
CONCERTO REPERTOIRE
Beethoven	Nos. 1, 3, and 4
Chopin	No. 2 in F minor
Mozart	K. 414 and K. 453
Rachmaninoff	Nos. 1 and 2

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