PROGRAMME

Handel Chaconne in G major HWV435

Bach Selection from the well-tempered Clavier Book 1: 13, 20 (F sharp major, A minor); Book II: 5, 19 (D and A majors)

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op 31/ 2 'Tempest'

Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op posth WN46

Jill Crossland pursues an active concert and recording career and gives over fifty concerts a year. She has played regularly on the South Bank and at Wigmore Hall in London, and her recent appearances have also included Cadogan, Bridgewater and Fairfield Halls, St George’s Bristol, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Konzerthaus, the National Concert Hall, Dublin and the Sage Gateshead. Jill’s recordings include the Bach Goldberg Variations on Warner Classics and works by Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart and Beethoven. She has featured in the Classic FM Hall of Fame and her release of the complete Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier has received high praise, described by the Penguin Guide as ‘a remarkable achievement, ranking with the finest’ Jill has appeared on radio and TV, including live and recorded broadcasts on BBC Radios 3 and 4.

Jill’s more recent CDs are of Rameau (the collections from 1706 and 1724) issued on Signum Classics, described by Gramophone as ‘intelligent, stylish, tasteful, tonally resourceful and beautifully recorded.’ And another of Mozart and Beethoven (the Moonlight sonata and the Bagatelles Op 126) described as having “thoughtfulness, liquidity” and “driven excitement” in International Record Review Jill’s recording of Bach pieces was re-mastered on Divine Art recently to critical acclaim, described in Fanfare Magazine as ‘exquisite’ – a"synthesis of elegance, intimacy, and tonal beauty....a lovely and captivating release."Jill’s newest recording of a selection of Chopin’s Nocturnes, Ballades and Etudes was released by Signum Classics at Easter and tracks have already been streamed 200,000 times.