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Recital: Jill Crossland, Piano

D Scarlatti
Sonatasin A L238/K208;  G minor L340/K476

Rameau
Selection from“Pieces de Clavecin” and “Nouvelles Suites de Clavecin”
Rigaudon, Tambourin, La Villageoise (1724); L’Egyptienne (1729)

J S Bach    
Partita No 1 in B flat BWV 825
Prelude-
Allemande-
Courante-
Sarabande-
Menuets 1 and 2 –
Gigue

Jill Crossland

Jill pursues an active concert and recording career. Jill plays regularly on the South Bank and at the 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.

Jill 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 was a member of the Arts Council Musicians in residence scheme for Yorkshire. Jill has appeared on radio and TV, including live and recorded broadcasts on BBC Radios 3 and 4.

Jill has recently recorded CDs of the keyboard works of Rameau (the collections from 1706 and 1724) issued last year on Signum Classics, described by Gramophone as ‘intelligent, stylish, tasteful, tonally resourceful and beautifully recorded.’ and, in the same sessions, 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 is just completing post-production of recordings of Bach, Mozart and Chopin.

www.jillcrossland.com
Performances on YouTube

Earlier Event: 9 January
Seeking Light
Later Event: 20 January
Recital: Reiko Fujisawa, Piano