Mishka Rushdie Momen

Wooler Arts Summer Concerts 2023

Saturday 20th May 2023, 7.30pm

Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)

Beethoven
Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No.2 (Moonlight Sonata)

Brett Dean
Prelude and Chorale

Bach
Preludes and Fugues: C major; B flat minor
(Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1); F major (Book 2)

Rameau
Les tendres plaints; Les Cyclopes (Suite in D)
Le rappel des oiseaux; Rigaudons I, II and Double;
La villageoise (Suite in E)

Ravel
Prelude; Forlane (Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Oiseaux tristes; Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

Schubert
Sonata in D major, D.850

This is a welcome return of a remarkable young pianist who created a sensation when she played in Wooler in September 2021. Her programme is an interesting set of pairings. Mishka begins with Beethoven’s famous Moonlight Sonata and ends her recital with Schubert’s late, great D major Sonata D.850. In between she pairs Preludes and Fugues by JS Bach with Brett Dean’s Bach-inspired Prelude and Chorale, and follows Rameau’s Suites in D major and E minor with music from Ravel’s Miroirs and Le Tombeau de Couperin.

Mishka Rushdie Momen was the Times Arts Critics’ chosen nominee in the field of classical music for their 2021 Breakthrough Award, given by Sky Arts and the South Bank Show, who profiled her for an episode of the programme broadcast in July that year. She appears in recitals and concerto performances worldwide, and Sir András Schiff has presented her in recitals in Zurich Tonhalle, 92Y in New York City, deSingel Antwerp, and other venues across Europe.

“Mishka Rushdie Momen plays the piano extraordinarily well, but it is the purity and depth of musical feeling that impress me most. She has the rare ability to communicate the essential meaning of whatever she plays.”

Richard Goode