R E P E R T O I R E


Sophia Johnston, artist or sitter unknown


SOLO

Linda's repertoire comprises the major keyboard works of the Baroque and Classical periods, including the complete sonatas of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. However she also performs works by lesser-known composers, and is always happy to devise themed programmes. Here are some samples, but they are only to give an idea and there are infinite variations!

Programme featuring Kirckman harpsichord of 1757

Suite no.7 in G minor from the 1st Collection of 1720
Suite "Melpomene" from the "Musical Parnassus"
Italian Concerto (BWV 831)
Württemberg Sonata in A minor (WQ 49/1)
Sonata in D major (Hob.XVI/14)
Toccata in D major (BWV 912)

G.F.Händel
J.C.F.Fischer
J.S.Bach
C.P.E.Bach
F.J.Haydn
J.S.Bach



Programme featuring clavichord by J.A.Hass of 1767

Suite "Melpomene" from "Musical Parnassus"
Präludium and Fughetta in G major (BWV 902 a and b)
Sonata in A minor (WQ 49/1) Württemberg
Variations on "La Follia" (WQ 118/9)
Cappriccio (K.395)
Sonata in G major (Hob.XVI/6)

J.C.F.Fischer
J.S.Bach
C.P.E.Bach
C.P.E.Bach
W.A.Mozart
F.J.Haydn



Revolutionary Road

Keyboard music written in Paris around the time of the Revolution.

"The Sufferings of the Queen of France" (Op.23)
Sonata in A minor (K.310)
Sonata from Op.1
Capriccio (K.395)
Prelude (1777)
Marche des Marseillois et l'Air Ça-ira (1792)

J.L.Dussek
W.A.Mozart
E.Méhul
W.A.Mozart
C.B.Balbastre
Citoyen C.Balbastre



Haydn and Women

Haydn was unhappily married and formed close friendships with several other women. The three sonatas in this programme were all written for talented women pianists, and the tragic Variations in F minor were in the process of being written when he heard of the death of Marianne von Genzinger.

Sonata in E flat major (Hob.XVI/49)
Sonata in C major (Hob.XVI/50)
Andante con Variazioni (Hob.XVII/6)
Sonata in E flat major (Hob.XVI/52)



The English Piano

Music written with the distinctive sound of the English piano in mind.


Prelude in C major
Sonata in C major (Hob.XVI/50)
Prelude in B flat major
Variations in F minor (Hob.XVII)
Prelude in D major
Sonata in B minor (Op.40 no.20)

J.L.Dussek
F.J.Haydn
J.L.Dussek
F.J.Haydn
J.L.Dussek
M.Clementi



Haydn and Mozart

Who influenced whom?


Sonata in D major (Hob.XVI/37)
Capriccio (K.395)
Sonata in A minor (K.310)
Twelve variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je , Maman"
(All works composed in or around1778: the Haydn 1777/9)

F.J.Haydn
W.A.Mozart
W.A.Mozart
W.A.Mozart



All Mozart

A four-programme cycle of the complete piano sonatas.



Appassionata

Not just Beethoven, but Haydn and Mozart expressing extremes of emotion.


Sonata in D major (Hob.XVI/ 37)
Andante con Variazioni (Hob.XVII/6)
Sonata in A minor (K.310)
Sonata in F minor (Op.57) "Appassionata"

F.J.Haydn
F.J.Haydn
W.A.Mozart
L.van Beethoven



Late Beethoven

Eleven New Bagatelles (Op.119)
Sonata in A flat major (Op.110)
Six Bagatelles (Op.126)
Sonata in E major (Op.109)



Impromptu!

Four Impromptus (D 935, Op.post.142)
6 Impromptus (Op.7)
Impromptu in A flat (Op.29)
Impromptu in F sharp major (Op.36)
Fantaisie–Impromptu in C sharp minor (Op.66)

F.Schubert
J.H.Vorisek
F.Chopin
F.Chopin
F.Chopin




The piano works of Carl Loewe


Grand Sonata in E major (Op. 16) 1829
Mazeppa– a Tone Poem after Byron (Op.27) 1828
Gipsy Sonata in A minor (Op.107) 1847



Concertos

Piano concerto in D major (Hob.XIII/11)
The complete piano concertos
The complete piano concertos

F.J.Haydn
W.A.Mozart
L.van Beethoven





DUO with Hiro Kurosaki

The repertoire centres on the complete sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, but, as with the solo programmes, there are many variations on this theme.



 Joseph Joachim and Clara Schumann in concert, by Adolf Menzel (1853)


Highlights of the Mozart Violin Sonatas

Sonata in G major (K.379)
Sonata in E flat major (K.481)
Sonata in E minor (K.304)
Sonata in B flat Major (K.454)

W.A.Mozart


The Route to Beethoven

Sonata in D major (Op.12 no.1)
Twelve Variations on “Les Folies d'Espagne” for
piano solo (Wq 118/9)
Sonata in A major

L.van Beethoven
C.P.E.Bach

F.Benda

Arioso (variations) in A major (Wq 79)
Sonata in F major (Op.24) "Spring"

C.P.E.Bach
L.van Beethoven



Beethoven and Brahms Violin Sonatas (Two Programme Series)

PROGRAMME I
Sonata in A major (Op.100)
Sonata in G major (Op.96)
Sonata in G major (Op.78)

PROGRAMME II
Sonata in A minor (Op.47) “Kreutzer”
Three Bagatelles for piano solo (Op.119)
Sonata in D minor (Op.108)


J.Brahms
L.van Beethoven
J.Brahms


L.van Beethoven
L.van Beethoven
J.Brahms



Programme given by Joseph Joachim and Clara Schumann

Berlin, 29th November, 1865

Sonata in A major (K.305)
Warum? (Op.12/3)
Nachtstück (Op.23/1)
Novellette (Op.21/4)
Präludium, Loure, Gavotte from Partita in E major (BWV 1006)
Sonata in A minor (Op.47) "Kreutzer"

W.A.Mozart
R.Schumann


J.S.Bach
L.van Beethoven





THE LONDON FORTEPIANO TRIO


First edition of Haydn Piano Trios Op.80


Linda Nicholson: fortepiano
Hiro Kurosaki: violin
Martin Fritz: violoncello

The Trio's repertoire comprises the complete trios of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn plus a few byways.



The Road to Mozart

Trio in F major (Op.16/4)
Trio in A major (Op.2/5)
Divertimento à Tre in B flat major (K.254)
Trio in G minor (Hob.XV/1)
Trio in C major (K.548)

Johann Schobert
J.C.Bach
W.A.Mozart
F.J.Haydn
W.A.Mozart



Contemporary trios–Mozart and Haydn in 1788

Trio in E minor (Hob.XV/12), 1788
Trio in E major (K.542), 1788
Trio in E flat major (Hob.XV/11),1788
Trio in C major (K.548), 1788

F.J.Haydn
W.A.Mozart
F.J.Haydn
W.A.Mozart



Vienna and the Orient

Trio in F major (Op.22) with Turkish Rondo Finale
Trio in C major (K.548)
Zehn Variationen über "Unser dummer Pöbel meint" aus "Die
Pilger von Mecca" von C.W.Gluck (K.455)
Trio in G major (Hob.XV/25) with Gypsy Rondo Finale

J.N.Hummel
W.A.Mozart
W.A.Mozart

F.J.Haydn



The Mozart Piano Quartets

With Herbert Lindsberger: viola

Sonata in G major (K.301) for violin and piano
One of the duos for violin and viola (K.423 or 424)
Variations on “Bei Männern” from “Die Zauberflöte” for
'cello and piano
Piano Quartet in E flat major (K.493)

W.A.Mozart
W.A.Mozart
L.van Beethoven

W.A.Mozart