Llyr Williams – review

Gower festivalBeethoven and Scriabin don't often feature on the same programme but, in Llyr Williams's recital opening Gower's annual festival, the pairing of the Op 27 No 2 Sonata with Scriabin's Second Sonata was a reminder that the young Russian had, almost a century later, consciously emulated Beethoven. He took the unusual movement structure, quasi una fantasia, and even incorporated an evocation of moonlight (albeit the famous title was not Beethoven's). In each, Williams balanced poetic ...

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