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Pianist Llŷr Williams offers lyrical and profound Beethoven

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“powerful dynamics, spectacular runs, as though sparks and stars were shooting from the keys”
Reviewed at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia on 12 February 2020
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 2 in A major, Op.2 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 20 in G major, Op.49 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 7 in D major, Op.10 no.3
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 17 in D minor "Tempest", Op.31 no.2
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 18 in E flat major "Hunt", Op.31 no.3
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