Beethoven Sonatas by candlelight

🎵 This candleliit concert experience is brought to you by CityMusic Promotions Ltd. This concert is not affiliated with the Fever Original Candlelight series.

Tickets for Beethoven Piano Sonatas By Candlelight in Edinburgh
🎫 Band AA (Front section)
🎫 Band A
🎫 Band B
🎫 Band C
🎫 Band D (restricted/no views)

Highlights
🎹 Experience an exceptional early evening piano recital at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh!
🌟 Renowned concert pianists will perform a selection from Beethoven's impressive piano sonatas 
🌟 Other works to be included by greats such as Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Gerswhin, Grieg, Schubert and many more!
🏰 Enjoy the beautiful candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile

General Info
📅 Dates: Selected Mondays in 2025-26. Select your date directly from the ticket selector.
🕒 Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
📍 Location: St Giles' Cathedral
👤 Age Requirement: CityMusic Promotions events are not suitable for children under the age of 5 years old (babies will not be admitted)
❗️ For this event, all sales are final and tickets can’t be refunded, changed, or modified. For more information, please refer to our T&Cs

Description
St Giles Cathedral plays host to the Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series. This exciting and prestigious new concert series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas throughout the 2025-26 season. Featuring exceptional performances from leading UK and international pianists, these concerts will be an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy some of the world's greatest piano repertoire, as curated by our guest performers. Set in the stunning candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral, with it's newly installed Steinway Grand Piano, this will be a musical experience to remember! St Giles is situated in heart of the Royal Mile with many bars and restaurants nearby to complete your evening.

Pianists & Programmes
(Remaining 2026 dates - All on Mondays)

09.03.26 – Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in G major, Op. 31 No. 1; Elgar arr. Takenouchi: Organ Sonata in G major, Op. 28; Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G major, Op. 32 No. 5

16.03.26 – Karl Lutchmayer (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in B flat major, Op. 22; Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541/3; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit

06.04.26 – Viv McLean (piano) – Scarlatti: Four Sonatas (K. numbers tbc); Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Bach/Hess: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”, BWV 147; Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

13.04.26 – Christina Lawrie (piano) – Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 “Rage over a Lost Penny”; Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

27.04.26 – Bridget Yee (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3; Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S. 178

04.05.26 – Maiko Mori (piano) – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3; Clara Schumann: Scherzo in D minor, Op. 10; Chopin: Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2; Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

11.05.26 – Sofia Medina (piano) – Schubert: Impromptu in C minor, D. 899 No. 1; Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 101 No. 28; Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op. 23 Nos. 1–5

01.06.26 – Olga Stezhko (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 (No. 19); Debussy: Clair de lune, L. 75 No. 3; Chopin: Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 No. 1; Ravel: Miroirs – IV. Alborada del gracioso; V. La vallée des cloches; Rachmaninov: Étude-tableaux, Op. 39 No. 8; Prelude in D major, Op. 23 No. 4; Scriabin: Sonata No. 4, Op. 30

08.06.26 – Julian Trevelyan (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1; Liszt: Six Consolations, S. 172; Schubert/Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, S. 427 Nos. 1, 6 & 9; Debussy: L’isle joyeuse, L. 106

15.06.26 – Misha Kaploukhii (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2; Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61; Brahms: Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 76

29.06.26 – Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) – Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I); Beethoven: Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “The Tempest”; Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

06.07.26 – Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3; Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy in C major, D. 760; Ravel: Jeux d’eau, M. 30

13.07.26 – Renata Konyicska (piano) – Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1; Schubert: Sonata in B flat major, D. 960