Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight at St Ann's Church

A candlelit piano recital at St Ann's Church in Manchester, built around Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and other works for solo piano by Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and Rachmaninoff.

The programme is presented by CityMusic Promotions and centres on Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, known as the Moonlight Sonata. The performances are given by concert pianists, with a different pianist named for each of several dates on this run, among them Luke Jones, Warren Mailley-Smith and Tyler Hay.

Alongside the Beethoven, the pieces listed for the evenings include Debussy's Suite bergamasque with Clair de lune, selections from Chopin's Préludes, his Ballade No. 4 in F minor and Fantaisie-Impromptu, Liszt's Un Sospiro, Grieg's Wedding Day at Troldhaugen and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor. Each evening draws on a selection of these works rather than the same list.

St Ann's Church, on St Ann's Street, is a place of worship that also hosts concerts, many of them given by candlelight. The event is suited to those new to classical concerts, and the seating is by zone, with seats chosen on arrival within the booked zone.