Honens @ Home: Stefano Andreatta performs Mason

At the Honens International Piano Competition, competitors are
encouraged to perform music composed within the last 50 years as
well as pivotal works of the piano literature in their
self-programmed recitals. In 2018, Semifinalist Stefano Andreatta
did just that when he performed ...just as the sun is always...
(2006) by British composer Christian Mason. 


While it was composed for another piano competition, this work is
not the virtuosic showpiece you might expect, perhaps because it
was commissioned by a generous couple in memory of their
daughter, Heidi, who passed when she was only 30. 


Let's listen now to this quiet and introspective work.

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Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.