Pedro López Salas at St Stephen Walbrook
A voyage of discovery and poetic mastery
Following a monumental performance of Mussorgsky pictures and an even more astonishing Sonata by Schulhoff, it almost made us forget the exquisite refinement of Papà Haydn’s graceful Sonata n. 12 with which this dashing young Spanish virtuoso began his recital at St Stephen Walbrook today. There was no doubt of his fiery Latin temperament as Malagueña flooded this noble edifice with sounds of shameless passionate intensity, played as an encore after his monumental Great Gate of Kiev was still resounding around this beautiful church in the round.
