Keystones Piano Festival Presents Sheffield University Showcase

Event information

Date: Mon, 26 May 2025

Time: 2.00pm & 6.00pm

Cost: £5.00 + Booking fee

Type: Music

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​This May we’re delighted to be hosting a week of music in the round with our Keystones Piano Festival in the historic Samuel Worth Chapel. Featuring a varied lineup of contemporary and classical compositions, this celebration of piano offers an intimate and atmospheric experience in our unique heritage setting.

Join us for two sessions (2.00pm and 6.00pm) of classical music from this year’s degree and PhD students from Sheffield University Music Department.

Session 1: 2:30-4.00pm

Eddie Laycock – Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach:  French Suite no. 5 in G major BWV 816
IV – Gavotte
V – Bourrée
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E minor op. 72 no. 1

Eunbi Yu – Piano
Rachmaninov: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
Nikolai Kapustin – Prelude No. 23, Op. 53

Sihan Hao – Piano – Ruoyan He – Piano
W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D Major, KV 381 (2nd and 3rd movements)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 6 Morceaux, Op. 11 – Valse

Zhenhan Gao – Piano
Brahms: Rhapsody in G major

Qi Wu – Piano  – Xuedou Lyu – Piano 
Naomi Pinnock: Simul
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances Op.35 No.123

Gwen Francis – Piano 
Peaceful Warrior by Aaron Parks,
Arctica by Grandbrothers
The Elevation of Love by the Esbjorn Svensson Trio

Session 2: 6.30-7.45pm

Zhenhan Guo Piano and Xinyue Zhang – Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Church Sonata in D Major, K.381

Yi Liu – Piano and Zhiwei Gao – Piano
1. Grieg – 4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35, Movement IV
2. Ravel – Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60, Movements III & IV

Chichi Li and Yu Chinen – Mezzo-Soprano
Luciano Berio: Dolce cominciamento, La donna ideale, Avendo gran disio, and Ballo. 10 minutes

Chu Chu and Ziyuan Huang – Piano
Faure – Dolly Suite Op.56
Vaughan- Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves

Yanke Dai – Bass Clarinet and Chichi Li – Piano
Othmar Schoeck Sonata for bass clarinet and piano

Event Details

  • Doors: 2.00pm / 6.00pm
  • Performance: 2.30pm / 6.30pm
  • Location: The Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield, S11 8NT
  • We ​are ​a fully accessible venue and have a bar (with card machine) selling local beers, wine and spirits.
  • All tickets sold online via Ticketsource, no tickets on the door.
  • Bags will be checked on entry.

T&Cs

  • Tickets for this event are non-refundable. However, If for any reason the event is cancelled by SGCT, we will refund your ticket. If you have bought a ticket but are unable to attend, please contact us so we can try to reallocate it.
  • Email [email protected] with any questions about this event.

This is a volunteer-led event for Sheffield General Cemetery Trust and proceeds go to fund the charitable aims of the Trust. Thank you for your support.