Evening Concert Series: Moonlight Sonata By Candlelight

Simon Watterton brings Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata to St Giles' Cathedral on Friday 30 October, as part of the cathedral's Evening Concert Series. It's a piano recital played by candlelight inside the cathedral on the Royal Mile, with the Gothic interior providing the backdrop for a programme built around the Moonlight Sonata itself.

That's the piece most of us know by heart, and it's the one the whole evening is built around. It's described as a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece that continues to captivate audiences with its emotional depth and melodic genius, and here it's given the space of a full recital rather than just being one part of a larger concert.

At the piano is Simon Watterton, a Wirral-born concert pianist who's performed as both a soloist and a chamber musician across the world, including China, Canada, the USA, Sweden and Italy, as well as extensively in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. He made his concerto debut at London's Cadogan Hall and was named a Rising Star by International Piano Magazine during a cycle of all the Beethoven piano sonatas in London. His other London appearances include the Wigmore Hall, St John's, Smith Square and the Purcell Room, and he's played on Radio 3's InTune and for Classic FM. As a chamber musician, he's worked with the Irish violinist Anna Cashell, cellist Raphael Wallfisch and violinist Daniel Rohn.

The recital runs from 6:15 PM to 7:15 PM at St Giles' Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1RE, and tickets range from £15 to £45.