Haydn Sonata in C major Hob XVI:50 played by Ben Schoeman

The sonata was written for and dedicated to Therese Jansen Bartolozzi c. 1794. Jansen Bartolozzi subsequently published the sonata c. 1800 with the title: "A Grand Sonata for the Piano Forte Composed Expressly for and dedicated to Mrs. Bartolozzi by Haydn ... Op. 79 ... London. Printed for, and to be had of the Proprietor 82 Wells Street and of the Publishers J. and H. Caulfield 36 Picadilly." The Sonata has three movements: Allegro; Adagio; Allegro molto.

Ben Schoeman (piano) performs Joseph Haydn's Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50, at the Cleveland International Piano Competition 2013. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.

South African pianist Ben Schoeman won the first grand prize in the 11th UNISA International Piano Competition, Pretoria (2008), the gold medal in the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, London (2009), the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music (2011) and the Contemporary Music Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition, USA (2013). In 2016, he was awarded the H Rupert Prize from the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He has performed throughout Europe, Canada, the USA and South Africa in such renowned concert halls as the Barbican, Cadogan, Queen Elizabeth and Wigmore Halls in London, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon, the Cape Town City Hall and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. He has played at many festivals, including the George Enescu Festival, the City of London Festival, the Grahamstown Arts Festival and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. He has collaborated with numerous conductors, including Nicholas Cleobury, Carlos Izcaray, Gérard Korsten, Theodore Kuchar, Diego Masson, En Shao, Yasuo Shinozaki and Conrad van Alphen.
In 2014, along with his duo-partner cellist Anzél Gerber, Ben Schoeman performed at Carnegie Hall, New York. Amongst several prizes, the duo won the gold medal in the Global Music Awards for their recording of music by Anton Rubinstein. The eminent South African composer Stefans Grové dedicated his Concerto for Piano, Cello and Orchestra ‘Bushman Prayers’ (2013) to Gerber and Schoeman, and they premiered the work with the Cape and KZN Philharmonic Orchestras.
Ben Schoeman studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London with Ronan O’Hora and in Florence with Eliso Virsaladze. He has completed a doctorate on the piano music of Stefans Grové at City University of London. His Liszt album has been released by TwoPianists Records and is distributed worldwide through Naxos Global. He is a Steinway Artist.

[tamarapianochannel]

I listened to many interpretations but this one is the closest to how I'd imagine this piece should be played. No unnecessary accents or rubatos. Polished in every aspect. Congratulations ✨️

[rogernichols]

Haydn's piano sonatas have hidden depths. His slow movements are especially profound, as here. Lovely playing.

[o_polichinelo]

0:06 1st movement - Allegro
5:29 2nd movement - Adagio
11:05 3rd movement - Allegro molto

[poplife]

I never understand why Haydn seems to be so under appreciated as vital as Mozart or dare I say he's student Beethoven....

[osvaldocapella]

Bellísima interpretación. Y Haydn un genio tapado por Mozart y Beethoven. Su música es para disfrutar. Un genio alegre.

[mountainman]

😮 im just a dude learning about sonatas because they have always attracted my attention. That was a roller coaster of emotion. They it started and ended with beauty and relief as expected. Cool. Onto the journey then. ❤

[andrewkennaugh]

Excellent...must confess I'd never heard of Ben Schoeman before...my loss...😕😕

[robertoalexandre]

What a sparkling performance as if the performer's hands had been dipped in champagne! Every phrase, from the exuberant major-key melodies to the "storm-and-stress" bursts in the minor and the long singing middle-movement lines - love those very subtle staccato-like touches - and the last bubbly movement. What comes across is a narrative woven together by shaping the individual musical phrases from within (dynamically and through a coloratura articulation) rather than just from one phrase to the next through contrast. The result: musical sculpture where the notes burst forth like strings of glistening jewels. Mr. Schoeman makes himself the channel for Haydn who comes through in unfiltered (i.e. by any distracting musical or or performance gestures) purity.

[anezkamunzarova]

5:28 second movement
11:05 third. Movement

[gerardbegni]

RHis is one of the last sontats of Josph Haydb. It iuncludes some unusual discontinuities in the melody, and contrapunctal echoes. It is very interesting to hear carefully

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[HTFilms]

He is so good and yet I haven't heard him play any songs yet! I'm glad to find him!

[Ziegler-boothBlogspot]

Beautiful delicate playing. I played this sonata when I did my Licentiate many years ago.

[seestoepopclifton]

And he makes it look so easy. Beautiful interpretation.

[sonjamuller]

Wunderschön. Vielen herzlichen Dank 🎶🎼🤗👍😊🌻🙋‍♀️

[jasonreddish]

this is exactly how this piece should be played. Bravo. perfect and still beaitiful

[박진환-ig]

Fantastic^^♡♡♡
It has so clear sound and l like the style changing while continuing.
Thank you for uploading^^~

[emilycho]

Beautiful interpretation! Absolutely wonderful. This is the best interpretation I have ever heard so far! :)

[martawilliamspianist]

Loved the 2nd movement, so beautiful!

[michaeltraub]

He is a South African musician who trained in Pretoria and was the winner of a recent Unisa International Piano Competition. He now lives in England (I think).

[gioielleriabracco]

Bravissimo, interpretazione impeccabile