About the musician:

Susan Tomes (KC 1972) was the first woman to read music at King’s. She is an award-winning pianist and writer. She has made over fifty CD recordings and is the author of six books about performing and piano literature. Her seventh book, now in preparation for Yale University Press, is a history of women playing the piano.

Repertoire

Marianna Martinez (1745-1812): Sonata in A, first movement

Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836): Etude no 30 in B flat and Etude no 106 in B

Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): Caprice sur la Romance de Joconde

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-47): Abschied von Rom (Farewell to Rome)

Clara Schumann (1819-96): Romance in G minor op 21/3

Amy Beach (1867-1944): Dreaming, op15 no 3

Teresa Carreño (1853-1917): Un Bal en Rêve (Dreaming of a Ball)