Piano Sonata played by Clifford Curzon
(First broadcast performance)
Although some of Lennox Berkeley's earlier works show a lightness of touch, his recent compositions-most of them written during the war-have been on a larger scale, and are more serious and sustained in character. These include the Viola Sonata, the Symphony , and the Piano Sonata, which is one of his latest works. This is dedicated to Clifford Curzon. who performed it for the first time in a London recital last year. — Humphrey SEARLE