Open your heart and ears to love as award-winning concert pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers Following their 5★★★★★ and sold-out show in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, "Matthew Shiel has ‘composed’ a most enchanting concert, relating amusing, enlightening stories to introduce each piece; his eloquent performance expresses a dramatic, emotional mood from sad and sorrowful to light-hearted and lyrical, oozing a joyful sense of romantic love." (5★★★★★ Edinburgh Guide) "A ripping good yarn. Sim and Shiel both are masters of their crafts." (5★★★★★ Binge Fringe Magazine) Moonlight Concerts return to Edinburgh with a musical show inspired by the most romantic piano pieces ever composed and the mysterious masked balls of Venice. Tonight, we join acclaimed concert pianist and storyteller Matthew Shiel for a romantic tour of the piano as he exposes the secret love affairs of the great composer’s hearts that have shaped the history of classical music including: Chopin’s scandalous elopement with the French author George Sand and Brahms’ secret affair with his best friend’s wife, Clara Schumann. Tonight’s musical programme includes several of the most romantic piano pieces ever composed: Liszt’s Liebestraum, Schubert’s Serenade, Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude and Debussy’s Clair de Lune – performed by intimate candlelight. This concert will also feature a new romantic piece composed specially for tonight's artist by Matthew's Italian friend and composer Dr Alfredo Caponnetto – Notturno VI alongside a digital art exhibition and light installation designed by acclaimed Chinese artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen – to create an immersive musical experience designed to fill you with romantic inspiration and open your heart to live and to love. PROGRAMME Liebestraum No.3 – Franz Liszt Serenade – Schubert (arranged for piano by Franz Liszt) Novelette in E minor (after El amor brujo of Manuel de Falla) – Francis Poulenc Minuet in G (from Anna Magdalena Notebook of 1725) – Johann Sebastian Bach Barcarolle (from The Seasons Op. 37b) – Pyotr Tchaikovsky Intermezzo in A (Op.118, No. 2) – Johannes Brahms Lea-Rigg – Robert Burns (arranged for piano by Alexander Reinagle) Notturno VI – Alfredo Caponnetto ‘Raindrop’ Prelude in D-flat major (Op.28 No.15) – Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in F minor (Op.55 No.1) – Frédéric Chopin Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) – Claude Debussy Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (Op. 20) – Clara Schumann Tonight's artist: Matthew Shiel 'Matthew Shiel shone' (Three Weeks) and 'Matthew Shiel 'composed' a most enchanting concert. 5 stars!' (Edinburgh Guide) - reviewers are applauding Matthew for his unique, creative and fresh approach to music performance which push the boundaries of what a piano recital can be. Matthew Shiel is an award-winning concert pianist, Usher Hall and Live Music Now Scotland emerging artist who has performed at Usher Hall, The National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, St Gile's Cathedral (Edinburgh), The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Newcastle) and Glasgow City Halls. Matthew is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has collaborated with festivals including the Åben Festival (Copenhagen), Music at Paxton (Berwick) and a sold-out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.