Celebrated Canadian pianist Sarah Hagen returns to Surrey with "Pictures at an Exhibition," an afternoon concert featuring Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's "musical depiction of walking through a gallery of drawings and watercolours by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann."
Hagen is no stranger to Surrey Arts Centre, where she'll perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 10, in the Studio Theatre, a place where she hosted a series of morning "coffee concerts" several years back.
This week's 90-minute concert, presented by Surrey Civic Theatres and part of a short tour of B.C., will also feature Mozart’s "Sonata in A major K. 331," most famous for its Turkish March finale. Tickets are sold for $34/$39 on tickets.surrey.ca, depending on the "zone," or call 604-501-5566.
"I was recently asked what inspires me," Hagen writes on her website. "This is both an impossible question and a no-brainer. Everything inspires me: my astounding colleagues, strange dreams after a midnight feast with friends, three words strung together in a novel, a ridiculous joke, baskets of poignant memories.
"Let's see, what else describes me, in 10 words or less? Well, to be honest, I take my whiskey neat."
