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Wigmore Hall Jazz Series
Brad Mehldau piano
Date
Thu 17 Dec 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Brad Mehldaupiano

Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    1685-1750
      • The Well-tempered Clavier Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major BWV848
        :
      • I. Prelude
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    1685-1750
      • The Well-tempered Clavier Book II, Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor BWV885
        :
      • II. Fugue
  • Brad Mehldau
    b. 1970
      • Three Pieces after Bach
        :
      • After Bach 2: Ostinato(UK première) [1]
      • Improvisation on Bach I
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    1685-1750
      • The Well-tempered Clavier Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor BWV851
        :
      • I. Prelude

Interval

  • Brad Mehldau
    b. 1970
      • Three Pieces after Bach
        :
      • After Bach 3: Toccata(UK première) [1]
      • Improvisation on Bach II
  1. Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto, The National Concert Hall Dublin, and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

Overview

Even the most densely stocked thesaurus would run short of the superlativesneeded to describe American composer, arranger and pianist Brad Mehldau’screative contribution to the development of contemporary jazz.

He returns toWigmore Hall to perform a selection of his own material, including a premièreof a specially commissioned work.

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