Archived Event

Busoni and Bach
Igor Levit piano
Date
Thu 05 May 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Igor Levitpiano

Programme

Interval

      • The Art of Fugue BWV1080
        :
      • Contrapunctus 1
      • Contrapunctus 4
      • Contrapunctus 11

Encore

Overview

Igor Levit’s interpretations combine high intelligenceand technical mastery with creative imagination andinsight.

His choice of works embraces the visionarycontrapuntal writing of Bach’s The Art of Fugueand concludes with Busoni’s majestic homage tothe same. It also includes the free-flowing Fantasiaafter Bach, written soon after the death of Busoni’sfather in 1909.

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