Artists
- Igor Levitpiano
- Date
- Thu 05 May 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Johann Caspar Kerll1627-1693
- Passacaglia in D minor
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- The Musical Offering BWV1079:
- Ricercar a3
- Ferruccio Busoni1866-1924
- Fantasia after JS Bach K253
Interval
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- The Art of Fugue BWV1080:
- Contrapunctus 1
- Contrapunctus 4
- Contrapunctus 11
- Ferruccio Busoni1866-1924
- Fantasia contrappuntistica BV256
Encore
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' BWV659
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.