Artists
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
- Date
- Fri 24 Jun 2016, 7.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Prelude and Fugue in E minor Op. 35 No. 1
- Prelude and Fugue in F minor Op. 35 No. 5
- Fryderyk Chopin1810-1849
- Funeral March Op. 35
Interval
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- Le tombeau de Couperin
- Franz Liszt1811-1886
- Venezia e Napoli S162
Encore
- Fryderyk Chopin1810-1849
- Mazurkas Op. 7:
- Mazurka in F minor No. 3
- Federico Mompou1893-1987
- Paisajes:
- La fuente e la campana
- Ernő Dohnányi1877-1960
- Concert Etude in F minor 'Capriccio' Op. 28 No. 6
- George Gershwin1898-1937
- The Goldwyn Follies:
- Love Walked In
Overview
Benjamin Grosvenor’s quicksilver fingers, insightfulmusicianship and the surging emotional power of hisinterpretations offer an entrancing artistic equation.
He opens this recital with two scintillating Preludesand Fugues by Mendelssohn and goes on to surveythe technical demands and expressive depths ofmasterworks by Chopin, Ravel and Liszt.