Artists
- Melvyn Tanpiano
- Date
- Thu 13 Oct 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109
- 6 Bagatelles Op. 126
- Carl Czerny1791-1857
- Variations on a theme of Rode 'La Ricordanza'
Interval
- Carl Czerny1791-1857
- Marcia funebre sulla morte di Luigi van Beethoven Op. 146
- Franz Liszt1811-1886
- Piano Sonata in B minor S178
Encore
- Franz Liszt1811-1886
- Un sospiro S144 No. 3
Overview
Melvyn Tan celebrates his 60th birthday with aprogramme richly infused with virtuosity andunderpinned by the adamantine musical substanceof Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor, among the greatmonuments of nineteenth-century art.
His recitalincludes the Marcia funebre, Carl Czerny’s heartfeltmemorial tribute to his former teacher and friend,completed within days of Beethoven’s death inMarch 1827.