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Beethoven
Igor Levit piano
Date
Tue 13 Jun 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 70 minutes in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Igor Levitpiano

Programme

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    1770-1827
      • Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109
      • Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Op. 110
      • Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111

Overview

Igor Levit concludes his intense season-longBeethoven Cycle with the composer’s finalpiano sonatas. ‘Beethoven’s pianisticimagination is stamped on every page ofthese three [works]’, observes the veteranAmerican scholar Lewis Lockwood.

Eachsonata reveals fresh facets of invention,with jaw-dropping pianistic effects allied toformal structures of extraordinary ingenuity.

Supported by Simon Ludlam, William de Winton and the Season Patrons who have a made a major contribution to the 2016/17 Wigmore Series

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