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Messiaen, Kaija Saariaho, Ligeti and Schumann
Danny Driver piano
Date
Mon 26 Mar 2018, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Danny Driverpiano

Programme

  • Olivier Messiaen
    1908-1992
      • Huit Preludes
        :
      • Prelude No. 5 (Les sons impalpables du rêve)
  • György Ligeti
    1923-2006
      • Etudes Book I
        :
      • Etude No. 6 'Automne à Varsovie'

Encore

Overview

Sound colours and evocative imagery belong to Danny Driver’s imaginative choice of repertoire. He returns to Wigmore Hall to explore the sound worlds of Messiaen and Kaija Saariaho before delving into the kaleidoscopic expressive contrasts of Schumann’s Kreisleriana.

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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