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Beethoven, Brahms, Adams and Schumann
Jeremy Denk piano
Date
Thu 18 Oct 2018, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Jeremy Denkpiano

Programme

  • Johannes Brahms
    1833-1897
      • Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F sharp minor Op. 9
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    1770-1827
      • 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat 'Eroica Variations' Op. 35

Interval

Encore

  • Richard Wagner
    1813-1883
      • Tannhäuser
        :
      • Pilgrim's Chorus (arranged by Donald Lambert)
  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • My Ladye Nevells Booke
        :
      • A voluntary for my Lady Neville

Overview

Jeremy Denk’s first half consistsof variations, among them a rareand virtuosic set by Bizet and John Adams. His second halflinks Schumann’s improvisatoryFantasie with Beethoven’s songcycle, which Schumann quotes,here transcribed by Liszt.

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