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Beethoven, Debussy, Janácek and more
Kirill Gerstein piano
Date
Sun 24 Feb 2019, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Kirill Gersteinpiano

Programme

  • Franz Liszt
    1811-1886
      • Études d’exécution transcendante S139
        :
      • Eroica
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    1770-1827
      • 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat 'Eroica Variations' Op. 35

Interval

  • Thomas Adès
    b. 1971
      • Berceuse from The Exterminating Angel
        (UK première)
  • Claude Debussy
    1862-1918
      • Elégie
      • Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon
  • Komitas
    1869-1935
      • 6 dances for piano
        :
      • Shushiki of Vagarshapat
      • Unabi of Shushi

Encore

Overview

The Russian-born, Jewish-American virtuoso’s variedprogramme emblemisesthe breadth of his interests,from the fascinating music ofArmenian composer, priest andethnomusicologist Komitas, toBeethoven’s Eroica Variations andDebussy’s recently-discovered Lessoirs illuminés.

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