Archived Event

Brahms, Chopin and Paderewski
Jonathan Plowright piano
Date
Thu 22 Oct 2020, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

  • Jonathan Plowrightpiano

Programme

Encore

Overview

The authoritative Brahms performer has devised a format in which works by the German late-Romantic master are heard alongside those of one of his major contemporaries or predecessors, thereby shedding light on both.

Here the second figure is Chopin, in some ways a contrasting figure to Brahms, but one whose devotion to the piano was absolute: every one of his works includes the piano, and the vast majority are for piano alone.

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