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Brad Mehldau
Image credit: © Michael Wilson

Archived Event

Après Fauré
Brad Mehldau piano
Date
Sun 09 Feb 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Artists

  • Brad Mehldaupiano

Programme

      • Nocturne No. 12 in E minor Op. 107
      • Nocturne No. 13 in B minor Op. 119
      • Extract from Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45
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      • III. Adagio non troppo

Interval

  • Elliott Smith
    1969-2003
      • Independence Day
        (arranged by Brad Mehldau)
      • Satellite
        (arranged by Brad Mehldau)
  • Fred McDowell
    1904-1972
      • Jesus is on the main line
        (arranged by Brad Mehldau)
      • Lithium
        (arranged by Brad Mehldau)
  • Nick Drake
    1948-1974
      • Riverman
        (arranged by Brad Mehldau)

Overview

Grammy Award winner Brad Mehldau is one of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano. Mehldau’s 2024 release on Nonesuch Records, Après Fauré, coincides with the 100th anniversary of the passing of Gabriel Fauré, who has had a significant influence on Mehldau’s writing and playing. The first half of this performance will feature music from this release, toggling between Fauré’s four nocturnes and Brad’s original compositions reflecting on Fauré. The second half of the concert will feature contemporary music that overlaps with Fauré harmonically and melodically, to be announced from the stage.

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