Beethoven, Bartók, Liszt and more
Duration
This concert will be approximately two hours in duration with a 20-minute interval.
Performers
Leif Ove Andsnes
piano
Programme
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54
Bartók
Suite Op. 14
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101
Liszt
Pensée des morts S173 No. 4
Chopin
- Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1
- Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52
About this concert
‘Beethoven’s music is, for me, the most human and deeply spiritual music there is,’ observes
Leif Ove Andsnes. The Norwegian pianist, recently described by the Wiener Zeitung as ‘a sensitive and quiet virtuoso’, is in the midst of a journey in company with Beethoven’s five piano concertos and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Leif Ove Andsnes. The Norwegian pianist, recently described by the Wiener Zeitung as ‘a sensitive and quiet virtuoso’, is in the midst of a journey in company with Beethoven’s five piano concertos and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
His evolving thoughts on the composer’s art can be heard in the two-movement Piano Sonata Op. 54, a study in thematic concision and expressive breadth, and the often dream-like Piano Sonata Op. 101 of 1816. The romantic worlds of Liszt and Chopin naturally flow from Andsnes’s choice of Beethoven sonatas.
Supported by an anonymous donor
