Leif Ove Andsnes at Wigmore Hall, London

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Beethoven, Bartók, Liszt and more

Date:
09 April 2013 - 7:30pm

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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.

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.

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Fauré, Duparc, Debussy and more

Date:
10 May 2012 - 7:30pm

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Performers

Véronique Gens

soprano

Susan Manoff

piano

Programme

Fauré

• Le papillon et la fleur
• Au bord de l’eau
• Après un rêve
• Les berceaux
• Lydia
• Mandoline

Duparc

• L’invitation au voyage
• Romance de Mignon
• Chanson triste

Debussy

• Fleur des blés
• Nuit d’étoiles

Chausson

• Les papillons
• Le colibri
• Le temps de lilas
• La chanson bien douce

Hahn

• Quand je fus pris au pavillon
• Trois jours de vendange
• Lydé
• Tyndaris
• Pholoé
• A Chloris
• Le printemps

About this concert

A leading exponent of Mozart, Handel and the French baroque, soprano Véronique Gens appears regularly at Aix-en-Provence and other major European venues. Not so long ago she was in London for the Royal Opera’s Niobe. But another focus of her life is mélodie, as featured here in her recital with American accompanist Susan Manoff.

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Schumann, Liszt and Musorgsky

Date:
28 February 2012 - 7:30pm

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Robert Holl (baritone) can no longer take part in the above concert.Henk Neven (baritone) will replace him with the revised programme below.

Performers

Henk Neven

baritone

Roger Vignoles

piano

Programme

Schumann

• From Myrthen:
  • Freisinn Op.25 No.2
  • Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I Op.25 No.5
  • Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan II Op.25 No.6
  • Aus den hebräischen Gesängen Op.25 No.15
  • Hauptmanns Weib Op.25 No.19
  • Du bist wie ene Blume Op.25 No.24
  • Niemand Op.25 No.22
  • Zwei Venetianische Lieder I Op.25 No.17
  • Zwei Venetianische Lieder II Op.25 No.18
  • Aus den östlichen Rosen Op.25 No.25
  • Zum Schluß Op.25 No.26
• Der arme Peter Op.53 No.3
• Dein Angesicht Op.127 No.2
• Due beiden Grenadiere Op.49 No.1

Liszt

• Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
• Freudvoll und leidvoll
• Es muss ein Wunderbares sein S314
• Die Vätergruft S. 281

Musorgsky

Songs and Dances of Death

About this concert

In February 1840 Clara Wieck wrote to Schumann: ‘Dear Robert; if only I could see you again… I love you so much it hurts my heart’.

Soon after receiving Clara’s letter, the composer asked his publisher to prepare a special binding for a new song-cycle, Myrthen, fit for a wedding gift. Schumann’s unconstrained passion for Clara is ever present in his Op. 25 songs, crowned by what he described as the ‘near worship’ of ‘Du bist wie eine Blume’. Henk Neven’s recital interweaves Schumann’s searing emotions of love, the bitter pain of grief and the terrifying psychodramas of Musorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death.

This concert is part of Roger Vignoles: 'Perspectives' series.

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