Schubert, Widmann, Chopin - Steinway Hall, June 29th 2011 – 6pm

 

 

 

At the centre of this recital is the UK premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Fleurs du mal – Sonata after Baudelaire. Widmann is one of the most celebrated of younger composers today, with works performed at all the major concert halls of the world and seasons devoted to his music at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Academy and the Salzburg Festival.

Fleurs du mal is a substantial work for piano inspired by the poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Ranging from the visionary and mysterious to the demonic and violent it is the perfect image in sound of Baudelaire’s poems, culminating in a frenzied chase to the extremities of the keyboard. Its sensuality and atmosphere make it a perfect introduction to Widmann, and this occasion should not be missed by anyone interested in piano music, old or new.

The programme also features Schubert’s unfinished Sonata in C, D 840 – the pianistic counterpart to the Unfinished Symphony, with its monumental first movement and the hypnotism of the second. Following the recent release by Meridian of his CD of Schubert’s Sonata in D, D 850, this presents an opportunity to hear Béla Hartmann perform a closely related work, written at the same time of Schubert’s life.

The programme is completed with a generous selection of works by Chopin, including his Polonaise-Fantasy and Fourth Ballade.


Tickets (£15) available on the door and from tickets@belahartmann.com

Steinway Hall, 44 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2DB Tel: 020 7487 3391


Programme:



Schubert:

Sonata in C, D 840
 Moderato
 Andante

Jörg Widmann:

Fleurs du mal – Sonata after Baudelaire (1996/97)

Chopin:

Polonaise-Fantasy Op. 61
Nocturne in E, Op. 62 No. 2
Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Waltz in A Flat, Op. 42
Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 50 No. 3
Mazurka in B, Op. 56 No. 1
Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
 


 

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