London Piano Festival

Rachmaninov Suite No. 1 (Fantasie-Tableaux), Op. 5

Rachmaninov Suite No. 2, Op. 17

Eleanor Alberga Two-Piano Suite

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Handel Suite in Bb major, HWV 440

Haydn Sonata in C# minor, Hob XVI No. 36

Beethoven Sonata No. 29, Op. 90

Silvestrov Bagatelles Op. 1

Adès Traced Overhead

Liszt Années de pèlerinage II

No. 7: Après une lecture de Dante

No 3: Tarantella in G minor

Ligeti Sonatina (4-hands piano) CO/KA

Ligeti En Suspens, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Entrelacs (CH)

Nancarrow Player Piano Study No. 6 (KA/DD)

Ligeti Fém, Galamb Borong (DD)

Chin In C, Sequenzen, Scherzo ad Libitum (CH)

Ligeti Arc-en-ciel, Autumn in Warsaw, Fanfares (DD)

Ligeti Three Wedding Dances (4-hands piano) (CO/KA)

Chin Scalen, Toccata, Grains (CH)

Ligeti Cordes-a-Vide, Davil’s Staircase (DD)

Nancarrow Player Piano Study No. 7 (CO/DD)

 

Supported by Help Musicians
 

Improvised solo set

 

Elégie chronicles the life of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov. The narrative, scripted from letters and diaries, read by actor Tim McInnerny, follows Rachmaninov from his youth in Russia, through his subsequent self-imposed exile in 1917 and finally to California USA, where he died in 1943. The concert includes many of his best-loved works for solo piano, including a selection of Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux and Moments Musicaux, some of his own transcriptions and the haunting Elégie, as well as works by Scriabin and Tchaikovsky.