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Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Holborn
London
WC1R 4RL
England
Programme
Franz Schubert – Sonata for Piano Duet, D.812
Franz Schubert – Divertissement, D.823: Andantino varie
Franz Schubert – Rondo in A major, D.951
Franz Schubert – Fantasy in F Minor, D.940
Performers
Joseph Tong – piano
Daniel Tong – piano
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Brothers Joseph and Daniel Tong have been playing together for over 30 years, since their performance at the South Bank Centre of Schubert’s Fantasy in F Minor, D940 as teenage students at Wells Cathedral School. This beloved work has remained a treasured part of their repertoire ever since. We are delighted to welcome them to Conway Hall for a whole evening of Schubert, culminating in the F minor Fantasy which began their career as a duo. Opening the concert is the composer’s Grand Duo, considered by many as the piano version of a symphony – indeed Joseph Joachim orchestrated the work, and published this before the original duet had been given its premiere!
“An extraordinarily sympathetic Schubertian with his crystalline sonority and wonderful tiny rubatos” – Gramophone (on Daniel Tong)
“[Joseph] Tong’s playing revealed Schumann to me as a thrilling new love” – BBC Music Magazine
