Chopin As You Have Never Heard Him Before: Piano Recital by Stefan Warzycki at St Michael and All Angels Church, Brighton on Sunday 14th May 2017

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Chopin As You Have Never Heard Him Before

Piano Recital by Stefan Warzycki

Part of the Brighton Fringe Festival 2017

Add to my Calendar 14-05-2017 19:00 14-05-2017 21:00 36 Chopin As You Have Never Heard Him Before The centrepiece of this recital is Chopin's Op. 10 Études, as elaborated for the left hand alone by Leopold Godowsky. They are fantastically challenging for the performer, and it is extremely rare for the whole set to be performed in one programme. Here they will be played in groups of three, interspersed with charming miniatures by Mompou and Bridge. Unlike much of the left hand piano repertoire, Godowsky's oeuvre for the left hand was not composed specifically for pianists who had lost the use of their right hand but to help all pianists to develop the capability of their left hand, which he considered to be an undervalued and underused resource. The recital also includes two of Bach's noblest works: the famous Chaconne from the solo violin partita in D minor in a wonderful piano arrangement by Brahms, and Stefan Warzycki's own arrangement of the Chromatic Fantasia. St Michael and All Angels Church, Brighton DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Michael and All Angels Church
Victoria Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 3BD
England

Sunday 14th May 2017
7:00 PM

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Brahms)
Frédéric Chopin – Etudes Op.10: nos 1-6 (arr. for left hand by L. Godowsky)
Federico Mompou – 6ème Prélude (pour la main gauche)
~ Interval ~
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chromatic Fantasia, BWV 903 (arr. Warzycki)
Frédéric Chopin – Etudes Op.10: nos 7-12 (arr. for left hand by L. Godowsky)
Frank Bridge – 3 Improvisations for the Left-Hand, H.134

Performers

Stefan Warzycki – piano

Programme Note

The centrepiece of this recital is Chopin's Op. 10 Études, as elaborated for the left hand alone by Leopold Godowsky. They are fantastically challenging for the performer, and it is extremely rare for the whole set to be performed in one programme. Here they will be played in groups of three, interspersed with charming miniatures by Mompou and Bridge.

Unlike much of the left hand piano repertoire, Godowsky's oeuvre for the left hand was not composed specifically for pianists who had lost the use of their right hand but to help all pianists to develop the capability of their left hand, which he considered to be an undervalued and underused resource.

The recital also includes two of Bach's noblest works: the famous Chaconne from the solo violin partita in D minor in a wonderful piano arrangement by Brahms, and Stefan Warzycki's own arrangement of the Chromatic Fantasia.

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