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Igor Levit piano
Brahms, Fred Hersch, Liszt and Wagner
Part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Concerts 2022 Season
Add to my Calendar 25-09-2022 19:30 25-09-2022 21:30 36 Igor Levit piano Composed in 1896, just one year before the composer’s death, Brahms’s 11 Chorale Preludes for organ were published posthumously six years later; Busoni immediately transcribed four of them for piano. Igor Levit also includes his late Hungarian pianist colleague’s Wagner transcription, and a set of variations by the multi-award winning jazz pianist which he premièred at Carnegie Hall in January. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – 11 Chorale Preludes, Op.122
Fred Hersch – Variations on a Folk Song
~ Interval ~
Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 1
Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
Performers
Igor Levit – piano
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Programme Note
Composed in 1896, just one year before the composer’s death, Brahms’s 11 Chorale Preludes for organ were published posthumously six years later; Busoni immediately transcribed four of them for piano. Igor Levit also includes his late Hungarian pianist colleague’s Wagner transcription, and a set of variations by the multi-award winning jazz pianist which he premièred at Carnegie Hall in January.
