Pierre-Laurent Aimard
TRIBUTE TO ALFRED BRENDELPierre-Laurent Aimard
TRIBUTE TO ALFRED BRENDEL
Pierre-Laurent Aimard honours the late Alfred Brendel, his regular musical partner, with a characteristically imaginative programme.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard – ‘one of the most essential keyboard advocates of our era’ (The Guardian) – enjoyed a close professional partnership and friendship with pianist and composer Alfred Brendel. In the third of our Brendel tribute recitals, he offers a characteristically imaginative programme of works close to both their hearts.
Brendel had a particular fondness for Franz Schubert. Aimard performs some of Schubert’s shorter lyrical works alongside finely crafted miniatures by his own long-term collaborator György Kurtág – himself a Schubert devotee.
Aimard has also chosen a selection of Ludwig van Beethoven’s alternately witty and tender Bagatelles – another Brendel favourite. He juxtaposes them with a work by the composer who dubbed Aimard ‘the best pianist for me’ (The New York Times): György Ligeti’s inventive and virtuosic Musica ricercata. In Aimard's recent performance of works by Kurtág and Ligeti, The Telegraph described Brendel’s spirit as ‘smiling down on us’.
he remains equal to most challenges and continues to be one of the essential keyboard advocates of our era
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Part of our tribute to the late, great pianist Alfred Brendel.
Programme
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) I. Sostenuto · Misurato · Prestissimo
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) IX. Vivace moderato
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) II. Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.33 (1803) II. Scherzo. Allegro – Trio
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) III. Allegro con spirito
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) II. Andante con moto
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) IV. Tempo di valse (poco vivace ‘à l’orgue de Barbarie’)
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) III. À l’Allemande
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) V. Rubato · Lamentoso
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) X. Allegramente
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) XI. Andante ma non troppo
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) VII. Cantabile, molto legato
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) VI. Andante · Allegretto
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) VIII. Vivace · Energico
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) V. Risoluto
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) IX. (Béla Bartók in memoriam) Adagio ·Mesto · Allegro maestoso
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.33 (1803) VII. Presto
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) X. Vivace · Capriccioso
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op.119 (1823) VIII. Moderato cantabile
Ligeti Musica ricercata (1953) XI. (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo
(Approx. 45 minutes)
Interval (20 minutes)
Schubert Walzer, D.145 (1823)No. 4, 2, 1, 5, 8, 9
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 9, No.5 ‘Quiet dialogue – To Árpád Göncz with much love, friendship and respect’ (2017)
Schubert Walzer, D.145 (1823) No. 9, 10
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 6, No.44 ‘Lines for Zsuzsa Sirokay’ (circa 1997)
Schubert Valses sentimentales, D.779 (1823) No. 23
Schubert 16 Deutsche Tänze, D.783(1826) No. 3, 2
Schubert Wiener Damen-Ländler, D.734 (1826) No. 3, 15
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 6, No.34 ‘Doina’ (circa 1997)
Schubert Ländler, D.145 (1823) No. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 6, No.16 ‘Kalandozás a múltban / Ligatura for Ligeti’ (circa 1997)
Schubert Ländler, D.145 (1823)No. 9, 12, 16, 17
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 10, No.19 ‘Message-esquisse’ (circa 2010)
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 1, No.61 ‘Blumen die Menschen’ (circa 1973)
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 6, No.42 ‘Lendvai Ernö in memoriam’ (circa 1997)
Schubert Valses sentimentales, D.779 (1823) No. 13
Schubert Last Waltzes, D.146 (1823) No. 20
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 7, No.2 ‘For Georg Kröll’s birthday’ (2003)
Schubert 12 Deutsche Ländler, D.790 (1823) No. 5
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 10, No.32 ‘...just so...’ (circa 2010)
Schubert 12 Deutsche Ländler, D.790 (1823) No. 6, 7, 8
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 11 ‘…für Heinz…’ (circa 2019)
Schubert 12 Deutsche Ländler, D.790 (1823) No. 9
Schubert Walzer, D145 (1823) No. 6
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 6, No.31 ‘A Quiet Farewell to Endre Szekély’ (circa 1997)
Schubert 36 Originaltänze, D.365 (1817) No. 2, 3, 5
Schubert Wiener Damen-Ländler, D.734 (1826) No. 11
György Kurtág Játékok, Book 3, No.2 ‘Play with Infinity’ (circa 1977)
(Approx. 51 minutes)
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