A Grail, a Gondola and a Sonnet
Live from Wigmore Hall, French pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs Beethoven in improvisatory mood, graveside Wolfgang Rihm and Liszt in search of the Holy Grail and in Venice.
French pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs Beethoven, Rihm and Liszt, opening with one of Liszt's many operatic transcriptions: the March to the Holy Grail from Wagner's Parsifal. In the Fantasia in G minor Beethoven flexes his improvisatory muscles to impressive effect, while Wolfgang Rihm's Tombeau evokes a bleak and sometimes terrifying graveyard scene.
Venice dominates the second half of this recital, with Liszt evoking an ominous journey on a lugubrious gondola, reflecting on the passionate love poetry of Petrarch and showing us the vivid sights and scenes of Venice and Naples.
Live from Wigmore Hall, presented by Martin Handley
Liszt: Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral from Parsifal S450 (transcription from Richard Wagner)
Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor Op 77
Rihm: Klavierstück No 5 ('Tombeau')
Interval
Liszt: La lugubre gondola S200
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161 - Sonetto del Petrarca No 123
Liszt: Venezia e Napoli S162
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Photo © Marco Borggreve
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Franz Liszt
Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral from Parsifal S450
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasia in G minor Op. 77
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Wolfgang Rihm
Klavierstück No. 5 ('Tombeau')
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Giovanni Gabrieli
In ecclesiis a 14
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata No 20 a 22
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Magnificat for 33 voices [1615]
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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Franz Liszt
La lugubre gondola S200
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Franz Liszt
"Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Franz Liszt
Venezia e Napoli S162
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Mazurka No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 66
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
String Quartet No 2 Op 10
Singer: Elsa Dreisig. Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- ERATO.
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Ottorino Respighi
L' Adorazione dei Magi (Trittico Botticelliano)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Tamás Vásáry.- CHANDOS.
Broadcast
- Mon 2 Dec 2019 19:30BBC Radio 3
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