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Aisa Ijiri in Recital
3rd August 2018 | 7:15 pm
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AISA IJIRI | |
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Programme
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Nights of Late Summer Op.33
Tranquillo e Soave
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Chaconne Op.32
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in a minor BWV 543
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Années de Pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse S. 160
Les Cloches de Genève: Nocturne
Ballade No. 2 in b minor S. 171
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
Japanese pianist Aisa Ijiri begins her programme with a movement from Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar’s Nights of Late Summer, considered to be both an homage to his native Swedish landscape and a metaphor to the late summer of life. This is followed by one of Carl Nielsen’s most well-known compositions, Chaconne Op. 32, an emulation of Bach’s famous work for solo violin. Franz Liszt was also inspired by Bach’s incredible body of work, and in this transcription of his Prelude and Fugue for Organ, the virtuoso pianist and composer stays true to Bach, with the German style and various tempi. Two of Liszt’s masterpieces follow in the second part of the concert. Firstly, Les Cloches de Genève, a movement from the first suite of Années de Pèlerinage, written between 1848-1854 and considered one of his most important works from his Weimar Years, culminating with the epic Ballade No. 2.