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Pianos/Pianists

November 22, 2009 5:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall

Tickets: $58.00, $48.00, $32.00

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Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano, Four-Hands, in C Major, K. 521
Samuel Barber Souvenirs for Piano Four-Hands, Op. 28
Dmitri Shostakovich Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94
Sergei Rachmaninov Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5, "Fantaisie-tableaux"
Maurice Ravel La Valse for Two Pianos

Meet the Artists

Wu Han, Alessio Bax, Gilbert Kalish, Anne-Marie McDermott, Juho Pohjonen, piano

About This Performance

Responding to overwhelming popular demand, CMS revisits the unique sonic world of multiple pianos played by numerous hands. Five virtuoso pianists combine their distinctly individual pianistic personalities for music of overwhelming beauty, orchestral sonority, and dazzling complexity.

SPECIAL EVENTS RELATED TO THIS CONCERT
* Additional opportunities to hear works for Piano, Four Hands are sprinkled throughout the season: Opening Night on Wednesday, September 23 includes Schubert's Allegro in A minor; hear selected Brahms' Hungarian Dances on Sunday, October 18; another Schubert masterpiece, the Fantasie in F minor, is on display on Friday, November 6.
* Maurice Ravel's stunning La Valse closes this program. We present an entire program of Ravel's music on Sunday, April 18.
* On the final concert in the 2007-08 season, pianists Inon Barnatan and Gilles Vonsattel gave a thrilling performance of Rachmaninov's Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17. The final movement was captured on video. View this spectacular video by clicking here.