Wereldpianisten '23/'24
Dit concert is al geweest. Bekijk hieronder de serie Wereldpianisten '23/'24:
- Boris Giltburg - 20 April 2024
Some of the program:
Beethoven - Piano Sonata, on. 57 'Appassionata
Beethoven - Symphony no. 1 (arr.)
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No 10, S 244
Alexander Ullman
Alexander Ullman is the piano sensation of the moment. It was the poetry and rhetoric with which the experienced Ullman won the competition', wrote daily newspaper Trouw exuberantly after the final of the Liszt Competition 2017. Ullman now plays on all the world's major piano stages, ranging from London's Wigmore Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing.
Alexander Ullman on Franz Liszt's music:
"At the age of ten I first became acquainted with his music and it hasn't let go of me since. I consider his music to be an essential part of my own personality. In a way, I feel very much at home. When I play Liszt I feel freer and more confident of my business."
(Read the interview with Alexander Ullman.)
Haydn's masterpiece
Alexander Ullman may be the winner of the Liszt Competition, but in the Edesche Concert Hall he focuses his arrows mainly on Beethoven. Alexander begins his recital with Beethoven's teacher Joseph Haydn. His 'Andante con variazioni' from 1793. It is one of the highlights of Haydn's piano music and is considered one of the most important series of variations between those of Bach and Beethoven.
Beethoven's 'Sonata Appassionata
Only ten years have passed between Haydn's 'Andante con variazioni' and Beethoven's 'Sonata Appassionata'. Although the nickname 'Appassionata' (passionate) does not come from Beethoven himself, it does cover the charge of the music. It is one of the most passionate piano works Beethoven wrote. Apart from the fact that Beethoven technically demands a lot from the pianist, the music also touches the boundaries of the then piano. Apart from the fact that Beethoven opted for the ferocious key f, the f was also the lowest note on his piano.
Beethoven through Liszt's glasses
Although many of Beethoven's contemporaries found Beethoven's 'Sonata Appassionata' unplayable, it was Franz Liszt who stretched the technical requirements even further with his piano pieces. Indeed, Liszt was the first to adapt Beethoven's nine symphonies for piano, bringing back a forty stubborn orchestra to just ten fingers. A revolutionary act that still evokes admiration. The legendary pianist Vladimir Horovitz called these Liszt arrangements the "greatest works for the piano". Listen Alexander Ullman in Beethoven's 'First Symphony'!
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