Piano Recital 4

Part of the series «Piano»

Arvo Pärt: Sonatina Op. 1 No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata G major K. 283
Claude Debussy: Images – Three Pieces for Piano L. 110
Mel Bonis: Mélisande Op. 109, Desdémona Op. 101 and Ophélie Op. 165 No. 1
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Six Etudes Op. 42
Edvard Grieg: Ballade G minor Op. 24

Duration approx. 85 minutes, no interval
Concert Bus Shuttle: Oberwald-Ernen, Ernen-Oberwald, Ernen-Binn

For her debut recital, Tähe-Lee Liiv, student of Sir András Schiff, has designed a varied program featuring three pairs: Arvo Pärt's early, neoclassical Sonatina bridges the gap to Mozart's playful Sonata in G major.

The three pieces from Claude Debussy's groundbreaking Images find three ideal counterparts in three portraits of literary female figures by Debussy's classmate, Mel Bonis. While Bonis incorporates Debussy's impressionistic sounds in her works, she never truly abandons the Late-Romantic, passionate level of expression.

The program concludes with a confrontation between the six fascinating Etudes of Einojuhani Rautavaara—perhaps the most important Finnish composer of the later 20th century—and the Ballade by the Norwegian Edvard Grieg. The Ballade, in the form of 24 variations on a Norwegian folk song, is Grieg's most significant work for piano.

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