Lang Lang plays Schumann, Chopin and Fauré

At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker

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Celebrity pianist Lang Lang opens our piano series with an evening of high romanticism.  Frédéric Chopin’s mazurkas are a fascinating combion of folk-dance vigour with virtuosity and a sensitive awareness of sound, and Schumann’s Kreisleriana cycle bubbles over with imagination and emotion. Schumann’s cycle portrayed the composer in eight pieces, which together give – he wrote – a “picture of my character, my endeavours”. To open the concert, Lang Lang plays Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane, which combines romantic sensitivity with archaic baroque references.

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Artists

Lang Lang piano

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Programme

Gabriel Fauré
Pavane in F sharp minor, op. 50

Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, op. 16

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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in F minor, op. 7 No. 3
Mazurka in B flat major, op. 17 No. 1, 2 and 4
Mazurka in C major, op. 24 No. 2 and 4
Mazurka in D flat major, op. 30 No. 3 and 4
Mazurka in D major, op. 33 No. 3, 4 and 2
Mazurka in F sharp minor, op. 59 No. 3
Polonaise in F sharp minor, op. 44