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At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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Alexander Lonquich is famous not only for his nuanced sound, but also for his original programming. For this programme, he has chosen a wide range of colourful discoveries that convey maximum expressivity in short movements. Alongside Bruckner’s delicate Erinnerung, there are two ebullient piano sonatas by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and these are offset by alternatingly powerful and melancholic works by composer in residence Wolfgang Rihm, who died in July. Little-known Novellettes by Robert Schumann, a master of the expressive piano miniature, also punctuate the evening.
Artists
Alexander Lonquich piano
Programme
Wolfgang Rihm
Klavierstück No. 5
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Piano Sonata in E minor, Wq 91 No. 1
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 1 in F major
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 2 in D major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Piano Sonata in C major, Wq 65 No. 47
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 3 in D major
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 4 in D major
Interval
Wolfgang Rihm
Wortlos I
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 5 in D major
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 6 in A major
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 7 in E major
Wolfgang Rihm
Wortlos II
Anton Bruckner
Erinnerung
Robert Schumann
8 Novellettes, op. 21: No. 8 in F sharp minor
Chamber Music Hall
16 to 38 €
Series U: Piano
What is a character piece?
Novelettes, Moments musicaux, arabesques – the Romantic period produced a wealth of small piano works with poetic names, known as “character pieces”.
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Alexander Lonquich
In the past, explains Alexander Lonquich, pianists employed “much more flexibility”. They played, he says, “completely differently from how they do today, in terms of the irregularity of their phrasing, their ‘holding back’ of the melodic line, or their arpeggiation of chords.” Lonquich, who was born in Trier and lives in Italy, often draws inspiration for his interpretations from historical recordings. He brings his unique brand of interpretative freedom to audiences in Japan, the United States, Australia and the most important European music centres.
Alexander Lonquich studied with Astrid Schmid-Neuhaus, a niece of the famous pianist and piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus, and Paul Badura-Skoda, among others. At the age of 16, he won first prize at the Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Alessandro Casagrande” in Terni, Italy. This launched his international career. In addition to his work as a soloist, he conducts from the piano, is an active chamber musician, and works with renowned violinists such as Vilde Frang, Joshua Bell, Isabelle Faust and Carolin Widmann. He is also chief conductor of the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, and was appointed Artistic Director of the Fondazione Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in July 2020.
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