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Summer Chamber Music in the Ulster Hall.

Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy, piano.

Liszt: from Harmonies Po茅tiques et Religieuses: B茅n茅diction de Dieu dans la Solitude; Hymne de l'enfant au reveil; Fun茅railles.
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13 (Path茅tique).

Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy was launched on his international career when, in 1999, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 selected him for their New Generation Artists scheme.

He begins today's programme with three of the 10 pieces that make up Liszt's Harmonies po茅tiques et religieuses that were brought together as a cycle between 1845-52. They are quite different from what you might usually expect from Liszt. Inspired by the poetry of Lamartine, these are Liszt's only piano works based on purely religious themes. The pieces were apparently of such significance to the composer that he continued to play them privately long after he retired from the concert stage.

Particularly renowned for his performances of Beethoven, Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy concludes today's Lunchtime Concert with Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, known as the Path茅tique. It was written in 1798 at a time when Beethoven was beginning to become aware of his encroaching deafness and yet was leading a relatively contented domestic life.