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Faur茅, fate and fountains

Nelson Goerner performs a programme that explores the spirit of romanticism in works by Faur茅, Brahms and Liszt.

Nelson Goerner performs a programme that explores the spirit of romanticism in works by Faur茅, Brahms and Liszt. The rarely heard Theme and Variations is Faur茅's most substantial piece for piano, which breaks with convention by placing its most flamboyant variation not last but penultimate, followed by a beautifully solemn conclusion. Written when Brahms was barely out of his teens, his Piano Sonata No 3 is an expressive and expansive work in which he pays homage to his hero, Beethoven, by referencing the famous fate motive of the 5th Symphony.

The second half of this recital is dedicated to Liszt, whose Fun茅railles commemorates three friends who died in the failed Hungarian uprising against Habsburg rule in 1848. Les jeux d鈥檈aux 脿 la Villa d鈥橢ste finds the composer in traveling mode, admiring the fountains at Tivoli's famous 16th-century villa, before heading to Spain for the Rhapsodie espagnole, a virtuosic showpiece infused with local colour.

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, presented by Georgia Mann

Faur茅: Th猫me et Variations in C sharp minor Op 73
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5

Interval

Liszt: Fun茅railles S173 No 7
Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, troisi猫me ann茅e S163 - Les jeux d鈥檈aux 脿 la Villa d鈥橢ste
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole S254

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Tue 26 Nov 2019 19:30
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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, Op.73

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.

  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    O bone Jesu, fili Mariae

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Selig sind die Toten SWV391

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Franz Liszt

    Funerailles, S173 No.7

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.

  • Franz Liszt

    Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este from Annees de pelerinage, troisieme anne, S163

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.

  • Franz Liszt

    Rhapsodie espagnole, S254

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.

  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Beatus vir

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia.
    • I Vespri Natalizi (1650).
    • Tactus.
    • 009.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite (HWV.348) in F major, Allegro..., Presto, Air

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Handel: Water Music/Music for the Royal Fireworks: Aradia Quartet/Mallon.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 26 Nov 2019 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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