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Perth Pianos: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula

Young Swiss pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula performs four pieces from Janacek's On an Overgrown Path, Schumann's Fantasie in C and two interludes of his own.

Young Swiss pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula makes his debut at Perth Concert Hall with Schumann's thrilling and freely composed Fantasie in C, inspired both by Clara and in homage to Beethoven. He contrasts this with extracts from Janacek's dark and troubling piano cycle, originally written as a set of arrangements of Moravian folk tunes for the harmonium. Its poetic name comes from a wedding tune enigmatically entitled 'the path to my mother's has become overgrown with clover'. Abdelmoula opens his recital with a display of his prowess as composer, as well as performer, which he wrote as a student of Jorg Widmann and dedicated to the great oboist Heinz Holliger.

Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula: 2 Interludes, Opus.0
Janacek: Excerpts from 'On an overgrown path' (Nos.1, 5, 9 and 10)
Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op.17

Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano

Presented by Stephen Broad
Produced by Lindsay Pell

57 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 Nov 2023 13:00

Music Played

  • Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula

    2 Interludes, Opus.0

    Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Leos Janáček

    On an overgrown path (No.1, Our evenings)

    Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Leos Janáček

    On an overgrown path (No.5, They chattered like swallows)

    Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Leos Janáček

    On an overgrown path (No.9, In Tears)

    Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Leos Janáček

    On an overgrown path (No.10, The barn owl has not flown away!)

    Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasie in C, Op.17

    Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Keith Jarrett

    Improvisation on Keith Jarrett

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Music Arranger: Steven Osborne.
  • William Byrd

    Hughe Ashton's Ground

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • Play.
    • Sound Circus.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 1 Jul 2022 13:00
  • Fri 3 Nov 2023 13:00