Jan Lisiecki

Performers:

Jan Lisiecki, piano

»World (of) Dance«
Waltz, tango, polonaise: they come from different countries and cultures, but they are all originally dances. Many composers have been inspired by dances and used them as a basis to create art music that can still be heard in its origins. In this way, many folk music rhythms and melodies have stood the test of time and spread across borders.

Jan Lisiecki dancing across the keys
Jan Lisiecki, currently one of the most sought-after pianists, has put together a programme on the theme »World (of) Dance« that departs from the usual and leads from the Czech Republic via Poland, Germany and Romania to Spain and Argentina. In the music, he, who describes himself as shy, can express himself freely with music by Frédéric Chopin, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, Manuel de Falla, Astor Piazzolla and Alberto Ginastera. There are also lesser-known dances by Bohuslav Martinů and Karol Szymanowski. »I\'m really looking forward to sharing this with the audience«, says Lisiecki.

program

World (of) Dance
Bohuslav Martinů
Drei tschechische Tänze H 154
Manuel de Falla
Danza española »Spanischer Tanz« (La vida breve) (1905)
Karol Szymanowski
Vier polnische Tänze (1926)
Franz Schubert
16 Deutsche Tänze D 783 (1823–1824)
Béla Bartók
Román népi táncok »Rumänische Volkstänze« Sz 56 (1915)
Alberto Ginastera
Danzas argentinas op. 2 (1937)

Pause

Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse brillante Es-Dur op. 18 (1831)
Johannes Brahms
Walzer gis-moll op. 39/3 (1865)
Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse brillante As-Dur op. 34/1 (1835)
Grande valse brillante a-moll op. 34/2 (1831)
Johannes Brahms
Walzer As-Dur op. 39/15 (1865)
Astor Piazzolla
Libertango (1974)
Isaac Albéniz
Tango D-Dur op. 165/2 (España: 6 hojas de album) (1890)
Manuel de Falla
Danza ritual del fuego (El amor brujo »Der Liebeszauber«) (1914–1915)
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise As-Dur op. 53 (1842)

Place

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