together with Nijmeegse Stichting voor Kamermuziek
Jeremy Denk is a pianist we rarely get to see in the Netherlands. You may know him from his book Every Good Boy Does Fine, one of last year’s summertime bestsellers. His writing is as captivating as his playing: ‘a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs’, in the words of the New York Times.
Thankfully, his inventive program will satisfy all listeners. From Bach to ‘Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart’ Missy Mazzoli. From the hypnotizing sounds of Ravel’s extremely virtuosic Gaspard de la nuit to Ligeti’s devilish eruptions, all the way to a soothing Beethoven. Why do these pieces fit so well together? Jeremy Denk would not be Jeremy Denk if he didn’t explain exactly that during the concert.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata in A-minor, KV 310
Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata in F sharp-minor, BWV 910
Missy Mazzoli – Heartbreaker
György Ligeti – The Devil’s Staircase
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata in A flat-major, Op. 110
Jeremy Denk, piano
Mathilde Wantenaar composed her Rhapsody for Piano and Strings specifically for Daria van den Bercken and Britten Sinfonia, as an answer to Bach’s fifth Brandenburg Concerto. The world’s oldest and very youngest piano concerto on a single night – the Piano Biennial has commenced!
Ultimate freedom: improvisation! World star Gabriela Montero ventures into this nineteenth-century practice, interspersed with Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky.
Listen First: a 3D music exhibition. Here you can hear Mathilde Wantenaar’s Rhapsody for Piano and Strings as if you were stepping into your own head, in a specially created dome