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 a ragtime by Scott Joplin & Louis Chauvin. From the hypnotic sounds of Ravel’s extremely virtuoso Gaspard de la nuit to Rzewsk’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues on a workers’ protest song. 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 K310
Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit
J.S. Bach – Partita in G major BWV 829
J.S. Bach – Toccata in F sharp minor BWV 910
Coleridge Taylor – They Will Not Lend Me a Child
Thomas Wiggins – The Battle of Manassas
Scott Joplin/ Louis Chauvin – Heliotrope Bouquet
Frederic Rzewsk – Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Jeremy Denk, piano
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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