Event description
GUSTAV PIEKUT (piano, Denmark)
GEORGE LI (piano, USA)
Programme:
Rued Langgaard - "The Bride of Christ - The Lack of the Joy of Life" ("Sponsa Christi tædium Vitae")
Mikalojus Constantinas Čiurlionis:
"Mirage", VL 175
"Elegy", VL 191
"Nightingale", VL 268
Prelude in D flat major, VL 250
Humoresque, VL 162
"Run the Barrels", VL 279
Prelude in F major/A minor, VL 188
Leoš Janáček - excerpts from the cycle On an Overgrown Path
Fryderyk Chopin - Skerzo Nr. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
(performed by Gustav Piekut)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Sonata in F major, VL 155
Fryderyk Chopin - Sonata No. The Philharmonic Orchestra will open its autumn concert season with a concert by two world-renowned pianists and a dedication to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of this Lithuanian artist. Piano virtuosos Gustavas Piekutas and George Li present a programme of the most beautiful piano music of M. K. Čiurlionis, alongside works by Danish, Czech and Polish composers.
