Thomas Adès

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8 PM

This concert is part of the Keyboard Virtuosos I series.

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Program

A sharp and inventive composer, Adès is also a world-class pianist. Here he plays a far-reaching program that features characteristic music from his great predecessors, including biting Prokofiev, passionate Liszt, haunting Janáček, and restless Beethoven.

Program Details

Thomas Adès, Piano

JANÁČEK	On the Overgrown Path, Book II
LISZT	Isolde's Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
PROKOFIEV	Sarcasms, Op. 17
SCHUBERT	Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915
THOMAS ADÈS	Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face (NY Premiere)
BEETHOVEN	Bagatelles, Op. 126

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Composer. Pianist. Conductor. Thomas Adès explains the balancing act that’s required to keep up with his musical life on and off the stage. He describes the exhilarating experience of walking into Carnegie Hall for the first time—his own composition his introduction to the hall’s legendary acoustics.

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