Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
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Performers
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
Program
SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Tempest"
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1
LISZT "Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat Major
Encores:
J. S. BACH Adagio from Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 (after Marcello's Oboe Concerto)
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor (transcr. Horowitz)
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission. Please note that there will be no late seating before intermission.Explore More
At a Glance
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
Schubert’s last three piano sonatas, composed in the months leading up to his untimely death, are notable for the grandeur of their conception. The first movement of the Sonata in B-flat Major is one of the composer’s most spacious musical structures, being almost as long as the other three movements combined.
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest”
The D-Minor Piano Sonata’s apocryphal descriptive title may owe as much to Beethoven’s unbridled energy at the keyboard as it does to Shakespeare’s play. Written not long after the “Moonlight” Sonata, “The Tempest” Sonata is similarly characterized by rippling arpeggios and moodily atmospheric harmonies.
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Like much of the music Liszt wrote to show off his transcendental virtuosity at the keyboard, his four Mephisto Waltzes are equal parts inspiration and unabashed showmanship. The first depicts a boisterous wedding feast at a village inn at which Mephistopheles steals the show.
LISZT “Gretchen am Spinnrade” from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558, No. 8
Originally set to a poem by Goethe, Liszt reproduces Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade” (“Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”) for solo piano—an arrangement so fitting due to the richly imaginative and sophisticated original keyboard accompaniment.