Friday, August 16, 2019
Behzod Abduraimov
The Olivier Music Barn, 6:30 PM
Pre Concert Talk: 5:00 PM, Tiara Acoustic Shell
Description
Behzod Abduraimov, piano We are thrilled to welcome the celebrated pianist Behzod Abduraimov who makes his Tippet Rise debut with this concert of music by Liszt and Mussorgsky, including Liszt’s transcription of Wagner’s Liebestod. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Abduraimov has been described as “a gift from God” (the Telegraph). The Independent described him as “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation.”
Program
RICHARD WAGNER (trans. LISZT): Isolde’s Liebestod, S. 447
FRANZ LISZT: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
INTERMISSION
MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade I
Gnomus (The Gnome)
Promenade II
Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle)
Promenade III
Tuileries (Children Quarrelling after Play)
Bydlo (The Oxcart)
Promenade IV
Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Promenade V
Limoges (Women Arguing in the Market)
Catacombs (Roman Tomb) – Con mortuis in lingua mortua (With the Dead in a Dead Language)
Baba-Yaga (The Hut on Chicken’s Legs)
The Great Gate of Kiev
FRANZ LISZT: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
INTERMISSION
MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade I
Gnomus (The Gnome)
Promenade II
Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle)
Promenade III
Tuileries (Children Quarrelling after Play)
Bydlo (The Oxcart)
Promenade IV
Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Promenade V
Limoges (Women Arguing in the Market)
Catacombs (Roman Tomb) – Con mortuis in lingua mortua (With the Dead in a Dead Language)
Baba-Yaga (The Hut on Chicken’s Legs)
The Great Gate of Kiev