Pianist Hélène Grimaud takes center stage in a recital that highlights her breathtaking intuition and inventiveness. The program sparkles with miniatures, including Claude Debussy’s bewitching Clair de lune, alongside the sleek minimalism of Erik Satie’s Gnossiennes, tuneful gems by contemporary Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, and spellbinding mazurakas and waltzes by piano royalty, Frédéric Chopin. The program concludes in spectacular fashion with Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, a kaleidoscopic spectrum of shifting moods regarded by many (including Schumann) as the composer’s finest composition.
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Program Items
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle No. 1
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle No. 2
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E minor, Opus 72, no.1
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Erik Satie
En y regardant à deux foix, from Six pièces froides
Claude Debussy
La Plus que lente
Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in A minor, Opus 17, no.4
Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in A minor, Opus 34, no.2
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque
Claude Debussy
Rêverie
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, Opus 16
Erik Satie
Passer, from Six pièces froides
Performers
Hélène Grimaud
Piano