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Benjamin Grosvenor in recital

,Barbican Hall
Benjamin Grosvenor black and white piano

The masterly young British pianist takes Schumann as his starting point for a musical journey through three very different conceptions of virtuosity.

Benjamin Grosvenor’s typically imaginative solo recitals go far beyond the notes on the page. Reviewing a previous Barbican recital, the Daily Telegraph called him ‘a genuine talent of the old school’.

But his combination of youthful brilliance with an ever-deepening musical intelligence makes his each successive appearance a revelation. In pairing Janáček and Prokofiev with the profoundly Romantic – but strikingly different – imaginative visions of Schumann and Liszt, he clearly has something new to say. Finding out what is one of 21st-century pianism’s most consistently rewarding pleasures.

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The performance is expected to finish around 9.30pm, including a 20 minute interval.

Programme

  • Schumann   Blumenstück
  • Schumann   Kreisleriana
  • Janáček   Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
  • Prokofiev   Visions Fugitives Nos 1, 2, 3, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 9, 14 &16
  • Liszt/Bellini   Réminicences de Norma

Performers

  • Benjamin Grosvenor   piano

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