Proms Chamber Music 6: Louis Lortie

22 Aug 2016, Cadogan Hall

13:00 Mon 22 Aug 2016 Next Event

13:00 Mon 22 Aug 2016 Cadogan Hall

The sixth chamber music concert at Cadogan Hall this year sees pianist Louis Lortie exploring some of the virtuosic transcriptions of operatic works for the keyboard.

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Programme

- - Gioachino Rossini
  - Soirées musicales – La regata veneziana (notturno) (arr. Liszt)(5 mins)
  - Soirées musicales – La danza (tarantella) (arr. Liszt)
- - Francis Poulenc
  - Napoli(15 mins)
- - Gabriel Fauré
  - Barcarolle No 5 in F sharp minor(6 mins)
  - Barcarolle No 7 in D minor(6 mins)
- - Franz Liszt
  - Venezia e Napoli(20 mins)

Performers

Louis Lortie
piano
piano

Composers

About This Event

Eloquent French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performs an intriguing programme that moves from the clear spring-water of Fauré’s Barcarolles to depictions of Italian cities from Poulenc and Liszt.

Poulenc’s pianistic vision of Naples manages to be light-hearted and dazzling at the same time. Liszt was intrigued and inspired by the city’s furious traditional dance, the tarantella. He used that and the gondola songs of Venice in the broad emotional canvas that is his Venezia e Napoli.