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Pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou at the Edinburgh International Festival

Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou perform chamber music for four hands and one piano by Schubert and Kurtag.

Music of drama, tenderness and playful games in today’s recital of piano duets by colleagues and friends, Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou. Kurtag’s Jatekok (Games) celebrates the pleasure and surprise found in playing the piano and we hear a selection of these after music for piano duo, written by Schubert in the last months of his life. Recorded in the Queen's Hall at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Schubert: Rondo in A D951
Schubert: Allegro in A minor from Lebensstürme (Life's Storms) D947
Játékok Book 4: Study to "Hölderlin" (Position Exercise)
Játékok Book 4: Kyrie
Játékok Book 4: Hommage à Soproni (in memoriam matris carissimae)
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor D940

Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Bertrand Chamayou - piano

Presenter - Stephen Broad
Producer - Laura Metcalfe

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major, D.951

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Franz Schubert

    Allegro in A minor (Lebensstürme), D.947

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • György Kurtág

    Játékok Book 4: Study to "Hölderlin" (Position Exercise)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • György Kurtág

    Játékok Book 4: Kyrie

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • György Kurtág

    Játékok Book 4: Hommage à Soproni (in memoriam matris carissimae)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor, D.940

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.

Broadcast

  • Tue 12 Sep 2023 13:00