Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Schumann, Carter, Messiaen and Bart贸k at a 2008 Proms Chamber Music recital from London鈥檚 Cadogan Hall.
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麻豆社 Proms: a Proms Chamber Music recital from 2008 typical of the ever-questing Pierre-Laurent Aimard, blending music from various periods. Schumann鈥檚 last piano work looks forward with its harmonically advanced language. Its mood is taken up by Elliott Carter鈥檚 classic Night Fantasies of 1980, a work described by its composer as 鈥榓 piano piece of continuously changing moods, suggesting the fleeting thoughts and feelings that are passed through the mind during a period of wakefulness at night鈥�.
Bart贸k is represented by his Out of Doors Suite, written very much with himself in mind as performer, and exploiting the piano鈥檚 percussive qualities to winning effect. And as a leading exponent of Messiaen鈥檚 piano music, Aimard offers a sketch of a night bird, 鈥楲鈥檃louette lulu鈥� (The Woodlark).
Introduced by Christopher Cook.
Schumann: 5 Ges盲nge der Fr眉he, Op 133
Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies
Messiaen: Catalogue d鈥檕iseaux 鈥� No 8: L鈥檃louette lulu
Bart贸k: Out of Doors Suite
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
(From 麻豆社 Proms, 21 July 2008)
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