Proms 2011 Prom 54: Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt - BBC Proms

24 Aug 2011, Royal Albert Hall

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Prom 54: Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt

22:00 Wed 24 Aug 2011 Royal Albert Hall

For Liszt’s bicentenary year, pianistic titan Marc-Andre Hamelin plays a late-night tribute.

Programme

- - Franz Liszt
  - Legend No. 2, 'St Francis of Paola Walking on the Water'(9 mins)
  - Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H(12 mins)
  - Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: - No 3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude(18 mins)
  - Venezia e Napoli(18 mins)
  - 2 Études de concert - No 1, Waldesrauschen(4 mins)(encore)
- - Leonid Sabaneyev
  - Prelude, Op 10 No. 5(3 mins)(encore)

Performers

Marc-André Hamelin
piano
piano

Composers

About this event

For Liszt's bicentenary year, Marc-André Hamelin plays late-night tribute, recalling the composer-pianist's own jaw-dropping keyboard technique and spanning the whole imaginative and emotional range of his musical world.

There will be no interval

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Proms 2011 Late night concerts and events Piano music

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