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Danny Driver at Wigmore Hall

From Wigmore Hall, London, Danny Driver (piano) in Handel: Suite No 5. Ades: Mazurkas. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 28. CPE Bach: Fantasia in F sharp minor. Schumann: Fantasy in C.

Live from Wigmore Hall. The acclaimed pianist Danny Driver plays a typically imaginative programme which ranges from Handel's 'Harmonious Blacksmith' suite to Schumann. And his programme includes a nod to CPE Bach in this, his anniversary year.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Handel: Suite no.5 in E HWV.430

Thomas Ades: Mazurkas

Beethoven: Piano Sonata no.28 in A, Op.101

Interval Music - Beethoven's Handelian Overture to The Consecration of the House and some of his incidental music to The Ruins of Athens.

CPE Bach: Fantasia in F# minor Wq.67

Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op.17

Danny Driver (piano).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Wed 15 Oct 201419:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Incidental Music for The Consecration of the House

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze de Figaro

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasy in C major Op.17

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasy in C major Op.17

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Part 1

    • George Frideric Handel

      Keyboard Suite no.5 in E major

      Performer: Danny Driver.

    • Thomas Adès

      Three Mazurkas

      Performer: Danny Driver.

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata no.28 in A major

      Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Interval

    • Beethoven

      Overture - Consecration of the House Op.124

      Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.

    • Beethoven

      Ruins of Athens - incidental music Op.113

      Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.

  • Part 2

    • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Keyboard Fantasia in F sharp minor

      Performer: Danny Driver.

    • Robert Schumann

      Fantasy in C major Op.17

      Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Encore

    • Robert Schumann

      Nachtstucke Op.23 no.4

      Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Post concert

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Le Nozze de Figaro

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Prelude and Fugue BWV 536

      Transcriber: Eugen d’Albert. Performer: Piers Lane.
      • Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 8.
      • Hyperion.
      • CDA67709.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Oct 201419:30
    BBC Radio 3

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