François-Frédéric Guy makes his Australian debut playing Chopin and three of the great Beethoven piano sonatas.
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“Anyone hearing him for the first time,” wrote The Independent after François-Frédéric Guy’s Wigmore Hall recital, “must have recognised that here was a big as well as a very polished player.” In 2010 Sydneysiders will be hearing Guy for the first time, in the first of our recitals celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth.
Chopin is represented by two nocturnes – filigreed music in the genre he made his own – and his inspired Polonaise-Fantaisie. Then Guy’s “astonishing expressiveness” joins forces with his powerful sound for three Beethoven sonatas, concluding with the magical and atmospheric “Moonlight” Sonata.
CHOPIN
Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 No.1
Nocturne in E, Op.62 No.2
Polonaise-fantaisie, Op.61
BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110
‘Tempest’ Sonata, Op.31 No.2
‘Moonlight’ Sonata, Op.27 No.2
Please note revised program.
Pre-concert talk by David Garrett at 6.15pm in the First Floor Reception Room.
You can also read our interview with François-Frédéric Guy.
Hear F-F Guy in recital then experience the power of his Emperor Concerto in
The Hall of Heroes (17, 18, 19 March).
AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 – CHOPIN Nocturne, Op.48 No.1
Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 475 8046
Visit us again closer to the concert for more highlights from this program.
Audio kindly supplied by Universal Music.
Currently available from iTunes: Chopin