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Behzod Abduraimov, piano

Friday, August 16, 2019

The Olivier Music Barn, 6:30 PM

Pre Concert Talk: 5:00 PM, Tiara Acoustic Shell

Description

Behzod Abduraimov, piano We are thrilled to welcome the celebrated pianist Behzod Abduraimov who makes his Tippet Rise debut with this concert of music by Liszt and Mussorgsky, including Liszt’s transcription of Wagner’s Liebestod. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Abduraimov has been described as “a gift from God” (the Telegraph). The Independent described him as “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation.”

Program

RICHARD WAGNER (trans. LISZT): Isolde’s Liebestod, S. 447

FRANZ LISZT: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

INTERMISSION

MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade I
Gnomus (The Gnome)
Promenade II
Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle)
Promenade III
Tuileries (Children Quarrelling after Play)
Bydlo (The Oxcart)
Promenade IV
Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Promenade V
Limoges (Women Arguing in the Market)
Catacombs (Roman Tomb) – Con mortuis in lingua mortua (With the Dead in a Dead Language)
Baba-Yaga (The Hut on Chicken’s Legs)
The Great Gate of Kiev