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Virtuosity at its finest | SUNDAYS AT 3:00 |
10–concert series: E
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5–concert series: A or B
PIANO Featuring the biggest names of the keyboard world, the Symphony Center Presents Piano series explores 300 years of thrilling repertoire with cherished masterpieces and modern classics. Artists this season include Chicago favorites Evgeny Kissin and Maurizio Pollini, along with series newcomers Alexandre Tharaud and Orli Shaham.
October 26 A Maurizio Pollini
November 9 B Pierre-Laurent Aimard
February 22 B Olli Mustonen
“Pollini’s playing is powerful and precise, driven by a probing intellect and executed with steely, virtually infallible fingers” (The New York Times). Hear this legendary piano master live in concert at Orchestra Hall as he opens the Symphony Center Presents Piano 2014/15 season.
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier changed the world’s understanding of counterpoint, rhythm and thematic transformation forever. French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard puts his unique stamp on the first book of this epic masterpiece. “This is Bach playing to listen to every day, fresh and spry” (Gramophone).
Tchaikovsky Album for the Young Chopin Mazurkas from Op. 59 and 56 Mustonen Sonata (Jehkin Iivana) Scriabin Sonata No. 10 Scriabin Vers la flamme “An extraordinary pianist for extraordinary music… Mustonen’s dazzling pianism is truly hypnotic” (Gramophone). Few artists today can equal the combination of glittering sonorities and awe-inspiring agility of Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen. This superb talent brings a program blending pieces by two Russian masters, Tchaikovsky and Scriabin, and Chopin with his own Jehkin Livana, a work inspired by mystical Nordic legends.
January 25 A Garrick Ohlsson Program to include works by Scriabin, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov A sublime interpreter with magisterial power and exquisite finesse, Garrick Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire. Prepare for an astounding afternoon of fine musicmaking. “Mr. Ohlsson offers interpretations that blend the gossamer and the athletic” (The New York Times).
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March 8 B András Schiff Haydn Sonata in C Major Beethoven Sonata No. 30 Mozart Sonata in C Major, K. 545 Schubert Sonata in C Minor, D. 958 András Schiff’s impeccable clarity of tone illuminates everything he plays, yielding fresh, pure insights from treasured masterworks. In this concert, he launches a three-part, multi-season exploration of the final three sonatas by each of the greatest composers of the Classical era: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.
