Carnegie Hall: Emanuel Ax, Piano
$36-$124
- Emanuel Ax, piano
Franz Liszt / Franz Schubert — Aufenthalt, S. 560, No. 3 (after Schwanengesang, D. 957)
Franz Liszt / Franz Schubert — Liebesbotschaft, S. 560, No. 10 (after Schwanengesang, D. 957)
Franz Liszt / Franz Schubert — Der Müller und der bach, S. 565, No. 2 (after Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795)
Franz Liszt / Franz Schubert — Horch, horch! die Lerch, S. 558, No. 9 (after Ständchen, D. 889)
Franz Liszt — "VI. Vallee D'Obermann" from Années de pèlerinage ("Years of Pilgrimage") I, S. 160
Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960
A recital by Emanuel Ax at Carnegie Hall is always a celebrated occasion, each revealing new dimensions of "his greatness, his overwhelming authority as a musician, technician, and probing intellect" (Los Angeles Times). This thoughtful program is bookended by two Schubert compositions: the early A major Piano Sonata, whose performance by Ax has been called "exquisite" and "beautifully … sensitively played" by New York Arts; and the B-flat major Piano Sonata, which Ax performs with "a probing spirit that put[s] a spotlight on Schubert's inventiveness" (The New York Times). Rounding out the program are selections by Liszt, including several of his inventive transcriptions of songs by Schubert.
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