Program 2019
EVENING CONCERTS
Master Pianist Concert Series
Thursday 9 May 2019 20:15
Due to illness Jonathan Biss has had to withdraw his performances for the coming weeks. Therefore the concert on May 9 during the Naarden International Piano Festival has been cancelled. The organisation has decided not to opt for an alternative concert on this short notice.
Friday 10 May 2019 20:15
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita no 1 in B flat Major BWV 825 Johannes Brahms - Variations en fugue on the theme of Händel, op. 24
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata no 14 in C sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia”, Op. 27, No. 2
Cyril Scott (1879 –1970) - Poems (1912)
1.Poppies
2.The Garden of Soul-sympathy
3.Bells
4.The Twilight of the Year
5.Paradise-Birds
Nodar Gabunia (1933 – 2000) - Improvisation and Toccata (1962)
Maurice Ravel - Ma mère l'oye
1.Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant:
2.Petit Poucet
3.Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
4.Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
5. Le jardin féerique
Saturday 11 May 2019 20:15
Alfred Brendel had to postpone his lecture during the Naarden International Piano Festival due to personal circumstances. Mr. Brendel regrets the rescheduling, but announced he will come on Thursday 13 June 2019 to Naarden to give his lecture `My Musical Life". During the festival Alexander Melnikov will give a concert on Saturday 11th of May
Claude Debussy - 12 Préludes, Livre 1
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Claude Debussy - 12 Préludes, Livre 2
Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Selection from:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Rondo no 1 in C Major and no 2 in G Major, Op. 51
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantasia in c minor, K. 475
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata no. 14 in C Minor, K. 457
Joseph Haydn - Variations in f minor, Hob. XVII:6
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata in c minor, Op. 13, Pathétique
This recital will be performed on a Rosenberger fortepiano circa 1800
LUNCH CONCERTS
Discovery Concert Series
Friday 10 May 2019
Cristóbal Halffter - ‘Cadencia’.
Maurice Ravel- Les oiseaux tristes
Alborada del gracioso
La vallée des cloches
Rudolf Escher - Suite Arcana
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Thème original et variations, Op. 19
Dmitri Shostakovich - Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonata in C major K330
George Enescu - Piano Sonata in F#minor op. 24 no. 1
Saturday 11 May 2019
W.A. Mozart - Rondo in a minor K. 511
Franz Liszt - Sonata in b minor S. 178
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 13 in c minor op. 48 no. 1
Nocturne no.19 in e minor op.72 no.1 (posthume)
Scherzo - no 2 in b flat minor, Op. 31
Sergei Prokofiev- Sonata no 2 in d minor, Op. 14
15:00 - Koenraad Spijker
Alexander Scriabin - 5 Preludes op. 16
Prelude in B major op. 11 no. 11
Prelude in b flat minor op. 37 no. 1
György Ligeti - Etude no 5 Arc-en-Ciel
Alexander Scriabin - Feuillet d’Album op. 58
Sonata no 10 op. 70
Vers-la-flamme op. 72
INTERVIEWS
Friday 10 May 2019
10:00 - Coffee with a Master
Interview with Jonathan Biss and informal talk with invited young pianists
Due to illness Jonathan Biss has had to withdraw his performances for the coming weeks. Therefore the concert on May 9 during the Naarden International Piano Festival has been cancelled. The organisation has decided not to opt for an alternative concert on this short notice.
Saturday 11 May 2019
10:00- Coffee with a Master
Interview and informal talk with the members of the Honorary Guests