Kirill Gerstein & Friends
Stream on BBC Sounds
The Concert
Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s
Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in G major
Béla Bartók Selection of Hungarian Folk Songs
György Ligeti Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Interval – 20 minutes
Ludwig van Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, ‘Gassenhauer’
Robert Schumann Blumenstück
Thomas Adès Növények
Thomas Adès Concerto Conciso
Thomas Adès conductor and piano
Timothy Redmond conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Katia Skanavi piano
Joseph Havlat piano
Katalin Károlyi mezzo-soprano
LSO Musicians
Available to watch online on BBC Sounds
Pianist Kirill Gerstein curates an early-evening chamber concert celebrating four centuries of musical mavericks, as part of his Spotlight Artist series with the LSO.
The Programme
Kirill Gerstein brings together his closest musical colleagues for a programme inspired by the music of Central Europe. Zingy, folk-flavoured masterpieces by Joseph Haydn, Béla Bartók, György Ligeti and Ludwig van Beethoven strike sparks against the romance of Robert Schumann and the dazzling imagination of Thomas Adès.
The Performers
Put the most influential British composer of our time together with a virtuoso pianist who speaks the same musical language and the results are bound to be remarkable. ‘Thomas Adès and Kirill Gerstein’s collaboration is taking its place amid the greats of music history’, says The New York Times, and this is a real showstopper of a concert: a carnival of vivid colours and vibrant musical ideas brought together and played with fire by two of the 21st century’s most exciting musical minds.
Please note that these events are recorded for broadcast. We are grateful to all of our audience members for ensuring that noise and disturbance are kept to a minimum, and for switching off phones and devices.
Header image © Marco Borgrevve
