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Melvyn Tan at Wigmore Hall - Beethoven, Czerny, Liszt

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, a piano recital by Melvyn Tan. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 30; 6 Bagatelles, Op 126. Plus music by Czerny and Liszt.

Live from Wigmore Hall.

Melvyn Tan celebrates his 60th birthday with a programme which includes some of the great pillars of the pianistic repertoire. The first half reflects Melvyn Tan's life-long love of Beethoven whilst in the second half, he prefaces Liszt's monumental Sonata with a heartfelt tribute to Beethoven by his former pupil and friend, Carl Czerny.

Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles Op. 126
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109
Czerny: Variations on a Theme of Rode, 'La Ricordanza', Op. 33

8.10pm Interval music
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony no 1, op 9
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

8.30
Czerny: Marcia funebre sulla morte di Luigi van Beethoven, Op. 146
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor.

2 hours, 25 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Bagatelles Op.126

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata no.30 Op.109

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Carl Czerny

    Variations on a theme of Rode La Ricordanza Op.33

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Chamber Symphony No.1 Op.9

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Carl Czerny

    Marche fun猫bre sur la mort de Beethoven Op.146

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Franz Liszt

    Piano sonata in B minor S.178

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Franz Liszt

    Concert 脡tude No. 3 "Un sospiro" (encore)

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Quartet for strings no. 6 (Op.101) in G major

    Ensemble: St. Petersburg String Quartet.
    • Shostakovich: String Quartets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Oct 2016 19:30