Artists
Program
Jörg Widmann
Idyll und Abgrund (Six Schubert Reminiscences for Piano)
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in G major D 894
György Ligeti
L'Escalier du diable (from Études pour piano)
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor S 178

In Denis Kozhukhin’s solo recital, it is not only Jörg Widmann’s eponymous “Schubert Reminiscences” of 2009 that oscillate between the idyll and the abyss: the Russian pianist’s entire program, his first at the Pierre Boulez Saal in several years, mixes the heavenly with the demonic—from Schubert’s late G-major Sonata and its dreamlike main theme to Ligeti’s “The Devil’s Staircase” étude, to Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, which rises from ominous depths to glorious transfiguration.

Approximate running time: 1h 45m with one intermission
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Season 2023/24,
DENIS KOZHUKHIN
Idyll and Abyss: Piano Works by Widmann, Schubert, Ligeti, Liszt
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