Chopin Preludes – Recital Alexander Melnikov
Chamber Music
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
7.30 pm, Vers-l'Eglise Church
Inspired by the preludes of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Chopin’s 24 Preludes emerged during his disastrous stay in Valdemossa, on the island of Majorca, with George Sand. They are a pillar of the piano repertoire, to the same extent as Schubert’s formidable Wanderer-Fantasie and Brahms’s ultimate works, genuine meditations on ebbing life.
A magnificent recital programme imagined by Alexander Melnikov, whom the Festival has had the privilege to host on several occasions together with violinist Isabelle Faust, in particular in 2017 during a memorable cycle of Beethoven’s complete violin sonatas.
Alexander Melnikov, Piano
| Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| 7 Fantasies, Op. 116 | 25' |
| Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| «Wanderer Fantasy» in C Major, D 760 | 22' |
| – Interval – | |
| Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) | |
| 24 Preludes, Op. 28 | 40' |
| 110' | |
| CHF 80/60/40 |