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Fazil Say

Friday, 2 August 2019, Saanen Church

GALA Chamber Music

Friday, 2 August 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Night in all its forms… yet all but gloomy since it is inhabited – brightened, lit up – by the moon, soothing and protective. From Beethoven to Debussy through Chopin, its white halo and poetic crescent are put to music by Fazil Say, one of the most original pianists of his generation, in-between other impressionist and passionate pages.

Fazil Say, Piano

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) 
Nocturne in E Minor, Op. post. 72 No. 15'
Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, KK IVa, 16, Lento con gran espressione, Op. post.5'
Nocturne in C Minor, KK IVb, 8, Op. post.3'
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
«Clair de lune» from «Suite bergamasque»5'
Préludes from the Book I: 
«La cathédrale engloutie» (No. 10)7'
«Ministrels» (No. 12)3'
«La fille aux cheveux de lin» (No. 8)3'
«La danse de Puck» (No. 11)3'
«Danseuses de Delphes» (No. 1)4'
«Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir» (No. 4)4'
– Interval – 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Sonata quasi una fantasia No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 «Moonlight Sonata»20'
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 «Appassionata»25'
 110'
CHF 160/135/95/40 

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