Helene Grimaud

T1439046940

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Archive :: production:T1439046940, concert:S916853532, venue:V423

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Described as 'sensitive and passionate’ by The New York Times, Helene Grimaud is a pianist with a difference. Her vibrant playing expresses her vivid personality in this programme of piano classics drawn from across 200 years. Mozart’s A minor Piano sonata is a work of tremendous energy that often feels ahead of its time. Berg’s piano sonata stems from the heady yet unsettling atmosphere of early 20th-century Vienna, intensely emotional and tightly wrought. Liszt’s Sonata in B minor is one of the iconic pieces of its time - a virtuoso tone-poem in one gigantic movement that feels full of narrative drama. To close, Bartok’s Romanian Dances bring the irresistible exoticism of Transylvanian folk music into the concert hall. Royal Festival Hall