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Concerts
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn & Liszt – with Kissin
Record date : 26 July 2007
Publish date : 03 November 2020
Programme
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Waltz in C-sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN / YEVGENY SUDBIN
À la minute (after Chopin’s Waltz in D flat major Op. 64 No. 1) for Piano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY
Songs Without Words, Op. 67
FRANZ LISZT
Liebestraum in A flat S 541 No. 3 ‘Love Dream’
- Esa-Pekka Salonen composer, conductor
- Evgeny Kissin piano
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO) accompanies one of the greatest pianists of our time, Evgeny Kissin. The Russian virtuoso performs masterworks by Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Liszt. Among the concert’s highlights is the first of Beethoven’s five piano concertos. Composed in 1795, it was officially premiered in 1800 with the composer himself at the keyboard.