PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD #2

GYÖRGY KURTÁG Játékok
FRANZ SCHUBERT
34 Sentimental Waltzes, Op. 50
38 Waltzes, Ländler and Ecossaises, Op. 18
18 German Dances and Ecossaises, Op. 33
36 Original Dances, Op. 9
Viennese Ladies’ Ländler and Ecossaises, Op. 67
12 German Dances, Op. 171
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Adagio in C major for Glass Harmonica
March in C major

Happy birthday, György Kurtág! For his second concert at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has put together a programme celebrating the Hungarian composer's 100th birthday. Kurtág's friendship with the French pianist, which began when they met in 1978, has recently resulted in the release of a recorded anthology from Játékok (Games) for piano. In the same light-hearted and miniaturist spirit, this concert has boldly opted for a spatialised, strolling format, with several pianos tuned in various ways strategically placed around the hall and played one after the other by Pierre-Laurent Aimard; so that a continuous series of short pieces – not only by Kurtág, but also by Schubert, Schoenberg and Mozart – results a musical flow without intermissions or silences.