Date and time
Tuesday 18.06.2024
18:00 - 20:15
Venue
Joensuun konservatorion uusi sali
Tapani Länsiö’s ”Elämäni preludit” (Preludes of my life) is a cycle of 24 preludes encompassing some uniquely rich variety of expression and throughly idiomatic piano writing, revealing Länsiö’s intimate knowledge of both the history of piano music and piano playing. In the preludes one can hear echoes from the preceding centuries of keyboard music as well as hommages to some of the more contemporary composers. The second half of the concert is dedicated to Beethoven and three of his masterpieces: The “Moonlight” sonata, the sonata “Pathétique”, and finally one of the great achievements of the Western civilization, Beethoven’s last piano sonata, Op. 111, a work that reaches towards the great unknown, the universe, the harmony of the spheres…
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