Schoenberg's laboratory
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Fri 15 Nov 202420:15 - 22:10Interval 21:10Grote Zaal
Program
Arnold Schoenberg Drei Klavierstücke
Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 9
Arnold Schoenberg Sechs kleine Klavierstücke
Robert Schumann Gesänge der Frühe
Arnold Schoenberg Fünf Klavierstücke
Johannes Brahms Intermezzi Op. 118 Nos. 1, 2 and 4
Arnold Schoenberg Klavierstücke op. 33a & op. 33b
Igor Stravinsky Piano Rag Music
Arnold Schoenberg Suite Op. 25
Credits
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Arnold Schoenberg was the greatest musical innovator of the 20th century. According to pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, each new piano piece of his heralded a new phase: on the piano, Schoenberg developed compositional techniques that he then applied in other works. This imaginative program pulsates with the spirit of those innovations, interwoven with refreshing work from other composers. Aimard, leading authority on modern piano music, sheds light on his repertoire choices. A unique opportunity to hear Schönberg’s complete piano oeuvre, at the very highest level.
Schoenberg’s originality is clearly not reflected in his titles, which are all rather straightforward and functional. But his notes were without exception groundbreaking. The set of three pieces for solo piano Drei Klavierstücke (1909) is one of the earliest examples of atonality, and in Suite für Klavier (1921) and Fünf Klavierstücke (1920-23) Schönberg applied his twelve-tone technique for the first time. Aimard combines them with music by Schönberg’s antipode Igor Stravinsky. Aleksandr Skrjabin experimented with chromaticism in his own unique way.
