DATE AND VENUE
6 June 2011, Hagia Eirene Museum
CONCERT INFO
İDİL BİRET piano
CONCERT PRORGAMME
- Bach / Liszt
Fantasy and Fugue in G minor - Franz Liszt
2 Légends, S175, R17
No.1: St. Francis of Assisi: The Sermon to the Birds
No.2 : St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves - Franz Liszt
Two Grand Etudes: No.1 & No.2 (1837) - Wagner / Liszt
Overture to Tannhäuser: Concert paraphrase - Franz Liszt
Années de Pèlerinage 2ème Année “Italie”
Sposalizio
Il Penseroso
Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
Années de Pèlerinage 3ème Année “Italie”
Les Jeux d’eau à la villa d’Este - Franz Liszt
Two Grand Etudes: No.9 & No.12 (1837)
Supplement a “Italie” (Venezia e Napoli)
Gondoliera
Canzone
Tarantella
Lasts 115’ inc. interval.
İdil Biret, a “child prodigy of Turkey”, has crowned her career with concerts she has performed with the most highly regarded orchestras and virtuosi of the world. Today, as a pianist with an immense repertoire, she is considered to be among the legends of the classical music world. Biret, who holds the title of State Artist since 1973, will stand in homage for the music genius Liszt on the 200th anniversary of his birth in this magnificent concert.