Date
Thursday 11 June 2015 at 7:30pm
Location
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road,
London,
SE1 8XX,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44.(0)20 7960 4200
Web: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/queen-elizabeth-hall
Link
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/alice-sara-ott-francesco-tri-81562?dt=2015-06-11
Description
Maurice Ravel: Boléro arr. Tristano for 2 pianos
Claude Debussy: 3 Nocturnes transc. Ravel for 2 pianos
Maurice Ravel: La valse
Interval
Francesco Tristano: A Soft Shell Groove Suite
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (for piano, four hands)
An exceptional young duo take to the stage at Southbank Centre for the first time.
Superstar pianist Alice Sara Ott joins forces with Francesco Tristano, a pianist and composer who unusually has made as much of an impact in the club scene as in the classical world.
Their concert opens with Tristano's arrangement for two pianos of Ravel's perennially popular Bolero. Ravel's own arrangement of Debussy's vivid 3 Nocturnes is followed by the former's cataclysmic post-World War I take on the Viennese waltz, La Valse. Tristano's A Soft Shell Groove Suite showcases the composer's music with its eclectic range of influences. And to close, he and Ott perform the two-piano version of Stravinsky's iconoclastic ballet The Rite of Spring, a work that changed the musical world forever.
Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm - Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano discuss the programme. Free.
Performers
Alice Sara Ott piano
Francesco Tristano piano
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