Name: Grosvenor Leikur Busoni
Start: 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Harpa Concert Hall

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Iceland Symphony Orchestra

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Kornilios Michailidis

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Benjamin Grosvenor

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Árni Harðarson

Grosvenor Leikur Busoni

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Grosvenor Leikur Busoni: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, op. 25 ("The Classical") Prokofiev (+1 More)

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Symphony No. 1 in D Major, op. 25 ("The Classical")

Piano Concerto BV 247, Op.39

Rahul Karaguppi

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2024 marks a hundred years since the passing of one of the greatest pianists of all time, the Italian Ferruccio Busoni. In addition to being an incomparable soloist, Busoni was a magnificent composer and conductor. He is best known today for his beautiful piano transcriptions of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. But his own compositions are no less brilliant, and many felt that his music united the musical ideals of opposite camps of the 19th century – Brahms on the one hand, and Liszt and Wagner on the other. His piano concerto is one of the most epic and grand pieces of its kind and, in many ways, defies the laws of form. 

It is particularly exciting to witness one of the foremost pianists of our time, Britain's Benjamin Grosvenor, perform this piece with the ISO and the Fóstbæður Men's Choir. The presence of the choir is one of the unusual features of the piece. Setting the stage for the most extravagant piano concerto in history is the compact 'Classical' Symphony by Prokofiev. It harkens back to the aesthetics of the 18th century and is full of imagination and brilliant craftsmanship despite being only a quarter of an hour in length.

Benjamin Grosvenor appears courtesy of Decca Classics.

English

Árið 2024 eru hundrað ár liðin frá andláti eins mesta píanóleikara sögunnar, hins ítalska Ferruccio Busoni, en auk þess að vera óviðjafnanlegur einleikari var Busoni frábært tónskáld og hljómsveitarstjóri. Í dag þekkja hann margir einna helst af ægifögrum umritunum á hljómborðsverkum Johanns Sebastians Bach. En tónsmíðar hans sjálfs búa ekki síður yfir mikilli snilld og þótti mörgum hann ná að sameina í tónlist sinni áhrif andstæðra póla 19. aldarinnar – frá Brahms annars vegar og frá Liszt og Wagner hins vegar. 

Píanókonsert hans er eitt stórbrotnasta og umfangsmesta verk sinnar tegundar í sögunni og ögrar lögmálum formsins á ýmsan hátt. Það er því einstaklega ánægjulegt að einn fremsti píanóleikari samtímans, hinn breski Benjamin Grosvenor, leiki það í Eldborg með Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands og karlakórnum Fóstbræðrum, en þátttaka karlakórsins er einmitt meðal þess sem veitir konsertinum sérstöðu. Á undan þessum stærsta píanókonserti sögunnar hljómar hið samþjappaða meistaraverk Prokofíevs, Klassíska sinfónían, sem endurómar fagurfræði 18. aldar og gefur hvergi eftir í hugmyndaauðgi og snilldarlegu handbragði þrátt fyrir að vera aðeins um stundarfjórðungur að lengd. 

Benjamin Grosvenor tekur upp fyrir Decca Classics.

íslenska

Grosvenor Leikur Busoni by Prokofiev, Busoni, From (2024/2024), Conductor Kornilios Michailidis, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland

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