Brühler Schlosskonzerte: Luisa Imorde

In Brahms' footsteps

Luisa Imorde (piano)

Master pianist Luisa Imorde loves to go in search of musical traces and uncover astonishing similarities between different composers and their works. Following her successful project with compositions by Couperin and Messiaen, her latest program is all about Johannes Brahms and his idols. As Brahms' heart beat strongly for baroque music, his piano rhapsodies alternate with works by Bach and Handel, which the early music fan played at his Viennese piano recitals. In addition to the famous Bach 'Chaconne', which can be heard here in Busoni's version, there are also some Brahms rarities to discover, such as his variations on a theme by Schumann.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Minuet in G minor BWV 842 from the piano booklet for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Pieces op. 119 No. 1 in A minor

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Prelude HWV 434 No. 1

Johannes Brahms
Piano Pieces op. 119 No. 2 in A major

George Frideric Handel
Sonata HWV 434 No. 2

Johannes Brahms
Piano Pieces op. 119 No. 3 in G minor

George Frideric Handel
Air with Variations HWV 434 No. 3

Johannes Brahms
Piano Pieces op. 119 No. 4 in E flat major

George Frideric Handel
Minuet HWV 434 No. 4

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne in D minor in the arrangement by Ferrucio Busoni

Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704-1766)
Sonata in C minor

Johannes Brahms
Choral prelude 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen' op. 122 No. 10 in the arrangement by Ferruccio Busoni

Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann op. 23 in the arrangement by Theodor Kirchner