Igor Levit | ProArte Hamburg

Program

Johannes Brahms: Ballads op. 10
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92
(arrangement for piano: Franz Liszt)

Instrumentation

Igor Levit, piano

Beethoven's mountains

He has become something of a travel guide through the often rocky and impassable terrain of Beethoven's music. With his recording of all 32 Beethoven sonatas and the accompanying podcast, Igor Levit has become one of the best Beethoven interpreters and mediators of our time. It is absolutely logical that he is now venturing out of the carefully scrutinized cosmos of works originally written for piano and into more unexplored territory: Beethoven's symphonies in the versions by piano virtuoso Franz Liszt - which were actually considered unplayable - are the common thread running through Levit's current season. And who could be better suited to scaling these symphonic mountains than the exceptional pianist? After Brahms' Ballades op. 10, your fingers should definitely be warmed up ...