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Leif Ove Andsnes

Thursday 29 March 2012

Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI/20
Béla Bartók: Suite for piano, Op.14
Claude Debussy: Images, Set 1
Interval
Fryderyk Chopin: Waltz in F minor, Op.70 No.2
Fryderyk Chopin: Waltz in G flat, Op.70 No.1
Fryderyk Chopin: Waltz in D flat, Op.70 No.3
Fryderyk Chopin: Waltz in A flat, Op.42
Fryderyk Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturne in B, Op.62 No.1
Fryderyk Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23

Praised for possessing 'affecting directness, impressive clarity and vivid imagination' (The New York Times), the popular Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes presents a selection of audience favourites.

'Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is a force to be reckoned with, as he turns even the best-known classical warhorses into pure poetry... The technical demands are huge... but Andsnes takes the high road, laying out the emotional journey with absolute clarity and little fuss.' (Toronto Star)

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