Celebrity Series

Celebrity Series presents

Jeremy Denk, piano

Pianist Jeremy Denk has steadily built a reputation as one of the music world’s most compelling pianists.
 
“Hearing Mr. Denk’s bracing, effortlessly virtuosic and utterly joyous performance, one would never guess how phenomenally difficult the piano part is.”
– The New York Times

“The logic that propelled [Denk’s] playing gave his occasional understatements extraordinary power.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
Program:

Béla Bartók  (1881-1945)
   Sonata, Sz. 80
      Allegro moderato
      Sostenuto e pesante
      Allegro molto

Franz Liszt  (1811-1886)
   Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, prelude for piano (after J. S. Bach), S. 179
   Sonetto del Petrarca, no. 123 “I’vidi in terra angelici costume”
      (from Deuxième Année de pèlerinage – Italie, S.161, no. 6)
    Après une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)
      (from Deuxième Année de pèlerinage – Italie, S.161, no. 7
    Isoldes Liebstod (after Wagner), S. 447

Johann Sebastian Bach
   Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869

Ludwig van Beethoven
   Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Opus 111
      Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato
      Arietta, Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile

Denk will lead a public masterclass Friday March 1 at 1:00pm in Williams Hall.