Adam Chamber Music Festival 2017 - Dénes Várjon
Dénes Várjon Photo: Adam Chamber Music Festival
A special guest at the Adam Chamber Music Festival, Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays a recital of Beethoven and Schumann followed by music from his homeland by Liszt and Bartók.
Várjon is professor at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest and is a frequent concerto and solo artist. But it's in chamber music that he is most highly regarded. We'll have a chance to hear him a number of times in this Adam Festival. The poor man had a bad virus prior to coming to Nelson – he had to delay his arrival. What was originally intended to be 5 days of rehearsals and preparation before the concerts started was shortened to a very intense 2 days he tells us. Once here, he delighted everybody with his warm personality and his engaging finely-considered performances.
Recorded in the Theatre Royal, Nelson, 5 February 2017.
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in E minor Op 90
3:00 PM.Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays Beethoven's Sonata in E minor Op 90 Audio
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SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 20
3:00 PM.Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays the Fantasy Pieces Op 12 by Robert Schumann. Audio
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LISZT: Three Pieces
3:00 PM.Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays three pieces by Liszt: 'Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort', 'Valse Oubliee No 1', and 'The Fountains of the Villa d'Este'. Audio
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BARTOK: selection of Folk Songs
3:00 PM.Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays a series of short pieces by Bartok based on Hungarian folk music: Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csik, the Sonatina, and nine 'Old Dance Tunes' from the… Read more Audio
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BARTOK: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op 20
3:00 PM.Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays the 'Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs' by Bartok. Audio
