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Ahead of György Ligeti's centennary in 2023, and following his 3-part Ligeti Artistic Series at Wigmore Hall, Danny Driver performs Ligeti's third book of Piano Études together with music by Gabriel Fauré and Robert Schumann

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, arr. for two pianos (1940)

also on the programme:

George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

Ferde Grofé (1892–1972)
Russian Rose (Fox Trot) (1922)

Works by Duke Ellington (1899–1974); Jascha Heifetz (1901–87); Vernon Duke (1903–69); Marc Blitzstein (1905–64); and others

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (1900–1901)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
Prelude to Act 3 of Manru, Op. 20 (1892–1901)

Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39 (1901–04)

Joaquín Turina Bullfighter’s Prayer
Pablo de Sarasate Two Spanish Dances
Pablo Casals Song of the Birds
Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony

Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in E minor

Beethoven Sonata for Violin & Piano in G Op 96

György Ligeti Horn Trio (1982)

Johannes Brahms Horn Trio in E flat major Op 40

Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 2 in C

Ravel String Quartet in F

Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81

Programme to include:

Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor

Lili Boulanger D’un Vieux Jardin; D’un Jardin Clair

César Franck Prélude, Chorale & Fugue

Schumann Etudes Symphoniques

Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 2

Beethoven String Quartet in F major Op 135

Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81

Programme to include:

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (2-piano version)

Charles Villiers Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op 129
Arthur Bliss Pastorale
John Ireland Fantasy-Sonata
Colin Riley Shenanigans
Brahms Sonata in E flat Op 120 no 2

György Ligeti (1923-2006)

Études for Piano (complete)

Bridgepoint Music present Danny Driver and Chloë Hanslip performing Shostakovich's Violin Sonata after a talk given by Gerard McBurney.

Igor Stravinsky Divertimento ('The Fairy's Kiss')

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Sonata Op 6

Beethoven Violin Sonata no 10 in G major op 96
Debussy Violin Sonata
Reynaldo Hahn Nocturne 
Lili Boulanger D'un matin du printemps
Delius Violin Sonata in B major

Beethoven Violin Sonata no 10 in G major op 96
Debussy Violin Sonata
Reynaldo Hahn Nocturne 
Lili Boulanger D'un matin du printemps
Delius Violin Sonata in B major

Charles Villiers Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op 129
Arthur Bliss Pastorale
John Ireland Fantasy-Sonata
Colin Riley Shenanigans
Brahms Sonata in E flat Op 120 no 2

Mozart Quintet for piano and winds K452
Mozart Horn Quintet K407
Brahms Horn Trio Op40

Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997)
Studies for Player Piano, No. 6 & 7 (arranged by Thomas Adès for 2 pianos)

György Kurtág (b.1926)
Játékok (selection for two pianos/four hands)

György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Three Pieces for two pianos

Monument - Selbstportrait - Bewegung

György Ligeti
String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes'

Trio for violin, horn and piano

Fauré Prelude in D-flat Major, Op.103 No.1
Fauré Theme and Variations in C-sharp Minor, Op.73 
Debussy Cloches à Travers les Feuilles
Ligeti  Etudes for Piano: Galamb Borong, Fém, Fanfares, L’Escalier du Diable 

Lili Boulanger D’un Vieux Jardin, D’un Jardin Clair 
Betsy Jolas Pièce Pour 
Schumann Etudes Symphoniques

Dorothy Howell Piano Concerto in D minor