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French Connections: Danny Driver at Wigmore Hall

Recorded in concert at Wigmore Hall, Danny Driver plays a programme exploring the links between 19th- and 20th-century piano music via Faur茅, Debussy, Mussorgsky and Ligeti.

Presented by Martin Handley.

In a programme which arcs across continents and centuries, Danny Driver explores the links between some of the composers who redefined piano music.

Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky鈥檚 dazzling sequence of miniatures, seems to sum up a lot of what appealed to Claude Debussy about Russian composers: their lack of concern for musical 鈥榬ules鈥�, a penchant for oriental and ancient-sounding modes and vivid colours.

All of these elements found their way into Debussy鈥檚 revolutionary Images which go so much further in exploring the piano鈥檚 sonic possibilities, music which in turn finds echoes in Gy枚rgy Ligeti鈥檚 ground-breaking Etudes whose inspiration is drawn from as far afield as Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Danny Driver begins his concert with a composer he says he has only recently come to appreciate. There鈥檚 an element of inward-looking intimacy in Faur茅鈥檚 often modal harmonies which prefigure Debussy and lend another dimension to the programme.

Recorded earlier this month at Wigmore Hall.

Faur茅: Th猫me et Variations in C sharp minor Op. 73
Debussy: Cloches 脿 travers les feuilles (Images, Series 2)
Faur茅: Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63
Gy枚rgy Ligeti: Etude No. 7, Galamb borong (Etudes Book II); Etude No. 5, Arc-en-ciel (Etudes Book I)
Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

And to follow that off disc

Korngold
Sinfonietta Op 5
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Tue 30 Mar 2021 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Th猫me et Variations in C sharp minor Op. 73

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Claude Debussy

    Images, Series 2 Cloches 脿 travers les feuilles

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Op. 63

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Etudes Book II Etude No. 7 Galamb borong

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Etudes Book I Etude No. 5 Arc-en-ciel

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Amy Beach

    Sous les etoiles

    Performer: Danny Driver.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sinfonietta in B major, Op 5

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Rapsodia Espanola, Op.70

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS: CHAN 10897.
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Broadcast

  • Tue 30 Mar 2021 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3