Benjamin Grosvenor

Mar 10, 2024

Overview

Following his 2022 CSO debut with Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns to Symphony Center with two of the composer’s commanding solo pieces. Completing the program is Liszt’s wild and visionary Sonata in B Minor paired beautifully with a new work by Australian composer Brett Dean. “Grosvenor’s playing is thoughtful and fresh, with flecks of rubato, quizzical pauses and tumbling fast-fingered runs” (The Times of London).

Program
Chopin

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

Chopin

Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35

Brett Dean

Faustian Pact (Hommage à Liszt) [SCP Co-Commission, U.S. Premiere]

Liszt

Sonata in B Minor

Liszt

Gnomenreigen from Etudes de concert [Encore]

Schumann

Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12 [Encore]

Performers

Extras

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