Mozart Sonata in C major, K.330
Chopin Fantasie in f minor op.49
Liszt Tarantella Venezia e Napoli
Interval
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Alexander Gavrylyuk’s big break came when he won Gold Medal at the 2005 Arthur Rubenstein Piano Masters. He has been a sought-after presence on the international stage ever since.

Tonight’s programme begins with Mozart’s sunny sonata in C major, written when he was newly married and all was going well for him in Vienna. Chopin’s Fantasie in f minor follows, a mysterious and contemplative piece despite its marching rhythms. Then - dancing to the interval - Liszt’s fast and furious Tarantella.

The second half is Pictures at an Exhibition. This came about after Mussorgsky’s close friend, artist Viktor Hartmann, died suddenly at the age of 39. In the form of a stroll through an exhibition of Hartmann’s work, with a pause to look at each picture, it is one of those pieces that is so special it can seem too familiar. We are confident that tonight it won’t. Presenting the piece at Wigmore Hall in 2023, Alexander Gavrylyuk received not one but two standing ovations.

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