Duo Pleyel in the Bösendorfer Series: Richard Egarr & Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya

Image from Marco Borggreve

Duo Pleyel may be the odd one out here. Renowned conductor and pianist Richard Egarr, along with his wife, pianist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya, are extremely adept at playing period instruments, especially fortepianos by Pleyel and Erard. However, on Thursday 15 February, the well-known duo de Bösendorfer will take wing - their delicate hands - in a French, impressionistic programme. The evening starts quietly with Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, originally for orchestra but arranged for four hands by contemporary Ravel. Ravel originally composed his suite Ma Mère L'oye for two children from his circle of friends who both played the piano and orchestrated it a year later. After the intermission we hear Fauré's Dolly Suite, written for the daughter of his mistress. The same woman, incidentally, whom Debussy later married. Ending with Debussy's Petite Suite, this evening full of French salon music has come full circle at the Waalse Kerk.

Duo Pleyel in the Bösendorfer Series: Richard Egarr & Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya

Dates

Thu 15 Feb20:15 - 22:15

Location

De Waalse Kerk

Walenpleintje 159

1012 JZ Amsterdam

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About Duo Pleyel

Duo Pleyel, consisting of married couple Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya and Richard Egarr, takes its name from their own piano at home - a beautiful instrument made in 1848 by Pleyel, Chopin's favorite piano builder. The Duo's mission is to bring the rich and beautiful repertoire for piano 4 hands to a wider audience. Their repertoire ranges from music by Johann Christian Bach and Mozart to the lesser known early romantics such as Hummel, Czerny and Dussek, to the great popular works of Faure, Debussy and Ravel in the twentieth century.

The evening starts quietly with Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, originally for orchestra but arranged for four hands by contemporary Ravel. Ravel originally composed his suite Ma Mère L'oye for two children from his circle of friends who both played the piano and orchestrated it a year later. After the intermission we hear Fauré's Dolly Suite, written for the daughter of his mistress. The same woman, incidentally, whom Debussy later married. Ending with Debussy's Petite Suite, this evening full of French salon music has come full circle. You can buy tickets for this concert via this tickelink .

About the Bosendorfer Series

The Bösendorfer Series is a series of intimate piano recitals in De Waalse Kerk, in which nine top pianists shine behind the beautiful Bösendorfer Imperial Grand grand piano. This season we also welcome: Ralph van Raat (21 Mar), Lestari Scholtes (11 Apr) and Marietta Petkova (9 May).