Pianist Kirill Gerstein brings a solo recital featuring works by Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, and Brett Dean. The program moves from Liszt’s poetic and dramatic piano works to Brahms’ early sonata and a contemporary tribute piece by Brett Dean.

About the Performance

Kirill Gerstein’s recital features a program centered around works by Liszt, Brahms, and Brett Dean.

The concert opens with three Petrarch Sonnets by Franz Liszt, followed by Liszt’s “Après une lecture du Dante” (Dante Sonata), excerpted from Années de pèlerinage II. After the intermission, the program continues with Brahms’ Scherzo in E-flat minor, Brett Dean’s Hommage à Brahms: II. Hafenkneipenmusik, and concludes with Brahms’ Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor.

Performers

Kirill Gerstein

Kirill Gerstein is a pianist known for his wide-ranging repertoire, curiosity, and technical ability. He works as a pianist, curator, educator, musical leader, and artistic collaborator, performing with orchestras, conductors, composers, and artists around the world.

Gerstein has received the Gilmore Artist Award and Avery Fisher Career Grant, and currently serves as Professor of Piano at Berlin’s Hanns Eisler Hochschule and faculty member at Kronberg Academy.

Program

Franz Liszt

3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S.158

I. Benedetto sia il giorno
II. Pace non trovo
III. I' vidi in terra angelici costumi

Après une lecture du Dante
Fantasia quasi Sonata, excerpt from Années de pèlerinage II, S.161, No.7

Intermission

Johannes Brahms

Scherzo in E-flat minor, Op.4

Brett Dean

Hommage à Brahms: II. Hafenkneipenmusik

Johannes Brahms

Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.5

I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante espressivo
III. Scherzo, Allegro energico - Trio
IV. Intermezzo, Andante molto
V. Finale, Allegro moderato ma rubato

Program subject to change.

Why Go

This recital offers a chance to hear Kirill Gerstein perform a program that connects Romantic-era masterpieces with a contemporary work inspired by Brahms. With pieces ranging from Liszt’s Dante Sonata to Brahms’ Piano Sonata No. 3, the concert brings together different periods of piano music in one evening.