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A Romantic feast from pianist Sophie Pacini

Live from Wigmore Hall, Sophie Pacini performs piano music including Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu, Liszt's arrangement of Wagner's Tannh盲user Overture and Schumann's Carnival.

Young German-Italian pianist Sophie Pacini performs Chopin's brilliant Fantaisie-Impromptu, Liszt鈥檚 flamboyant transcription of Wagner's Tannh盲user Overture and Schumann's large-scale Carnaval, a sophisticated sequence of 22 short pieces, each with literary and/or personal connections and associations.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from Wigmore Hall, London.

Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op 66
Wagner (arr. Liszt): Tannh盲user Overture
Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9

Sophie Pacini (piano)

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66 for piano

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op. 66

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Franz Liszt

    Tannh盲user Overture S442 (transcription from Richard Wagner)

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Franz Liszt

    Tannh盲user Overture S442 (transcription from Richard Wagner)

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval Op. 9

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval Op. 9

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Allegro appassionato, Op.70

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Allegro appassionato, Op.70

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles.
    • EMI.
  • Max Bruch

    8 Pieces for cl, vla (cello) & pf (harp) (Op.83), no.2 in B min;Allegro con moto

    Performer: Ralph Manno. Performer: Guido Schiefen. Performer: Liese Klahn. Ensemble: ensemble incanto.
    • Johannes Brahms/Max Bruch.
    • EBS.
    • 6.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 4 Feb 2019 13:00
  • Sun 10 Feb 2019 13:00

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