Chopin’s sparkling Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante is the grand opener to this recital by the Lithuanian pianist Rokas Valuntonis. The programme includes miniatures by fellow countryman Balys Dvarionas which owes much of their musical language to Chopin. Horowitz’s arrangement of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody makes a show-stopping finale.
Programme:
Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante
Balys Dvarionas – First Snowflakes, Birds In The Winter, Impromptu in E flat minor, Waltz in G minor, Down the hill in a sled
Debussy – Suite Bergamasque
Franz Liszt arr. Vladimir Horowitz – Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
