Late Liszt Masterpieces

with Charles Foreman, piano

Join pianist Charles Foreman in an evening dedicated to an all-Liszt programme. The concert will showcase some of Liszt’s later masterpieces, including the Variations on a Theme by Bach and Années des Pèlerinage, Vol. III.

PROGRAMME:
Variations on a Theme by Bach
(“Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”)

Années des Pèlerinage, Vol. III

1. Angelus! (Prière aux anges gardiens)
2. Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este: Threnodie
3. Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este: Threnodie
4. LisztLes jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este
5. Sunt lacrymae rerum (En mode hongrois: an Hans von Bülow)
6. Marche funèbre (En mémoire de Maximillien I, Empereur de Mexique)
7. Sursum corda

Tickets are $26 (adults) and $19 (students/seniors) and are available through arts.ucalgary.ca/tickets or at the door. 

*This concert is part of the Claim Your Seat program. UCalgary students can request their free ticket online (limited quantity available) or in-person at the box office. UCalgary employees, emeriti, and alumni receive 50% off for themselves and one guest. For more information, visit scpa.ucalgary.ca/claimyourseat.

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Praised for his superb musicianship, his formidable technique, his vast repertoire, and his imaginative programming, pianist Charles Foreman has won prizes in Canadian and U.S. piano competitions, received two Canada Council grants for study and performance in Europe, performed over 30 times with orchestras, and played over 750 solo and chamber recitals in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, and the U.S. Foreman has performed several recital series, including Calgary’s first cycle of the thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas in 2005 and Canada’s first complete cycle of the solo piano works of Chopin in March, 2009.

Presented by: UCalgary School of Creative and Performing Arts