Maria João Pires: Portrait of a Pianist

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Classical Music 

Arthaus Musik

21 July 2022

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Ludwig van Beethoven:Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Frédéric François Chopin:Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K280
Francis Poulenc:Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184
Franz Peter Schubert:Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 2 in A flat
Robert Schumann:Der Abschied, Op. 82, No. 9

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Maria João Pires (Piano)

A film by Werner Zeindler

The Portuguese pianist’s return to the concert platform in the mid-1980s, after a break due to ill health, was a triumph. This programme shows her pursuing her professional career with renewed vigour and talking with great frankness and intensity about her life and work. The music Pires plays includes Mozart’s Piano „Concertos Nos. 23 K. 488 and 21 K. 467“, as well as his „Piano Sonata K. 280“, Chopin’s „Nocturne No. 7 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27“, No.1, Schumann’s “Abschied” from „Waldszenen Op. 82“, Poulenc’s „Sonata for Clarinet and Piano“, Beethoven’s „Piano Sonata No. 17 in d-minor, Op. 31, No. 2“ and „Schubert’s Moments Musicaux No. 2 A fl at major D780“.