The highlight of this concert is Olivier Messiaen's apocalyptic 1943 masterpiece Visions de l'Amen, here given a rare public performance by duo pianists Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch, in a program which also includes three extraordinary shorter works by Purcell, Bach and Mozart .
PERFORMERS
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Fantasy on One Note (arr. Kurtag)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Chorale Prelude "Vater unser im Himmelreich" BWV 682 (arr. Monorosi)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Adagio (arr. Beyer) and Fugue K. 526
Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
Visions de l'Amen
PERFORMERS
Clemens Leske, piano
Daniel Herscovitch, piano