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    Recital Lang Lang

    Lang Lang

    Date and Venue
    Wed 20.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
    Program
    Fauré | Schumann | Chopin
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    Lang Lang © Olaf Heine
    Lang Lang © Olaf Heine
    Lang Lang
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    Performers

    Program

    18.30
    Introduction to the Concert
    with Susanne Stähr (KKL Luzern, Auditorium, in German)
    19.30
    Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
    Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50
    Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16
    Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
    Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7, no. 3
    Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 17, no. 1
    Mazurka in E minor, Op. 17, no. 2
    Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, no. 4
    Mazurka in C major, Op. 24, no. 2
    Mazurka in B minor, Op. 24, no. 4
    Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 30, no. 3
    Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 30, no. 4
    Mazurka in C major, Op. 33, no. 3
    Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, no. 4
    Mazurka in D major, Op. 33, no. 2
    Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59, no. 3
    Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44

    Delicious offers around the concert
    A culinary experience to complement your concert

    Intermission at c. 20.20 
    The concert is expected to end at 21.40

    Description

    For his recital, the Chinese keyboard magician Lang Lang travels to France, to Poland — and into the heart of German Romanticism. The program begins with a tribute to the fin-de-siècle salon culture of Paris, where Gabriel Fauré was the undisputed darling of high society. He charmed his listeners with pieces such as the enchanting Pavane, a marvel of melancholy beauty. Kapellmeister Kreisler, a character invented by the German poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, had more of a penchant for the grotesque. Robert Schumann portrayed this colorful literary figure in his Kreisleriana and in fact considered the eight fantasies comprising the cycle to be his finest work for piano. Schumann had great admiration for his contemporary Frédéric Chopin and marveled at the dances with which Chopin commemorated his Polish homeland during his Parisian exile. Schumann summed up the explosive political power hidden in these miniatures in a famous observation: “Chopin’s works are cannons buried under flowers.” With no fewer than twelve mazurkas and the heroic F-sharp minor Polonaise, Lang Lang evokes the history of the Polish resistance against the Russian occupiers.


    Event Venue

    KKL concert hall

    KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

    Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern
    Europaplatz 1
    CH-6005 Luzern

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    • Gastronomy

      In the KKL Luzern
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      In Lucerne
      Within walking distance of all event venues you can find a wide variety of restaurants, bars, and cafés. The Lucerne Tourism office will gladly assist you in making your selection. Overview of Lucerne Tourism



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