Bertrand Chamayou, piano

One of today’s most strikingly brilliant pianists, Bertrand Chamayou performs a program that highlights his mastery of the Romantic and French repertoires. 

Chamayou has been recognised for his revelatory performances, at once powerfully virtuosic, imaginative and breathtakingly beautiful. A leading interpreter of French music, his vast repertoire includes major bodies of work such as the complete piano works of Ravel, Liszt’s Etudes and Années de pèlerinage, and Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus. He performs regularly with fellow musicians including cellist Sol Gabetta and is creating a Messiaen project with soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan, with whom he performed in Koerner Hall in 2024. 

Please join us! This concert is preceded by a short performance by talented students of The Royal Conservatory. Prelude Recital starts at 1:45pm. 

PROGRAM:  
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 19, no. 1   
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 19, no. 2 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 38, no. 5 
Charles Ives: Song Without (Good) Words 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 53, no. 4  
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op.30, no. 2  
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op.53, no. 3 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 38, no. 2 
Gabriel Fauré: Romance sans paroles, op. 17, no. 3 
Felix Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34, no. 2 (arr. Liszt) 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 67, no. 4 
Clara Schumann: Romance in A Minor (without opus number) 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte op. 85, no. 2 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 30, no. 6 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 67, no. 5 
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, op. 67, no. 2 
Robert Schumann: Frühlingsnacht, op. 39, no. 12 (arr. Liszt) 
John Lennon & Paul McCartney: Golden slumbers (arr. Tōru Takemitsu) 
Robert Schumann: Widmung, op. 25, no. 1 (arr. Liszt) 
George Crumb: Eine kleine Mitternachtsmusik 
György Kurtág: Scraps of a Colinda Melody Faintly Recollected (Hommage à Farkas Ferenc 2) from Jatekok 
Franz Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, op. 15, D. 760 (“Wanderer Fantasy”) 

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