The Recital of Piotr Anderszewski

Artist:

• Piotr Anderszewski - piano

Program:

• Johannes Brahms – Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 [5']
  • Pt. I – Intermezzo in B minor
  • Pt. III – Intermezzo in C major
• Johannes Brahms – Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 [8']
  • Pt. I – Intermezzo in A minor
  • Pt. II – Intermezzo in A major
• Johannes Brahms – Fantasies Op. 116 [18']
  • Pt. II – Intermezzo in A minor
  • Pt. III – Capriccio in G minor
  • Pt. IV – Intermezzo in E major
  • Pt. V – Intermezzo in E minor
• Johannes Brahms – Three Intermezzi for Piano Op. 117 [7']
  • Pt. III – Intermezzo in C♯ minor
• Johannes Brahms – Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 [6']
  • Pt. IV – Rhapsody in E♭ major
• Johannes Brahms – Three Intermezzi for Piano Op. 117 [5']
  • Pt. II – Intermezzo in B♭ minor
• Johannes Brahms – Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 [6']
  • Pt. VI – Intermezzo in E♭ minor

BREAK

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 [30']
  • Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
  • Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile

Compere: Agata Kwiecińska (The Polish Radio)

This artist is among the most acclaimed and appreciated contemporary piano players. He attracts attention because of his tasteful interpretations that are thought out down to every minute detail, his original repertoire selection and his thoughtful approach to music. He is the first Polish citizen to receive one of the most prestigious awards in the world of the piano – the Gilmore Artist Award (2002). A crucial point in his career was the performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations” at the International Piano Competition in Leeds in 1990, which caught the attention of the musical world. His audacious interpretation of the very same piece in the Wigmore Hall in London initiated his illustrious international career. In Łódź the artist will perform another Beethoven composition: the Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 111. However, most of the evening will be comprised of the pieces of Johannes Brahms from the album entitled “Brahms. Late Piano Works” released on the sixteenth of January 2026 and published by Warner Classics. The composer himself called these pieces “lullabies of his pain”. Anderszewski treats them as the spiritual testament of the German maestro, accentuating the universal message of the unobvious connection between freedom and loneliness.

The most recent album of Piotr Anderszewski with the late piano works of Johannes Brahms:

Top photo: Piotr Anderszewski, phot. Simon Fowler, Warner Classics