Alexander Melnikov piano

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Performers

Alexander Melnikov

piano

Programme

Brahms

• Piano Sonata No. 2 in F♯ minor Op. 2
• Scherzo in E♭ minor Op. 4
• Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F♯ minor Op. 9

About this concert

‘What he makes happen with a top-class instrument is Titianesque in colour and grandeur,’ commented one reviewer following Alexander Melnikov’s Wigmore Hall traversal of works by Schubert, Brahms and Shostakovich last season.

His all-Brahms programme, comprising three glorious early compositions, harbours all the timbral and emotional ingredients required to create another unforgettable concert. Brahmsian rubato, tonal light and shade, and personal perspectives are certain to be part of the Russian pianist’s interpretative armoury.

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