Important Information
Confirmation of Programme
The programme for the above concert has now been confirmed and will be as below.
Artists
- Pavel Kolesnikovpiano
- Samson Tsoypiano
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Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy
Image credit: © Joss McKinley
Bach, György Kurtág and Messiaen
Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy
- Date
- Sat 15 Nov 2025, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £40 £37 £33 £27 £18
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV106:
- Sonatina (arranged by György Kurtág)
- Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV687(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV711(arranged by György Kurtág)
- György Kurtágb. 1926
- Signs, Games and Messages (Játékok Book III):
- Hommage à J. S. B.
- Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig BWV644(arranged by György Kurtág)
- O Lamm Gottes unschuldig(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Gott, durch deine Güte BWV600(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Játékok Book IV:
- Play with Infinity
- Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV611(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV633(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland BWV599(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Játékok Book VIII:
- Responsorium
- Játékok Book IV:
- Furious Chorale
- Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn BWV601(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Christe, du Lamm Gottes BWV619(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’ BWV635(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Játékok Book VIII:
- One more voice from far away
- Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV614(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643(arranged by György Kurtág)
- Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV106:
- Sonatina (arranged by György Kurtág)
Interval
- Olivier Messiaen1908-1992
- Visions de l’Amen
Overview
The celebrated piano duo's return to Wigmore Hall features Messiaen's extraordinary Visions de l'Amen. Written during the Nazi occupation of Paris, it was first performed by the composer himself and his pupil Yvonne Loriod, who would later become his second wife.