Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents
Kristian Bezuidenhout piano
15 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven 30 October 2016 3:00 p.m.
About the Performer Kristian Bezuidenhout is one of today’s most notable and exciting keyboard artists, equally at home on the fortepiano, harpsichord, and modern piano. Born in South Africa in 1979, he began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music, and now lives in London. After initial training as a pianist with Rebecca Penneys, he explored early keyboards, studying harpsichord with Arthur Haas, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson, and continuo playing and performance practice with Paul O’Dette. Bezuidenhout first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the prestigious first prize, and audience prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition. Bezuidenhout is a regular guest with the world’s leading ensembles including the Freiburger Barockorchester, Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester; and has guest-directed (from the keyboard) the English Concert, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Tafelmusik, Collegium Vocale, Juilliard 415 and the Kammerakademie Potsdam. He has performed with celebrated artists including John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Giovanni Antonini, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, Rachel Podger, Carolyn Sampson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mark Padmore & Matthias Goerne. Bezuidenhout’s rich and award-winning discography on Harmonia Mundi includes the complete keyboard music of Mozart (Diapason d’Or de L’année, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, & Caecilia Prize); Mozart Violin Sonatas with Petra Müllejans; Mendelssohn and Mozart Piano Concertos with the Freiburger Barockorchester (ECHO Klassik); Beethoven, & Mozart Lieder, and Schumann Dichterliebe with Mark Padmore (Edison Award). In 2013 he was nominated as Gramophone Magazine’s Artist of the Year. Forthcoming releases include Volume 2 of Mozart Piano Concertos with the Freiburger Barockorchester. In the 2016/17 season, Bezuidenhout performs fortepiano concerti with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner, Orchestre des Champs Elysées/Herreweghe and Il Giardino Armonico/Antonini; as harpsichord soloist with Arcangelo/ Cohen (Bach Concerti); and on modern piano with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Haitink, Amsterdam Sinfonietta/de Vriend, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Labadie, Australian Chamber Orchestra/Tognetti, & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Egarr. Solo recitals and chamber music take him to London, New York, Tokyo, Boston, Madrid, Innsbruck & Sydney; and he will direct his first Bach St. Matthew Passion with the Dunedin Consort.
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments 30 October 2016 3:00 pm
15 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven presents
Kristian Bezuidenhout piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Two Rondos, Op. 51 Moderato e grazioso Andante cantabile e grazioso
Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, no. 3 Presto Largo e mesto Menuetto. Allegro Rondo. Allegro
INTERVAL
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII: 6 Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio Adagio cantabile Rondo. Allegro
Grand Pianos by Johann Jakob Könnicke, Vienna, ca. 1795 and R. J. Regier, Freeport, ME, 2008
This concert is being recorded and streamed live over the internet. Please turn off all cellphones and electronic devices. Photography and recording during the performance is prohibited.
Upcoming performances in the 2016-2017 series January 15 - London Haydn Quartet 3:00 pm Catherine Manson, violin Michael Gurevich, violin John Crockatt, viola Jonathan Manson, violoncello with Eric Hoeprich, clarinet February 26 - House of Time 3:00 pm Tatiana Daubek, violin Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe Paul Dwyer, violoncello Beilang Zhu, viola da gamba Leon Schelhase, harpsichord April 2 - Benjamin Bagby, baritone & Anglo-Saxon harp 3:00 pm Beowulf: the epic in performance Orders for SERIES tickets should be mailed to the Collection at 15 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520 or submitted by telephone at (203)432-0822; series tickets will be mailed to subscribers. Individual tickets should be ordered by telephone at the Yale School of Music box office at (203)432-4158 or over the Internet at: www.music-tickets.yale.edu Tickets -
$25.00 each, reserved seating $100.00, series of 5 concerts $20.00 each, senior citizens & Yale staff $10.00 each, students
Cover Image Introduction to Beethoven’s Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” First edition. Joseph Eder, Vienna, 1799.
This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Associate Members of the Collection.