Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Still only in his mid-twenties, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is wowing audiences (and fellow musicians) on a global scale. “Electrifying,” “unimaginable brilliance,” hailed The Times, London. And Gramophone magazine wrote, “(Grosvenor) may well be the most remarkable pianist of our time.”

Hear him in his highly anticipated 92Y debut, featuring piano masterworks from Bach to Brahms to Berg. The program will also include a rarely performed transcription of Debussy’s beautiful Prelude to L’après-midi d’un faune and Ravel’s dazzling pianistic jewel, Gaspard de la nuit.

Concert running time is approximately one hour, fifty minutes.

Program:
Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816
Brahms, Four Pieces, Op. 119, interspersed with BRETT DEAN: Hommage à Brahms
Debussy, Prelude to L’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Leonard Borwick/George Copeland)
Berg, Sonata, Op. 1
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit