Performer
Emanuel Ax, Piano

Program
BRAHMS Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1
BRAHMS Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2
GEORGE BENJAMIN Piano Figures
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
CHOPIN Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1
CHOPIN Three Mazurkas, Op. 50
CHOPIN Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22

The Guardian has written that Emanuel Ax’s playing is “always marvelously articulate and totally unfussy. Nothing is done for effect or to draw attention to the player rather than to what he is playing.” He brings these qualities to a recital in which he explores Schumann’s mercurial flights of fancy, Chopin’s soulful expressiveness, Ravel’s harmonic audacity, and more.