Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Programme:\nObouhow - Revelation\nObouhow - Creation d’or, 2 pieces\nScriabin - Two Pieces: Desir and Caresse dansee Op 57\nScriabin - Poeme-nocturne Op 61\nDebussy - Etudes (selection)\nChopin - Nocturne in E Op 62 No 2\nMessiaen - Le loriot\nChopin - Nocturne in B flat minor Op 9 No 1\nMessiaen - L’alouette lulu\nChopin - Nocturne in F sharp minor Op 48 No 2\nMessiaen - L’alouette calandrelle\nSublime nocturnal evocations; dazzling nature portraits; intoxicating mystical explorations.\nInternational Festival artist in residence Pierre-Laurent Aimard is one of today’s most pioneering musicians – as well as a global giant of the piano, renowned for his revelatory insights and his exhilarating virtuosity.\nThe exquisite, veiled beauty of three of Chopin’s Nocturnes contrast with the sparkling brilliance of three of Messiaen’s joyful bird portraits – of the golden oriole, woodlark and greater short-toed lark. Alongside a selection of Debussy’s scintillating Etudes, and sensual music by Scriabin, is the extraordinary mystical spirituality of Russian-born Nikolai Obouhow.