Pianist, poet and polymath, at once one of music’s most rigorous intellectuals and most mischievous minds – Alfred Brendel, who died in June, was an artist of fruitful contradictions. This marathon concert, on what would have been his 95th birthday, celebrated them with warm affection.
The music reflected Brendel’s own passions, skewing towards the classical repertoire…
“… the music really did do the talking. So, too, did the presence of so many pianists who counted Brendel as a mentor…. Tim Horton duetted with Brendel’s cellist son Adrian in an intensely felt performance of Liszt’s Elégie No 2…”
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Photo credit: Chris Christodoulou