In this recital, Tal Walker will perform pieces by three generations of virtoso pianists: Mozart Liszt and Ravel.

Besides being probably the most recognized composer of his time, Mozart performed often as a pianist and had established himself as "the finest keyboard player in Vienna". A generation later, Liszt acknowledged that he "owed the greater part of what he was as a musician to Mozart". Following Liszt's Parisian tradition, Ravel's writing for solo piano, persued a Lisztian virtuosity. As pianists and composers, all three were pioneers of progress who refused to be bound by accepted modes of expression, they pushed virtuosity to utmost limits.

In the program:

W. A. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333
I. Allegro
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegretto

Franz Liszt - Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, S.161
VII. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Maurice Ravel - Miroirs
I. Noctuelles
II. Oiseaux tristes
III. Une barque sur l'océan