A great concert taking place in Tokio, Sunday, October 25. The first version for solo piano of the Schoenberg Variations, performed for the second time in history, among great pieces of the Second Viennese School. Here the information:
http://www.albanberg.jp/index3_20151025.html
Alban Berg Gesellschaft Japan
30th anniversary concert and symposium
Sunday, 25th October 2015 5:00 P.M.
Shiodome Hall, Tokyo
Hiroaki Ooi, piano
The Second Viennese School a hundred years on: in solo piano transcriptions
Anton Webern/Yoichi Sugiyama (1969- ) : “Super-Passacaglia” (Intermezzo IX) for piano, dedicated to Hiroaki Ooi
Alban Berg/Yvar Mikhashoff (1941-1993): Tavern Garden Waltz, from the opera “Wozzeck”, Act II, Scene 4 (Japanese premiere)
Alban Berg/Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015): Cradle Song, from the opera “Wozzeck”, Act I, Scene 3 (Japanese premiere)
Arnold Schönberg/Dante Anzolini (1959- ): Variations for Orchestra Op.31
Arnold Schönberg/Motoharu Kawashima (1972- ): The Dance around the Golden Calf, from the opera “Moses and Aaron”, Act II, Scene 3
Alban Berg/Marvin Wolfthal (1947- ): “Lulu Fantasy”, dedicated to Elliott Carter (Japanese premiere)
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Toshi Ichiyanagi, piano
Pierre Boulez: Piano sonata No.3
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Toshi Ichiyanagi & Hiroaki Ooi, piano 4 hands
Alban Berg/Hans Erich Apostel (1901-1972): Variations from the opera “Lulu”, Act III, Scene 1