Pianist and recent graduate Ben Smith explores works in which musical sound is imagined or conceptualized as a quasi-image, object, or symbol. Including works by Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy and Jürg Frey, the programme traverses the extremes of pianistic expression and virtuosity.

Programme

Salvatore Sciarrino, Due notturni crudeli
1.Senza tempo e scandito
2. Furia, metallo
(2000)

Michael Finnissy, 'Midsummer Morn’, from English Country Tunes
(1977)

Evan Johnson, Three reversed movements to bring destroyed objects back to life
(2014)

Ben Smith, ..you burn me...
(2016)

Brian Ferneyhough, Lemma-Icon-Epigram
(1982)

Interval

Jürg Frey, Les tréfonds inexplorés des signes pour piano
(2007)