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Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni, "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", BWV 659

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"

1. Allegro con brio

2. Introduzione: Adagio molto

3. Rondo: Allegretto moderato

Claude Debussy, Children's Corner

1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

2. Jimbo's Lullaby

3. Serenade for the doll

4. The snow is dancing

5. The little Shepherd

6. Golliwog's Cakewalk

Isaac Albéniz, Tango

Robert Schumann, Arabesque, Op. 18

Nelson Freire plays Bach, Beethoven and Debussy

Verbier Festival 2007

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Nelson Freire — Pianist

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An exquisite and emotional concert presented by Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire!

At the Verbier Festival in 2007, we experienced Freire’s talents as a solo pianist in a musical program that put his beautifully subtle playing on full display. It opened with a piece by Bach transcribed by Busoni, a work both restrained and majestic, followed by Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21, the Waldstein—a work marked by striking fluidity and aggressive con brio. The concert came to a close Debussy's Children's Corner, a delightful piece infused with poetry and delicacy.

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