Classics Reloaded

Classics Reloaded reimagines three centuries of keyboard music through the encounter of two instruments and two traditions. Ukrainian pianist Alexey Botvinov — People's Artist of Ukraine, Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, and the only pianist alive to have performed Bach's Goldberg Variations over 300 times on stage — joins Burhan Öçal, the Turkish-Swiss master of the darbuka whose collaborations with Sting, Joe Zawinul, Fazıl Say and the Kronos Quartet have made him one of the most celebrated percussionists of our time. Their partnership began in 2010 and has captivated audiences across more than 20 performances at major international venues, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Tonhalle Zurich, and stages in Paris, Basel, Abu Dhabi and Moscow. The programme spans Bach, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Glass, Richter, Einaudi and Saygun. This is the London premiere of one of classical music's most daring cross-cultural collaborations.

Burhan Öçal (percussion)
Alexey Botvinov (piano)

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach — 6 variations from the Goldberg Variations
Ludwig van Beethoven — Sonata No.8 "Pathétique"
Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition (mvts: "Old Castle", "Bydlo", "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks", "Baba Yaga")
Philip Glass — Metamorphosis Suite
Max Richter — The Twins
Max Richter — Infra 3
Max Richter — November
Ludovico Einaudi — Nightbook
Ludovico Einaudi — Fly
Sergei Prokofiev — Sonata No.7, Mvt iii
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Prelude in G minor
Adnan Saygun — Horon

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