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Maria João Pires
May 28, 2023 — 3:00 PM
Overview
Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” (The New York Times), whose playing is “modest in scale, gloriously immodest in its beauty” (Financial Times). Acclaimed for her recordings of music by Mozart, Chopin and Schubert, Pires makes a rare Chicago recital appearance.
Program
Beethoven
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)
Schumann
Kinderszenen
Schumann
Arabeske, Op. 18
Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
Beethoven
Bagatelle No. 5 in G Major, Op. 126 [Encore]
Beethoven
Rondo: Allegro from Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) [Encore]
Performers
Sponsors & Partners
This performance is made possible in part by a generous endowment gift from the estate of Halina J. Presley.
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Always self-deprecating, pianist Emanuel Ax remains serene about whatever happens onstage — good, bad or in between. “Sometimes you’re not very happy with the way you performed on a given day,” Ax said. “But I’m usually OK with it."
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