Pavel Kolesnikov

Barber evening concert/Birmingham International Piano Festival

Captivating audiences around the world with playing of ‘tremendous clarity, unfailing musicality and considerable beauty’ (BBC Music Magazine), Russian pianist and ‘poet of the keyboard’ (The Guardian) Pavel Kolesnikov launches this year’s International Piano Festival programme in a special preview of the Barber Concert Hall’s new Steinway grand piano. Expect an immense array of emotional effects in Beethoven’s impassioned ‘grand’ sonata, matched with masterly counterpoint and French baroque dance music by Couperin, a poignant tryptic of lullabies by Brahms’ and reflective miniatures by Tchaikovsky.

• Brahms
  Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1
  Intermezzo in B flat minor Op. 117 No. 2
  Intermezzo in C sharp minor Op. 117 No. 3

• Beethoven
  Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat Op. 7

• Tchaikovsky
  Rèverie interrompue, Op. 40, No. 12
  Echo rustique, Op. 72, No. 13
  Polka peu dansante Op. 51/2
  Dumka, Scène rustique Russe, Op. 59
  Passé Lointain Op. 72/17

• Couperin
  Suite in A
  Pavanne in F-sharp minor

Venue: Barber Concert Hall

Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Association, £5 students/under 18s (Available from the Barber website or by calling +44 (0)121 414 7333)