Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy

Join creative collaborators Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy for a deeply spiritual recital of piano works, ranging from Bach to Messiaen.

Kolesnikov and Tsoy have been lauded for the ‘electrifying intimacy’ of their recitals (The Guardian). They perform a deeply spiritual programme of two-piano works – both miniature and mighty.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book), composed in Weimar in the early 18th century, turns Lutheran chorales into intricate, expressive works. This piano duet arrangement reveals their lyrical beauty and layered harmonies anew.

Messiaen shared with Bach a profound religious belief, which influenced all his compositions. His Visions de l’Amen was composed for two pianos in 1943; Messiaen premiered the work with his future wife Yvonne Loriod in occupied Paris. The suite of seven pieces has a captivating power, moving between austere simplicity and sumptuous richness, with moments of quiet reflection and intense energy.

5 Stars

Electrifying intimacy

The Guardian


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Programme

JS Bach: Chorales

Arrangements by György Kurtág for two  pianos and one piano four hands, and arrangements by Ferruccio Busoni for solo piano

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: Sonatina,  BWV 106
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr, BWV 711
Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, BWV 644
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV deest
Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600
Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn, BWV 601
Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619
Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’, BWV 635
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV 643
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: Sonatina, BWV 106
Plus works by György Kurtág

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Olivier Messiaen Visions de l’Amen

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