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| Wigmore Hall, London | | Sun 4 Jan 2004: Wigmore Hall, London.
Murray McLachlan’s Centenary Recital.
Leopold Godowsky would have described this recital as a ‘phonorama’ of Erik Chisholm, presenting as it does music which significantly influenced him, composers with whom he was closely associated, and music on which he was regarded as authoritative.
1.Bartók: 'Out of Doors' Suite
2.Sorabji: 'Fantasiettina sul nome illustre dell'egerio pota Hugh MacDiarmid'.
3.Erik Chisholm: Sonata (1939) - 'An Riobain Dearg'
4.Janáček: Sonata 1.X.1905. 'From the Street'
5.Stevenson: "A Threepenny Sonatina', based on themes from Weill's opera (world premiere)
6.Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica
"How many fingers does Murray McLachlan have? Far more than 20. How else could he generate from those orderly rows of black-and-white keys the cascades, the whirlwinds, and the Amazon forests of counterpoint? Not only does this pianist come digitally enhanced, he also boasts a distinct taste for the unusual, the eccentric and neglected... The principal exhibit was... a four-movement whopper of a piano sonata... Bagpipe twirls kick the piece into life... Chisholm favours chunky textures, expansive gestures and driving rhythms: no problem for McLachlan..."
Geoff Brown, The Times, January 6th, 2004
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