PAUL BADURA-SKODA
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2007 ● 8 PM
Fresno is privileged to be part of Paul Badura-Skoda’s 80th birthday international recital tour. During his unique career this legendary Austrian pianist has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, George Szell, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Sir Georg Solti. He has played in all of the world’s greatest concert halls and for years was the pianist who had the largest number of commercial recordings available in the market.
Program
HAYDN
Sonata in A-flat Major, Hob.XVI:46
BEETHOVEN
Sonata in C Major, Op.53 “Waldstein”
MARTIN
Fantaisie sur des rythmes flamenco (1973)
SCHUMANN
Symphonic Etudes, Op.13