Sergio Tiempo at Queen Elizabeth Hall: Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, and Ravel, by Gabriel Kellett

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Pianist Sergio Tiempo

Sergio Tiempo at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
March 15th , 2011

Franz Liszt - Three Pieces from Les Années de pèlerinage

Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia – Moonlight)

Fryderyk Chopin - Études

Etude in C, Op.10 no.1
Etude in C sharp minor, Op.25 no.7
Etude in G sharp minor, Op.25 no.6
Etude in C minor, Op.10 no.12
Etude in C minor, Op.25 no.12

Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit

Franz Liszt - Two Pieces

Consolation No.3 in D flat
Mephisto Waltz no.1


Sergio Tiempo, piano


As usual for me, this was a concert I chose for the repertoire rather than the performer – three of my favourite composers and one (Liszt) I want to investigate further. It's always been pretty much just about the music(, man...), a philosophy I'd like to outgrow. There's not many 'artistes' in classical music that I feel either enthused or knowledgeable enough about to call myself a fan of yet, but one exception is Martha Argerich, who has consistently championed Sergio Tiempo and regularly performs with him. Based on this knowledge and what I'd gathered about him from reading snippets here and there, I went into his debut Southbank performance, part of their International Piano Series, with hopes that he had some of the mercuriality and fire that I love in Argerich.

Read the full review on the Berkshire Review, an international journal for the Arts!

Michael Miller