Johann Sebastian Bach-Ferruccio Busoni: Toccata in C Major / Luidgi van Beethoven: Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 / Franz Liszt: Liebestraum / Vals Oubliée / Funerailles / Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in D minor, Opus post. / Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, no. 5 / Prelude en G sharp minor, Op. 32, no. 12 / Alexander Scriabin: Study in B Major, Op. 8, no. 5 / Study, Op. 8, no. 12

The knight-errant of the piano, Joaquín Achúcarro, returns to Torroella just a few months after recording Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle.

For his faithful audience in Torroella, Achúcarro has chosen a programme which reads like a musical menu with two tasty dishes in the first part. Bach’s Toccata, transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni, brings us a pianistic version of one of the Cantor’s organ works, while Beethoven’s sonata is one of the last three written by the composer, in the years in which he wrote his monumental Missa Solemnis.

In the second part of the concert, Achúcarro has programmed three blocks of short works by three composers (Liszt, Rachmaninov and Scriabin) who made the piano into a vehicle of personal expression. These short pieces will serve as a light dessert to balance the intensity of the first part of the programme.