Markus Altenkamp / Klavierabend
Bach / Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Scarlatti
Sensitive harmonies
The pianist Markus Altenkamp is an artist on the programme »The Best Musicians from Alte Druckerei Ottensen«, which was initiated by the musicologist Prof. Dr Herbert Bruhn to promote top international musicians. His solo programme in the Laeiszhalle Recital Hall features works from the Baroque and Romantic periods.
The evening opens with the Baroque compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, whose harmonies, sensitive expression and difficult playing technique pre-empt Romanticism in a way. Afterwards, the pianist moves on to Romantic composers such as Felix Mendelssohn, Sergey Rachmaninov and the early Alexander Scriabin, who was heavily influenced by Chopin. Markus Altenkamp trained at Cologne’s University of Music and Goldsmiths in London. Concert tours have taken him all over Germany and the world, in particular western Europe, Russia and the USA. For the audiobook »My America, Your America«, he recorded his own arrangements of American music on CD.
Performers
Markus Altenkamp piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonate Nr. 2 a-Moll BWV 1003 / Bearbeitung für Klavier von Alexander Siloti
Präludium h-Moll BWV 855 / Bearbeitung von Alexander Siloti
Italienisches Konzert F-Dur BWV 971 / aus: Clavier-Übung, Teil 2
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Variations sérieuses op. 54
– Interval –
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonate E-Dur K 380
Sonate f-Moll K 466
Sonate Es-Dur K 193
Sergej Rachmaninow
Moment musical h-Moll op. 16/3
Prélude in C-sharp minor / from: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3
Prélude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32/12
Alexander Skrjabin
Étude cis-Moll op. 2/1
Prélude es-Moll op. 16/4 / Fünf Préludes op. 16
Étude dis-Moll op. 8/12
Felix Blumenfeld
Impromptu h-Moll op. 28
Etüde d-Moll op. 29/1