Busoni's Piano Concerto

Busoni's piano concerto get second performance in NYC in 6 months! This time, it is played by Marc-André Hamelin.

There are not many pianists include Busoni's piano concerto in their repertoire. But once you have it, you will be the few pianist who can play this piece.

Marc-André Hamelin is one of the pianist who plays it, and plays it often. So here is some interesting insight on this gigantic concerto from him.

http://www.therestisnoise.com/2012/05/hamelin-on-busoni.html

For this concert, the concerto is in the second half. The first half is equally interesting:
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2012/5/9/0730/PM/Spring-For-Music-New-Jersey-Symphony-Orchestra/

There will be Varese and Weill, students of Busoni. Honestly, The pairing of this concert is much more interesting than last' December's pairing: Liszt's Faust symphony.