Louis Lortie

Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Sunday 05 April 2026

19:30

Programme

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	32 Variations on an original theme in C minor for piano, WoO 80
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op.54
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Theme and variations in C sharp minor, Op.73
Adès, Thomas (b. 1971)	Blanca Variations
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	15 Variations and fugue for piano in E flat major "Eroica Variations", Op.35

Performers

Louis Lortie

Piano

Louis Lortie explores the art of variation in works that embrace the breadth of invention and emotions that can be extracted from a simple melody or musical idea. The renowned Canadian artist, hailed by the Guardian for his ‘immaculate pianism and artistry’, interleaves sublime compositions by Beethoven with strikingly poetic works by Mendelssohn and Fauré and Thomas Adès’s set of five grief-tinged variations on the Ladino folk tune Lavaba la blanca niña.

Tickets: £40 £37 £33 £27 £18

General sale will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026

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