Igor Stravinski (1882-1971)
Concerto pour 2 piano seul
Le Sacre du Printemps

Conlon Nacarrow (1912-1997)
Sonatine (arr. Y Mikhashoff)

Arnulf Herrmann (1968-)
Hausmusik

Duo Takahash Lehmann

Björn Lehmann, piano
Norie Takahashi, piano

The PianoDuo Takahashi|Lehmann combines intellectual programming with passionate expressivity. Original and adaptation – the lines are blurred: in his Concerto for Two Pianos, Stravinsky has the performers appear both as virtuoso soloists and representatives of an imagined orchestra. The composer’s arrangement of Le Sacre for four hands is a masterpiece in its own right. Herrmann’s Hausmusik turns the relationship between original and arrangement completely upside down, whilst the music which drove Nancarrow to compose for player pianos has been retranslated for four hands by Mikhashoff.