Daniel Herscovitz & Clemens Leske

These fine Australian pianists have enjoyed a two-piano collaboration for a decade.  Individually, they have appeared overseas and regularly at home with many of Australia’s leading musicians and ensembles.  Daniel Herscovitch’s solo repertoire ranges from Purcell to Carter and beyond. He has toured Europe five times and the USA four.  Clemens Leske is principal pianist of the Omega Ensemble and has performed with the six Australian symphony orchestras and in Europe, the USA and China.

Playing the Concourse’s two concert Steinways, this duo present a feast of the greatest music for two pianos. The concert is bookended by Mozart’s Sonata (K 448) and Brahms’ two-piano version of his well-loved set of 8 variations on the St Anthony Chorale. It also includes Grieg’s arrangement for two pianos of Mozart’s Piano Sonata  (K 545) and works by Chopin, Britten and Saint-Saens.

MOZART – Sonata in D major, K 448

BRITTEN – Mazurka Elegiaca, Op.23 no 2

CHOPIN – Rondo in C major, Op.73

MOZART – Sonata in C major, K 545 arr. Grieg for two pianos

SAINT-SAENS – Polonaise in F minor, Op.77

BRAHMS – Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op.56b

Sydney Mozart Society is a not-for-profit group dedicated to promoting the music of Mozart and other fine chamber music and to providing Sydney audiences with world-class performances by leading chamber musicians.

For more details about the performers, their concert programme and Sydney Mozart Society visit www.sydneymozartsociety.com.au