Ronan Apcar - Brahms and the Opposite of Brahms

Name: Ronan Apcar - Brahms and the Opposite of Brahms
Start: 2026-10-17T19:30:00.000+10:00
End: 2026-10-17T20:30:00.000+10:00
Location: Wesley Music Centre

Date

Saturday 17 October 2026 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | (UTC+10)

Location

Wesley Music Centre

20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, 2603

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Pianist Ronan Apcar returns to Canberra with his trademark scintillating piano playing in this virtuosic program, 'Brahms and the Opposite of Brahms.' Beloved Romantic composer Johannes Brahms' beautifully tender piano pieces are starkly contrasted by modern works from Australian and American composers in this exciting programme of pianistic extremes. Whiplash transitions make the beautiful more fragile and the violent more terrifying. Performed in one uninterrupted go, this 50-minute recital shows why Ronan is 'a force to be reckoned with' (ClassikON). A memorable concert that is not to be missed.

PROGRAM:

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 4

LEO ORNSTEIN
Suicide in an Airplane

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Fantasies, Op. 116 No.5

GERARD BROPHY
Abraço

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 6

FREDERIC RZEWSKI
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 7