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Festival Friday
Pianist Emma Tahmizian will perform Franz Liszt’s rarely heard “Apres une Lecture de Dante: fantasia quasi sonata” on Friday, July 15, as part of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Commonly known as the “Dante Sonata,” it is a one-movement sonata, completed by the Hungarian composer in 1849 and first published in 1856. A work of program music, it was inspired by Dante Alighieri’s epic, “The Divine Comedy.” It is considered to be one of the most difficult pieces in the standard repertoire. Tahmizian will perform the work in honor of Liszt’s 200th anniversary. The Ying Quartet will open the concert with Mozart’s String Quartet in D Major, K. 428. A quartet of young performers will close the concert with Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60. Festival Fridays concerts are at 7:30 p.m. in Brunswick High School’s Crooker Theater. Tickets are $40. For more information, visit www.bowdoinfestival.org.
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