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10 - A Voice In The Distance: Samson Tsoy
June 21, 2026 at 2:00pm. Duration: 90 mins
Stromness Town Hall, 10 Church Road, KW16 3BA
Samson Tsoy Piano
Kurtág: Perpetuum mobile
Bach–Cortot: Arioso from Keyboard (Harpsichord) Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Kurtág: Scraps of a colinda melody – faintly recollected
Bach–Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Brahms–Busoni: Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich erfreuen Op. 122 No. 4
Brahms–Busoni: Chorale Prelude Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele Op. 122 No. 5
Brahms: Theme and Variations in D minor, Op. 18b
Brahms–Busoni: Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen Op. 122 No. 10
Brahms–Busoni: Chorale Prelude O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122 No. 11
György Kurtág: A voice in the distance
Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op.5
Samson Tsoy takes us on a journey through arrangements of Bach and Brahms organ music in the hands of Busoni and then performs the third sonata of Brahms a mighty, virtuosic and dramatic work of a twenty year old composer. Interspersed are short incisive pieces by the Hungarian composer Kurtág who this year celebrates his one hundredth birthday.
Lauded for his originality and "inexhaustible imagination" Samson has performed in venues and festivals around the world including the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, Théâtre de la Ville and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and Verbier Festival.