Three Centuries of Swedish Music

Thursday, March 16, 2017, 7:30 pm
Tickets: 
$25/$20 for Morgan and The American-Scandinavian Foundation members.

Per Tengstrand, piano

Pianist Per Tengstrand performs Swedish music from the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries, intertwined with more known composers whose music inspired the Swedish works. This concert coincides with the exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum, Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin and is co-presented with The American-Scandinavian Foundation/Scandinavia House.

Franz Berwald, Fantasy on two Swedish folk-melodies
Brahms, Three Intermezzi Op. 117
Wilhelm Stenhammar, Fantasy in B minor Op. 11
Albert Schnelzer, Dance with the Devil
Liszt, “Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia Quasi Sonata”

The exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum, Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin will open at 6:30 pm for concert attendees.

Please call (212) 685-0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tickets@themorgan.org for information.