On the 12th of January Schiff is playing a recital at the Philharmonie de Paris:
Felix Mendelssohn
Fantaisie op. 28
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate n°24 Op.78 “A Thérèse”
Johannes Brahms
Klavierstücke op. 76
Fantasien op. 116
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite anglaise n° 6 en ré mineur BWV 811
On the same night, Boris Berezovsky is playing a recital at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees:
Prokofiev Sonate n° 8 op. 84
Scriabine Sonate n° 5 op. 53, Etudes
Rachmaninov Sonate n°2 op. 36
I currently have a ticket to attend this (second row, three to the left of the sweet spot).
There are still tickets available for Schiff and I can get a second row spot which might hit the tail of the piano (in any case it will be to the right of pole position).
I have never seen either in recital but I will see Boris in concerto (liszt 1, totentanz) later this season.
I don’t know when I’ll get another chance to see Schiff; he’s played twice in Paris this year but I’m not sure how frequent his appearances are, whereas Boris is here all the time.
Because of that and the fact that I find Schiff’s programme way more interesting, I’m tossing up whether to resell the Boris ticket and see Schiff instead. If I hadn’t already bought da whale ticket when I found out about Schiff I would definitely have taken Schiff.
What do you guys reckon?