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Alexander Karpeyev | 1917: The Final Flowering
18th August 2017 | 7:00 pm
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ALEXANDER KARPEYEV | |
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Programme
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Vision Fugitives Op. 22
Nos. 1,4,8,9,11,14,15,18,19
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
Allegretto Op. 27 No. 1
Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956)
5 Pieces from Op. 61 and Op. 78
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
All-Night Vigil Op. 37
Nyne otpushchayeshi
Fragments TN ii/19/3
Etude-Tableux Op. 39 No. 7
Igor Stravinsky (1882- 1971)
Three movements from Petrushka
Dance russe
Chez Pétrouchka
La semaine grasse
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
1917: THE FINAL FLOWERING gathers together pieces by the émigré composers Gretchaninov, Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Having fled Russia before or immediately following the Russian Revolution, they were later divided in their opinions of the new regime, with varying consequences for their subsequent careers. The music chosen by Alexander Karpeyev to illustrate the ‘final flowering’, composed between 1909 and 1917, reflects this and includes rarely performed miniatures by Gretchaninov, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff as well as Stravinsky’s piano arrangement of the ballet ‘Petrushka’.
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