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Samantha Ward & Maciej Raginia: works for four hands
2nd August 2017 | 7:15 pm
£6 - £12PERFORMERS | |
SAMANTHA WARD | MACIEJ RAGINIA |
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Programme
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fantasia in f minor D940
Allegro molto moderato
Largo
Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Finale. Allegro molto moderato
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ma mère l’Oye
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant.
Petit Poucet
Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
Le jardin féerique
Astor Piazolla (1864-1956) arr. Roberto Russo (1966-)
Contrabajeando
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
The evening of piano music for four hands opens with one of the most remarkable pieces in the entire repertoire – Schubert’s Fantasia D 940. Written in the final year of his life and not far from such masterpieces as the Winterreise and Schwanengesang song cycles or last three piano sonatas, it delves deep into the existential uneasiness of the human spirit. This emotional quivering echoes even in the very form of the composition. The four interconnected movements performed attacca, similarly to Wanderer Fantasy, make a blurry line between the classical sonata form and a free tone-poem of the likes of Franz Liszt. This searching element continues, albeit on a lighter note, in Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye bringing the oriental feel to the fore and culminating in Roberto Russo’s arrangement of Piazzolla’s rhythmic Contrabajeando.
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