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Alexander Karpeyev in Recital
30th March 2018 | 7:00 pm
£7 - £12Event Navigation
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ALEXANDER KARPEYEV | |
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 2 in A Major Op. 2
Allegro Vivace
Largo Appassionato
Scherzo. Allegretto
Rondo. Grazioso
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp Major Op. 36
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat Major Op. 51
Nicolai Medtner (1880-1951)
Sonata in G Major Op. 56 ‘Idylle’
Pastorale: Allegretto Cantabile
Allegro Moderato e Cantabile
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat Major Op. 51
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)/Alexander Alabieff (1787-1851)
Le Rossignol S. 250/1
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)/Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Valse de l’opéra Faust S. 407
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
Presenting a programme that showcases works by brilliant composers who were also pianists, Alexander Karpeyev opens the recital with Beethoven’s Sonata in A Major, dedicated to Haydn and often considered a ‘perfect’ sonata. This is followed by two of Chopin’s four Impromptu’s, No. 2 written in 1839 and Chopin’s favourite of the four, No. 3 written in 1842. Impromptu No. 2 begins calmly and delicately, but then changes to a heroic military-like theme, finishing with a final flurry of activity, whilst Impromptu No. 3 is filled with soaring melodies but uneasiness. Exiled Russian composer Nicolai Medtner wrote his ‘Idylle’ Sonata in London in 1937, with a brief to write a less demanding work, as many of his previous compositions were considered two difficult for many pianists, and this Sonata is filled with a simple but happy innocence. The programme concludes with two of Liszt’s exhilarating works, Le Rossignol, with it’s melancholic but rich romanticism and the grand and virtuosic Valse de l’opéra Faust.