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SUMMARY:John Paul Ekins in Recital
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nPERFORMER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOHN PAUL EKINS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[mashshare]\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\nFryderyk Chopin (1810 – 1849)\nNocturne in C sharp Minor No. 27 No.1\n\n\nClaude Debussy (1862 – 1918)\nSuite bergamasque L75\nClair de lune\n\n\nFranz Liszt (1811 – 1886)\nLiebesträume S 541\nIII. Poco Allegro\, con affetto\n\n\nSergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)\nCinq Morceaux de fantaisie Op. 3\nI. Elegie\n\n\n\nJohannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) / Alfred Cortot (1877 – 1962)\n5 Lieder Op. 49\nIV. Wiegenlied\n\n\nLudwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)\nSonata No. 14 in C sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 2\nI. Adagio sostenuto\nII. Allegretto\nIII. Presto agitato\n\n\n\nDuration\nThis concert will last approximately 60 minutes\, with no interval.\n\n\n\n\nJohn Paul Ekins opens his recital with Chopin’s first Nocturne in C sharp minor from Opus 27\, a famously haunting and tempestuous work. Veering between the key of C sharp Major and minor\, with bold use of forte fortissimo and complex chromatic lines in the middle section\, the piece is underpinned by a sense of urgency and drama. Debussy’s Clair de lune\, written in the same key as the second nocturne from Chopin’s Op. 27\, offers the listeners an opportunity to catch their breath while soaking up the luscious harmonies. The final instalment of Liszt’s Liebesträume (No. 3 in A flat Major)  follows next\, paired with Rachmaninoff’s Elegie from Cinq Morceaux de fantaisie Op. 3. The latter seems to defy expectations\, filled with sadness and melancholy it finishes on a major chord\, almost uncovering the inner workings of human nature; never simply black and white. This constant state of flux of human emotions\, something that Rachmaninoff very much believed in\, finds its continuum in Alfred Cortot’s arrangement of Brahms’s Wiegenlied. Here\, a wonderful calming memory of things past is mixed with a sense of gazing hopefully into the future; perhaps the closest soundscape to what motherly love sounds like. If there was one piece\, which did not require any introduction\, it would certainly be Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata\, concluding tonight’s performance. \n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS\n\n\n[AIGetTwitterFeeds ai_username='PianoWeekFest' ai_numberoftweets='3' ai_tweet_title='Your Title']
LOCATION:Dulwich College\, London | UK\, Dulwich Common\, United Kingdom
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