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Roberto Russo: Keyboard Synapses
22nd August 2019 | 7:30 pm
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ROBERO RUSSO | |
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Programme
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in G Major K146
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
Five Preludes for Piano
No. 2 in G Major
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in C Major K159
Murad Kazhlayev (1931 – )
Six Piano Preludes
No. 1 in C Major
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in A Major K321
Alexander Scriabin (1871 – 1915)
Prelude & Nocturne for the Left Hand Op. 9
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in D minor K491
Vidmantas Bartulis (1954 – )
Rain from Golden Clouds
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in B minor K27
Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)/Roberto Russo (1966 – )
Milonga del Angel
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in E Major K403
Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)
Préludes pour piano
No. 1 in E Major ‘La Colombe’
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in C Major K421
Roberto Russo (1966 – )
12 Preludi per Pianoforte
Prelude in C Major
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata in F Major K349
Harold Arlen (1905 – 1986)/Keith Jarrett (1945 – )/Roberto Russo (1966 – )
Over the Rainbow
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
Italian concert pianist and composer Roberto Russo presents an unusual recital entitled Keyboard Synapses. Although the programme is mainly based around the music of Domenico Scarlatti, Roberto combines eight of his keyboard sonatas with the same number of piano pieces written by various composers of the 20th and 21st century. All of the paired compositions not only share a close tonal relationship, but there are many other reasons supporting their juxtapositions: melodic or rhythmical affinities and sometimes a complete contrast between musical elements. Scarlatti is one of Roberto’s most beloved composers and tonight’s programme is a personal tribute to his genius which, to quote the artist ‘represents one of the milestones in the development of keyboard technique’. It is also a tribute to the diversity in music. In fact, all composers included in tonight’s recital are a mirror to different ways of artistic expression: the late romantic writing of Alexander Scriabin; the popular style of Astor Piazzolla; the hypnotic form adopted by Lithuanian contemporary composer Vidmantas Bartulis; the post-Gershwin musical mood of Harold Arlen (skillfully transfigured by Keith Jarrett); the severe style of Dmitri Shostakovich… each artistic personality has contributed and continues to contribute to the cultural wealth of the world.