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Yuki Negishi in Recital
31st July 2019 | 7:30 pm
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YUKI NEGISHI | |
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Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Variations in F minor Hob. XVII:6
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35
Grave – Doppio movimento
Scherzo
Marche funèbre: Lento
Finale: Presto
Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)
Dreaming Op. 15 No. 3
Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie Op. 116
Nikolai Kapustin (1932 – )
Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 39 ‘Sonata – Fantasia’
IV. Allegro Molto
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
Japanese concert pianist Yuki Negishi presents a passionate programme that begins with Haydn’s Variations in F minor. This is followed by Chopin’s Sonata in B flat minor, a work considered by many as one of the greatest sonatas in the entire piano literature. Written in 1839 while Chopin was living in George Sand’s manor house in Nohant, the work epitomises his bel canto style of piano writing, using complex harmony and a true display of brilliant pianistic virtuosity. The third movement of the sonata consists of Chopin’s famous Marche funèbre, which remains by itself one of the most popular of his compositions. The evening continues with works by Amy Beach, regarded as the first successful American female composer. Her Gaelic Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first ever symphony composed and published by an American woman. Beach’s style is mainly Romantic, often compared to that of Brahms and Rachmaninoff. The recital concludes with Allegro Molto, the final movement of Nicolai Kapustin’s Sonata – Fantasia. Written in 1984 this highly virtuosic work, full of syncopated rhythms and jazz harmonies is a true tour de force for the performer with its fourth movement, a full-blown sonata form, happily existing as a separate entity.