1917: The Last Flowering: Alexander Karpeyev
27 October 2017, 5:30pm 27 July 2024 - 1:03am
This thrilling pianist, increasingly noted as an interpreter of the Russian 'Silver Age', performs works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and others, written between 1911 and 1917, including Stravinsky's virtuosic arrangement from Petrushka.
This event is part of a day exploring Russian song in the centenary of the Russian Revolution. The schedule for the day is as follows:
11.30am - 12.15pm - Revolution In Russia: Russian Music in the Twilight of the Russian Empire (Rebecca Mitchell, speaker)
1.10pm - Russian Romances Lunchtime recital (Katherine Broderick & Sergey Rybin)
2.45pm - 3.30pm - Revolution In Russia: Russian Music in the Age of Revolution (Pauline Fairclough, speaker)
4pm - 4.45pm - Revolution In Russia: Russian Song in the Age of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov (Philip Ross Bullock, speaker)
5.30pm - 6.20pm - Rush-Hour Recital: 1917: The Last Flowering (Alexander Karpeyev)
7.30pm - 9.30pm - Evening Recital: Tchaikovsky (Andrei Bondarenko & Gary Matthewman)
10pm-11pm - Late-Night: Rachmaninov (Ilona Domnich & Sholto Kynoch)
Programme
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
- Visions fugitives (1915) Op. 22 1915-1917
- Nikolai Medtner (1880 - 1951)
- Allegretto (1912) Op. 27 no.1 from Sonate-Ballade
- Alexander Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956)
- Prelude (1916) Op. 78 no. 1
- Lullaby (1916) Op. 78 no. 2
- Waltz (1913) Op. 61 no.5
- Reproche (1913) Op. 61 no.6
- Caprice (1913) Op. 61 no.2
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Nïne otpuschayeshi from All-Night Vigil (1915) Op. 37 no.5 from All-Night Vigil
- Fragments (1917) TN ii/19/3
- Etudes-Tableaux (1916) Op. 39 1916-1917
- Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
- Three movements from Petrushka (1921)
Series
13 October 2017 | 9:00am