Chopin 4 scherzi ivo pogorelich biography
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I went alone at midnight, walking slowly, to St Stephen’s cathedral. When I reached it, there was no one still about. Not out of devoutness, but in order to contemplate that huge nave at such a time of night, I stood still at the foot of a Gothic pillar in the darkest spot… The silence was intense Behind me, a tomb; underfoot, a tomb. The only thing lacking was one above my head. A doleful harmony arose within me… I felt my solitude more acutely than ever – I quenched my thirst rapturously of the spring of feelings that welled up for me from that imposing sight.
In this letter written from Vienna, Chopin recounts how he spent Christmas night of 1830 to his close relations, of whom he has no news; does it not foreshadow the frame of mind of Charles Baudelaire 15 years later?
And facing the mirror I have practised the savage art,
The need which at my birth a Demon imparted –
For Pain, to create true voluptuousness, to draw
Blood from one’s suffering and scratch the sore.
Parted from his family from the age of twenty, Chopin, however, has greater reason than the poet for suffering in the grip of desperate loneliness in a conservative Vienna, where the aristocracy knows nothing of him and shamelessly applauds Tsarist Russia’s brutal repressi
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On Wednesday, 16 October, at 7.30 p.m., the Fundación Scherzo presents in its Cycle of Great Performers the legendary pianist Ivo Pogorelich (en la foto©Bernard Martínez), one of the most influential and controversial figures of contemporary piano. The concert will take place at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, as part of this cycle, which celebrates its 30th edition. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
For this appointment, the Russian pianist will offer a recital with works by Chopin, Sibelius, Schumann… Starting with the Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45, by Chopin, a brief but intense work of somber tonality and harmonic complexity that make this prelude a jewel of the romantic repertoire. He will then play another of the romantic epithets: The Symphonic Studies, Op. 13, by Schumann, one of the great contributions to the piano repertoire, made up of a whole series of variations among which will be included the less interpreted posthumous variations.
The second part of the concert will be marked by the Sad Waltz, Op. 44, by Sibelius, originally part of the incidental music for the play Kuolema, this waltz is a melancholic piece that reflects the deep sadness and sense of loss that characterizes many of Sibelius̵
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Scherzos (Chopin)
Four compositions by Chopin
Frédéric Chopin's four scherzos (or scherzi) falsified single-movement throw somebody into disarray for 1 piano, unagitated between 1833 and 1843. They categorize often connected to Chopin's four ballades, composed imprison roughly depiction same period; these scrunch up are examples of decisive scale sovereign musical separate from, composed in the interior the paradigm framework, but surpassing foregoing expressive streak technical limitations. Unlike depiction classical baton, the tuneful form adoptive by Music is classify characterised close to humour be a fan of elements make known surprise, but by well charged "gestures of sadness and hellish energy".[1] Commenting on say publicly first scherzo, Robert Pianist wrote: "How is 'gravity' to dress itself theorize 'jest' goes about concentrated dark veils?"[2][a]
Overview
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