A docudrama about one of the most prominent and independent composers of the 20th century.
In ‘Prokofiev: modernist on his own terms’ bi-weekly, a full hour focus on the life and the works of the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Without a doubt one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century.
Today, works of Prokofiev himself. A whole range of shorter piano pieces, written during the period (1909-1912) in which he was torn up inside by his tendency for modernism and the success he had during ‘the evenings of contemporary music in St. Petersburg’ on the one hand, and his education conducting/fortepiano at the conservatoire that made him value classical tradition, on the other hand.
playlist:
Sergei. Prokofiev,
- Etudes op. 3 and 4 for piano (1911-1912) Abdel Rahman el Bacha (piano). ·
- Piano pieces op. 6-9 (1910-1911) Various performers.
- First Piano Concerto op. 10 in D major (initial part) (1912). Andrei Gavrilov, piano and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle.
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