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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Hommage à Chopin
Saturday, October 28, 2017
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Daniil Trifonov by Dario Acosta / DG
The silken legato line, glittering ornamentation, melancholy sighs, and sheer brio of dazzling pianism define Chopin’s music. The sensational young pianist Daniil Trifonov takes a deep dive into the Polish genius’s world and the music he inspired. Trifonov performs Chopin favorites, selections from Rachmaninoff’s dazzling variations, and more. The beauty and power of Chopin’s music is eternal, his influence inestimable. Trifonov shows us why.
Performers
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Program
MOMPOU Variations on a Theme of Chopin
SCHUMANN "Chopin" from Carnaval, Op. 9
GRIEG Studie, Op. 73, No. 5, "Hommage à Chopin"
BARBER Nocturne, Op. 33
TCHAIKOVSKY Un poco di Chopin
RACHMANINOFF Variations on a Theme of Chopin
CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35
Encore:
CHOPIN Largo from Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65 (arr. Alfred Cortot)
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission.At a Glance
One of the greatest pianists of his day, Chopin
revolutionized keyboard writing in dozens of nocturnes, waltzes, mazurkas,
ballades, and other solo pieces that imbued the brilliance of the salon style
with unprecedented poetic depth. Schumann—himself a master of Romantic
character pieces—extolled Chopin’s accomplishment, in which, he wrote,
“imagination and technique share dominion side by side.” Debussy and many
others built on Chopin’s innovations in harmony, melody, and figuration.
Daniil Trifonov’s Hommage à Chopin surveys the Polish master’s enduring influence on composers as diverse as the Russian Rachmaninoff and the Catalan Mompou, who each wrote highly virtuosic sets of variations inspired by Chopin’s piano preludes. In addition to Schumann’s intimate pen portrait, this evening’s program includes short pieces by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Barber that translate Chopin’s musical language into more modern idioms. Having approached his subject obliquely, Mr. Trifonov concludes his tribute with one of Chopin’s most beloved and characteristic works: the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, with its ever-popular funeral march.
Daniil Trifonov’s Hommage à Chopin surveys the Polish master’s enduring influence on composers as diverse as the Russian Rachmaninoff and the Catalan Mompou, who each wrote highly virtuosic sets of variations inspired by Chopin’s piano preludes. In addition to Schumann’s intimate pen portrait, this evening’s program includes short pieces by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Barber that translate Chopin’s musical language into more modern idioms. Having approached his subject obliquely, Mr. Trifonov concludes his tribute with one of Chopin’s most beloved and characteristic works: the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, with its ever-popular funeral march.