大象传媒

Live from Wigmore Hall, London.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin plays classics by Domenico Scarlatti, Beethoven and Chopin, and Russian favourites by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 213; Sonata in D minor, K 141
Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op 126
Chopin: Ballade No 3 in A flat major, Op 47

8.15pm
Interval

8.35pm
Shostakovich: Prelude in B minor, Op 34 No 6; Prelude in A flat major, Op 34 No 17; Prelude in D minor, Op 34 No 24
Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12; Prelude in G major, Op 32 No 5; Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat major, Op 83

Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)

Yevgeny Sudbin's programme includes some of the most powerful miniatures ever composed for piano. Domenico Scarlatti's pithy Sonatas pack a world of colour and feeling into just a few minutes. Beethoven's Op 126 Bagatelles were the last important piano work he ever composed; his manuscript calls them a "cycle of trifles": they may be a cycle, but they're certainly not trifles! Like Chopin's Ballades and the Preludes by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, they have a weight and depth out of proportion with their brevity. Yevgeny Sudbin concludes with a powerful sonata by Prokofiev - inspired by Beethoven, and reflecting the dark times of the Second World War: Prokofiev completed it in the Georgian capital Tblisi where he'd beeen evacuated as the Nazis advanced ever further into Russia.