Daniil Trifonov: Musical Pictures
Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.orgGrammy Award-winning pianist and 2019 Musical America Artist of the Year, Russian-born Daniil Trifonov brings his vibrant musical talent to bear on a pair of colorful masterpieces. First up is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 18, known as “The Hunt,” thanks to a buoyant horn-call motif in the finale. In it, you’ll notice playful high spirits are to the fore, yet there’s room for tenderness, too. Then, nothing conjures images quite like Pictures at an Exhibition. A gallery guide in musical form, the half-hour work—originally written for and played tonight by solo piano—paints a series of vivid musical canvases connected by Mussorgsky’s famous “Promenade” theme.
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