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Debussy, Janácek, Kaprálová, Komitas and Skryabin
Kirill Gerstein piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Mon 04 Oct 2021, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Autumn 2021 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Download the PDF programme here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Kirill Gersteinpiano

Programme

  • Komitas
    1869-1935
      • 7 Armenian folk dances
  • Claude Debussy
    1862-1918
      • Page d'album (Pièce pour le Vêtement du blessé)
      • Elégie
      • Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon
      • Berceuse héroïque
      • Etude retrouvée

Encore

Overview

The Russian-American pianist’s eminence was recognised with his 2010 receipt of a Gilmore Artist Award, which he used to commission new works for the piano repertoire. His own programme is diverse, reflecting wide interests: rare pieces by Debussy sit alongside a group of April Preludes (1937) by the sadly short-lived Czech composer Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-40), and a set of folk dances by the Armenian priest-musician Komitas (1869-1935).

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