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Nicholas Walker and Mily Balakirev

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Balakirev Day
Nicholas Walker piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Sat 27 Apr 2024, 1.00pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

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Artists

  • Nicholas Walkerpiano

Programme

  • Mily Balakirev
    1837-1910
      • Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor
      • Mazurka No. 6 in A flat
  • Mikhail Glinka
    1804-1857
      • A Farewell to St Petersburg
        :
      • The Lark (arranged by Mily Balakirev)
      • Do not say: Love passes away
        (arranged by Mily Balakirev)
  • Mily Balakirev
    1837-1910
      • Chant du pêcheur
      • Witches' Dance
        (completed by Nicholas Walker)
      • Au jardin
      • Nocturne No. 2 in B minor
      • Waltz No. 7 in G sharp minor
      • Dumka 'Complainte'
      • La fileuse

Encore

Overview

The composer’s arrangements of his predecessor Glinka are heard alongside one of the pianist’s completions of a Balakirev fragment. ‘Walker’s playing throughout this absorbing disc is a pleasure to hear’, wrote Gramophone of one release in the pianist’s Balakirev series. ‘"Bravura with integrity" is how I would describe it.’

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