Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concerto – Christoph Eschenbach & Alexandre Kantorow
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Program
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1. Akt: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach, musical conduction & Alexandre Kantorow, piano
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Sergej Prokofjew (1891–1953)
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Piano concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 | 28'
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Luzerner Sinfonieorchester & Christoph Eschenbach, musical conduction
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Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
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Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (Orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg) | 42'
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2. Akt: Alexandre Kantorow, piano
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Charles Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
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From Préludes, Op. 31:
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No. 8, «Chanson de la folle au bord de la mer» | 4’
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No. 13, «J'étais endormie, mais mon coeur veillait» (Cantique des cantiques) | 6’
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No. 18, «Sans trop de mouvement» | 4’
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Anders Hillborg (1954*)
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World Premiere | 15’
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Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
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Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 «Tragic Sonata» | 31’
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Event Description
The second symphony concert of the piano festival expresses the founding principles of the “Piano Symphonique” in two different ways. First is the idea of bringing together stars and young artists from across the generations. Christoph Eschenbach, a doyen among conductors, takes to the podium, while the soloist in Prokofiev’s popular third piano concerto is 27-year-old Alexandre Kantorov, who in 2019 was the first French pianist to win first prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition. Second is the transformation of piano repertoire into symphonic repertoire featuring Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in its orchestral version by Arnold Schönberg. In the second “act”, Alexandre Kantorow combines his French homeland with his Russian roots (as the son of conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow), performing solo piano works by Charles Valentin Alkan (a virtuoso pianist and a kind of French Liszt) alongside an early sonata by Russian composer Nikolai Medtner, a contemporary of both Scriabin and Rachmnaninov. With the addition of a world premiere by the Swede Anders Hillborg, this recital takes us from the virtuosic tradition of the 19th and early 20th centuries right up to the present day.
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Mécène Fondatrice et Principale
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Sponsor
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Kurt and Silvia Huser-Oesch Stiftung
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Maestro’s & Director’s Impulse Fund, Adrian and Isabelle Weiss-Zweifel
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Michael and Emmy Lou Pieper Fonds
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Nadia Guth-Biasini
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Marc Rich Foundation
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