Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 – Robin Ticciati & Alexandre Kantorow
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Program
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1st Act: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Robin Ticciati, Conductor & 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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Break
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Luzerner Sinfonieorchester & Robin Ticciati, Conductor
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Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
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Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
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Break
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2nd Act: 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» («The Song of the Mad Woman on the Shore») | 4’
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No. 13, «J'étais endormie, mais mon coeur veillait» (Cantique des cantiques) («I was asleep, but my heart was awake» (Song of Songs)) | 6’
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No. 18, Sans trop de mouvement | 4’
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Anders Hillborg (1954*)
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The Kalamazoo Flow for Solo Piano World Premiere | 15’
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Commissioned by Alexandre Kantorow, with support from the Gilmore International Piano Festival and the Gilmore Award.
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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 and who was awarded with the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award in 2024.
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.
