Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
Performers
Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
Program
FRANCK Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18 (transcr. Bauer)
DILOROM SAIDAMINOVA The Walls of Ancient Bukhara (NY Premiere)
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
PRICE Fantasie nègre No. 1
PROKOFIEV Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Encores:
RACHMANINOFF Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY "Neapolitan Song" from Childrens Album, Op. 39, No. 18
RACHMANINOFF Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission.At a Glance
FRANCK Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18
One of six pieces for “grand organ” that Franck wrote shortly after his appointment as organist of the Basilica of Saint Clotilde in Paris, Prélude, fugue et variation attests to the improvisatory prowess for which he was renowned.
DILOROM SAIDAMINOVA The Walls of Ancient Bukhara
In this cycle of eight short tone poems, Uzbek composer Dilorom Saidaminova evokes the storied mosques, domes, and minarets of the medieval city of Bukhara, whose location on the Silk Road helped make it a center of Islamic culture for eight centuries.
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
Inspired by the fantastical poetry of Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard de la nuit illustrates Ravel’s ambition to “say with notes what a poet expresses with words.” The last of the three pieces, “Scarbo,” is one of the most technically challenging works in the piano literature.
PRICE Fantasie nègre No. 1
All four of Florence Price’s Fantasies nègres blend elements of her African American heritage with the European concert hall tradition, but only the first is based on an authentic spiritual—“Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass.”
PROKOFIEV Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
While waiting for his balletic masterpiece about Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers to reach the stage in 1940, Prokofiev mined the score for no fewer than three concert suites, two for orchestra plus this one for solo piano.