Third appointment of the “Domenica Classica” review with Giordano Ferla, a pianist of great interpretative skills and already a guest of
Domenica Classica, who surprises us once again with the variety and commitment of the program he offers to the Roman audience this year. The program consists of two parts, classical-romantic and twentieth-century.
Opening with the Chaconne in G Major, Op. 435, an exotic origin theme by Georg Friedrich Händel, followed by the Sonata in A minor by Franz Schubert of 1823, which inaugurates the series of seven extraordinary
last Sonatas. Closing this first part is the Ballade No. 1 op. 23 , the most
famous and wonderful of Fryderyk Chopin‘s 4, from 1835, a masterpiece of piano production of all time.
The second part, devoted to the 20th century, opens with two preludes by Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude No. 7 op.23, among the most technically difficult, while Prelude No. 5 op.32 proposes an incipit like a fairy tale, and a very sweet and affirmative female tessitura song to which the following responds a serious, male voice. The program continues with a contemporary composer, Robert Spearing, whose
Mo. Ferla performs, as a world premiere, Three Welsh Pictures. The concert will
conclude with the Three Movements from Igor Stravinsky ‘s“Petruska ,” a 1911
composition for large orchestra with concertante piano.
P R O G R A M M E
Georg Friedrich Händel(1685-1759)
Chaconne in G major HWV 435
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A minor Op. 143
(Allegro giusto, Andante, Allegro Vivace)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade No. 1 in G minor
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Two preludes Op. 32 No. 5 in G major
Op, 23 no. 7 in C minor
Roberts Spearing
Three Welsh paintings
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Three movements from“Petrushka”
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