Program
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Eight Preludes, Op. 34
Arranged for violin and piano by Dmitry Tsyganov (1933)
Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
Sonatina for Violin and Piano (1934)
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)
Tartiniana Seconda
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Major. IPH 175 (1935)
Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in B Flat Major H 24 (1919)
Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major (1959)
Details
Domenico Nordio, a violinist from Venice and winner of prestigious European competitions, and Mikhail Lidsky, a pianist from Moscow and associate professor at the Moscow Conservatory, will play a chamber concert at Dom Radio. Their artistic tandem emerged over ten years ago in Milan. Since then, they have toured extensively all over the world, recording albums for prestigious labels and garnering rave reviews from the press.
The programme features music from the 20th century. Each of the two parts will begin with preludes by Dmitri Shostakovich (1933), arranged for violin and piano. The original piano cycle demonstrates Shostakovich at the first peak of his creative career: his manner is grotesque, full of sharp contrasts and ironic play with kitsch and mass genres. The violin arrangements are created by Dmitry Tsyganov, a virtuoso violinist, founder and leader of the highly respected Soviet Beethoven String Quartet.
The first part continues with Jean Françaix’s Sonatina (1934), a work in which the young composer has already determined his musical preferences. His accessible, witty style is intended, first and foremost, to please. It will be followed by Tartiniana Seconda (1956) by the Italian Luigi Dallapiccola, a tonal work rare for this resolute avant-garde musician. The arrangement of baroque themes appears simple, almost unpretentious, but this simplicity masks virtuoso polyphonic structures. The part will end with Paul Hindemith’s Sonata in E (1935), where the composer avoids wild emotions to create a lyrical and balanced world of imagery.
After the interval, two larger-scale opuses will follow. Arthur Honegger’s Sonata No. 2 (1919) is full of gloomy expression. Its intense emotions and complex, intense sounds reflect the trauma of Europe after the World War. Boris Tchaikovsky’s Sonata (1959), by contrast, has a smooth emotional structure. Here, the events develop without haste, and the dramatic tension does not erupt but dissolves into a light melancholy.
The concert is held in partnership with the “Shostakovich. The 20th Century” festival in Samara.