Posts tagged ‘Alexander Toradze’
The complete Prokofiev symphonies and four of the composer’s piano concertos with Daniil Trifonov, Alexander Toradze, Alexei Volodin, Sergei Babayan and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra!
Excerpts from the concerts:
In a few moments live from Moscow
Third concert live from the Moscow Easter Festival!
With:
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Alexei Volodin (piano)
Programme:
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47
Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 53, “left hand”
Excerpts from Cinderella
Egyptian Nights, Symphonic Suite, Op. 61
An outstanding rendition of the Prokofiev 1st Piano Concerto by Daniil Trifonov and Valery Gergiev
Last Sunday live on medici.tv, the 21 year-old pianist Daniil Trifonov gave an extatic rendition of the First Concerto for piano and orchestra by Prokofiev, live from the Moscow Easter Festival. Accompanied by the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra from St-Petersburg under the baton of Valery Gergiev (their music director for over the past twenty years and the founder of the festival), Daniil Trifonov (3rd prize at the Chopin Competition in 2010, 1st prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition and 1st prize at the Rubinstein Competition in 2011) offers an impressive performance of this masterpiece of extreme technical and artistic difficulties.
Watch this excerpt:
Here we are in Moscow
There we are!
There are only a few hours left before the opening concert of the Moscow Easter Festival!
At 3pm GMT time, watch Valery Gergiev, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Daniil Trifonov live from the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and performing an all-Prokofiev programme!
Programme
Sunday, April 15
with Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10
Symphony No. 5, Op. 100
Monday, April 16
with Alexander Toradze (piano)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 40
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16
Symphony No. 3, Op. 44
Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday, April 24
with Alexei Volodin (piano)
Symphony No. 4
Piano Concerto No. 4 “left hand”
Excerpts from Cinderella
Egyptian nights
Wednesday, April 25
with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Symphony No. 7
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55
Symphony No. 6, Op. 111
From April 15 to April 25, watch Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra live from the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory!
For the 11th edition of the Moscow Easter Festival, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra have chosen to dedicate four concerts to the work of Sergei Prokofiev. You will hear his complete symphonies, four of his piano concertos, his most popular ballets (Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, of course), as well as rarer pieces such as the Egyptian suite…
We told you Easter on medici.tv is not about chocolate! And it lasts until the end of the month!
Four these four concerts, the Festival invites four outstanding pianists: Daniil Trifonov (21 year-old pianist, 1st prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, 3rd prize at the Chopin Competition in 2010), Alexander Toradze (who once recorded the complete Prokofiev concertos with Gergiev), Alexei Volodin (a former student of the Moscow Conservatory) and Sergei Babayan.
Programme
Sunday, April 15
with Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10
Symphony No. 5, Op. 100
Monday, April 16
with Alexander Toradze (piano)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 40
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16
Symphony No. 3, Op. 44
Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday, April 24
with Alexei Volodin (piano)
Symphony No. 4
Piano Concerto No. 4 “left hand”
Excerpts from Cinderella
Egyptian nights
Wednesday, April 25
with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Symphony No. 7
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55
Symphony No. 6, Op. 111
