ppIANISSIMO 2012 - FESTIVAL PROGRAM


 

1.1. 22nd March, 7:30 pm, BNR Concert Studio

Solo Recital by ZYGMUNT KRAUZE (Poland)


Johann Sebastian Bach / Zygmunt Krauze:

Praeludium (G sharp minor, WTC vol. II, BWV 887) and live improvisations *
Praeludium (G sharp minor, WTC vol. II, BWV 887) and live improvisations [projection] *

Zygmunt Krauze:
Refrain (1993) *
Six Folk Melodies (1958) *
Nightmare Tango (1987) *
Stone Music (for piano with amplification, 1972) *
Stone Music [projection] *
Chanson du mal-aimè (The Song of the Ill Loved, 1990) *
Gloves Music [projection] *
Gloves Music (1972) *


Zygmunt Krauze (Poland) – piano


This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Polish Institute – Sofia.


__________
* Bulgarian premiere


1.2. 23rd March, 1:00 pm, NMU “Lyubomir Pipkov”, Hall 1

Creative Meeting with ZYGMUNT KRAUZE (Poland)


This event has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Polish Institute – Sofia.



2. 23rd March, 7:30 pm, BNR Concert Studio

Schubert on a Piano from His Time


Franz Schubert (Austria):
Sonata for piano in A major, D 959 (1828)
Fantasia for piano four-hands in F minor, Op. 103, D 940 (1828)
Fantasia for piano in C major (Wanderer Fantasy), Op. 15, D 760 (1822)


Vasily Ilisavsky (Russia) fortepiano after Johann Fritz (Vienna, 1825)

Galina Draganova (Bulgaria) – fortepiano after Johann Fritz (Vienna, 1825)



3. 24th March, 11:30 am, BNR Concert Studio

76 / 77 Years from the Beginning...
Arvo Pärt / Vassil Kazandjiev
* * *
Im memoriam – 90th Anniversary of Lazar Nikolov


Arvo Pärt (Estonia):
Sonatina No. 2, op. 1(for piano, 1959)
Fratres (for violin and piano, 1977/1980)
Spiegel im Spiegel (for violin and piano, 1978)
Hymn to a great city (for two pianos, 2004) *
Mozart – Adagio (for violin, cello and piano, 2005) *


Borislava Taneva (Bulgaria) – piano
Simos Papanas (Greece) – violin
Margarita Ilieva (Bulgaria) – piano
Hristo Tanev (Bulgaria) – cello

* * *

Vassil Kazandjiev (Bulgaria):
Sonata for piano No. 5 (dedicated to Margarita Ilieva) **

Lazar Nikolov (Bulgaria):
            Metamorphoses No. 2 (for piano, clarinet and percussions)


Margarita Ilieva (Bulgaria) – piano
Rossen Idealov (Bulgaria) – clarinet
Martin Hafizi (Bulgaria) – percussions

__________
* Bulgarian premiere
** world premiere


 4. 24th March, 7:30 pm, BNR Concert Studio

huber/thomet Piano Duo Recital (Switzerland)


Isabel Mundry (Germany):
tasten (touch three pieces for two pianos, 2010) *

Daniel Glaus (Switzerland):
Tastendes Leuchten (Touching Radiance piece for piano four-hands, 1998) *

Claude Debussy (France):
En blanc et noir (In Black and White for two pianos, 1915)
Avec emportement
Lent, sombre
Scherzando

Peter Streiff (Switzerland):
Schattenwürfe (Thrown Shadows for two pianos, 2010) *

* * *

György Kurtág (Hungary):
Compositions from Játékok (Games for piano four-hands, 1973):
Flowers We Are, Mere Flowers... (Enfolding Sounds)
Study to Hölderlin
Bach/Kurtàg: God's Time is the Very Best Time (Chorus from the homonymous Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106)
Bells
Bach/Kurtàg: O Lamb of Got, innocent (Chorale prelude for organ O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV Deest)
Lament
Bach/Kurtàg: Excerpt from Trio Sonata for Organ No. 1, E flat major (BWV 525)
Hommage à Soproni
...and once more: Flowers We Are...

György Ligeti (Hungary):
Three pieces for two pianos (1976)
Monument
Self-portrait with Reich and Riley (and Chopin in also there)
Movement


Susanne Huber (Switzerland) – piano
André Thomet (Switzerland) – piano


This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of
the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.


__________
* Bulgarian premiere


5. 25th March, 11:30 am, BNR Concert Studio

Bach & Sons
(Works by the BACH family)


Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
Violin Sonata (with Harpsichord obbligato) in C Major (Wq 73)

Johann Christian Bach:
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in F Major

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach:
Fantasia for Harpsichord in E Minor (F 21)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
Violin Sonata (with Harpsichord obbligato) in F Major (Wq 75)

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord C Minor (BWV 1017)
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord G Major (BWV 1019)


Zefira Valova (Bulgaria) – baroque violin
Vasily Ilisavsky (Russia) – harpsichord Flemish type (17th Cent.) and fortepiano after Anton Walter (Vienna, 1793)


6. 25th March, 7:30 pm, BNR Concert Studio

Solo Recital by RALPH VAN RAAT (Netherlands):
100th Anniversary of John Cage


JOHN CAGE (USA):
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946 – 48)*
            Sonata I
Sonata II
Sonata III
Sonata IV
First Interlude
Sonata V
Sonata VI
Sonata VII
Sonata VIII
Second Interlude
Third Interlude
Sonata IX
Sonata X
Sonata XI
Sonata XII
Fourth Interlude
Sonata XIII
Sonatas XIV & XV Gemini (After the work by Richard Lippold)
Sonata XVI


Ralph van Raat (Netherlands) – prepared piano

_______
* Bulgarian premiere


7. 26th March, 6:00 pm, Boris Georgiev City Fine Arts Gallery, Varna

huber/thomet Piano Duo Recital (Switzerland)
(see concert No. 4)

This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of
the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

and the Varna Municipality.



8. 27th March, 5:00 pm, AMTII Concert Hall, Plovdiv

huber/thomet Piano Duo Recital (Switzerland)
(see concert No. 4)


This concert has been made possible thanks to the generous support of
the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

and the AMDFA – Plovdiv.