Curated by pianist, composer, conductor, improviser, chamber musician, répétiteur and professor of piano Henry Kelder, TenClub’s Grand Piano Series reintroduces piano music by the world’s most inspiring classical composers as well as by those who deserve more attention. These intimate concerts take place in our majestic Monster Room, which is reminiscent of the salons of 17th, 18th and 19th Europe. Very much in the historical tradition of the salon, the audience will be given the opportunity to ask questions about the music they have just listened to.
Svetozar Ivanov presents Berceuse
Twelve audio vignettes inspired by poetry
The arts of classical piano music and poetry come together as one during this edition of the Grand Piano Series, when Svetozar Ivanov – Professor of Piano at the Music Faculty at University of South Florida – will perform his work Berceuse. This extraordinary program consists of ten audio vignettes inspired by poetry. Each vignette intertwines live music with various pre-recorded audio elements. Music by Cowell, Rzewski, Ippolito, Aminikia, Say, Crumb, Silvestrov, Kopycinski and Turina. Poetry by Sappho, Pizarnik, Prévert, Apollinaire, Cummings, Lorca, and Poe.
Enthusiasts of interdisciplinary arts are in for a treat!
The program:
Berceuse
(twelve audio vignettes inspired by poetry)
program:
…and solitary still…
music by Henry Cowell – “Aeolian Harp”
poetry by Sappho – “fragment 46”
Ancient Greek reading by Sister of Iris
El Tango de la Muerte
music by Alberto Novión – “El Tango de la Muerte” and
Frederic Rzewski – “Steptangle”
poetry by Alejandra Pizarnik – from “Uncollected Poems”
Autumn Leaves
music by Michael Ippolito – “Album (Autumn) Leaf”
poetry by Jacques Prévert – “Autumn Leaves”
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Bella Ciao
music by Sahba Aminikia – “Inspector’s Scrutiny”
audio recordings from Evin Prison and street protests in Iran
Black Earth
music by Fazil Say – “Black Earth”
audio recordings from the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk
In Time of Daffodils
music by Valentin Silvestrov – “Elegy”
poem by E. E. Cummings – “In Time of Daffodils”
field recordings from The Valley of Daffodils in Ukraine
intermission
I Am
music by Alexander Scriabin – “Preludes op. 74 No. 1,2,4”
poem by John Claire – “I Am”
Gloomy Sunday
music by Rezső Seress – “Gloomy Sunday” and
George Crumb – “Tora! Tora! Tora!”
poem by Federico Garcia Lorca – “Farewell”
The Bells
music by Henry Cowell – “Fairy Bells” and
Lucciano Berio – “Erdenklavier”
poem by Edgar Allan Poe – “The Bells”
bells of Fordham University Church’s bell tower
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Il Pleut
music by Kaija Saariaho – “Il Pleut” and
George Crumb – “Rain-Death Variations”
poem by Guillaume Apollinaire – “Il Pleut”
Wiegala
music by Ilse Weber – “Wiegala” and
Adam Kopycinski – “Lullaby”
Berceuse
music by Joaquin Turina – “Berceuse” and
José Luis Turina – “Berceuse for a Sleeping Mirror”
poem by Federico Garcia Lorca – “Berceuse for a Sleeping Mirror”
About Svetozar Ivanov
Steinway Artist Svetozar Ivanov has made numerous concert appearances worldwide. Recent venues include Carnegie, Merkin, and Steinway Halls in New York City, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Splendor in Amsterdam, Guildhall in London, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Razumovsky in Vienna, Salon Chritophori in Berlin. Recent festival appearances include “Pianomaster”, “PianoEchos”, “Terre d’Arezzo”, and “Classicariano” in Italy, “Krakow Festival” in Poland, “Música de Besalú” in Spain, “Pianotune” in Belgium, “Seiler” in Greece, “Walled City” in Northern Ireland, as well as well as numerous concert series and festivals throughout the US. In addition to his numerous highly acclaimed solo albums, Ivanov is recognized for his live multimedia and film performances combining music with other art forms. Svetozar Ivanov is Professor of Piano at University of South Florida, serves as Artist Faculty at Brancaleoni Music Festival in Italy, Prague Piano Festival, Walled City Festival in Northern Ireland and Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont. He is the Artistic Director of the Steinway Piano Series in Florida.
Tickets
Members: €17.50
Non-members: €35 + € 2,50 day membership
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