Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center
20300 Herriman Ave,
Saratoga, CA
Vladimir Ovchinnikov
brings to life music of the greatest Romantic of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff’s études-tableaux (picture
studies) are followed by the original version of his thunderous Second Sonata,
a pinnacle of Romantic passion. Like Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Rachmaninoff
composed some of his most passionate songs, transcribed here for solo piano,
for his future wife.
Rachmaninoff, Eight
Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
1. F
minor (Allegro non troppo)
2. C
major (Allegro)
3. C
minor (Grave)
4. D
minor (Moderato)
5. E-flat
minor (Non allegro–Presto)
6. E-flat
major (Allegro con fuoco)
7. G
minor (Moderato)
8. C-sharp
minor (Grave)
Rachmaninoff, Sonata
No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (Original Version)
INTERMISSION
Rachmaninoff, Two
Romances (transcribed by Rachmaninoff from his own songs)
1. “Lilacs,”
Op. 21, No. 5
2. “Daisies,”
Op. 38, No. 3
Rachmaninoff, Five
Romances (transcribed by Earl Wild from Rachmaninoff songs)
1. “Do
Not Grieve for Me,” Op. 14, No. 8
2. “Where
Beauty Dwells,” Op. 21, No. 7
3. “O,
Cease Thy Singing,” Op. 4, No. 4
4. “In
the Silent Night,” Op. 4, No. 3
5. “Floods
of Spring,” Op. 14, No. 11
Cost: $40 - $60
