Arc-en-ciel

Refractions of the Pianistic Prism with Stefan Cassomenos

Date and Time
Sat 14 Oct, 3:30pm
Venue
Reardon Theatre
$39 / $32
Approximately 60 minutes, no interval
a “great natural ease” (Neue Züricher Zeitung)

Applauded for his “great natural ease” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), Melbourne-based internationally recognised concert pianist Stefan Cassomenos summons hitherto unidentified reserves of physical stamina and mental concentration to present a fitting Festival tribute to the shared anniversary year of the two composers jointly responsible for the majority of all notes written for and played by pianists worldwide since 1873 – György Ligeti and Sergei Rachmaninoff – interspersed with idyllic yet dynamic still-lifes from French note-painters Emmanuel Chabrier, Lili Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, and Claude Debussy, immortalising the visceral beauty of their picturesque surroundings.

Artists

Stefan Cassomenos Piano

Performing

LIGETI Etude No 5, “Arc-en-ciel”

CHABRIER Idylle from Pièces pittoresques

L. BOULANGER D’un Jardin Clair from Trois morceuax

MESSIAEN Le Merle Noir from Petites esquisses d’oiseaux

DEBUSSY L’Isle Joyeuse

LIGETI Etude No 4, “Fanfares”

RACHMANINOFF

  Étude-Tableau in D minor, Op 33 No 5
  Étude-Tableau in C minor, Op 39 No 1
  Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5
  Polichinelle in F-sharp major, Op 3 No 4
  Étude-Tableau in F minor, Op 33 No 1
  Vocalise Op 34 No 14
  Étude-Tableau in D major, Op 39 No 9

Program Note

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