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
