PIANORECITAL
“Day and Night”
Maria Prokofieva
Mozart (“Day”) en Nocturnes van Sibelius, Scriabin, Field, Chopin (“Night”)
Maria Prokofieva
De pianiste Maria Prokofieva heeft een bijzonder mooi programma samengesteld voor haar concert op vrijdag 8 april om 20.00 uur in ’t Mosterdzaadje. Ze koos voor het thema Dag en Nacht. Mozart vertegenwoordigt in twee sonates het sprankelende licht. Het donker wordt verklankt in nocturnes van Chopin, Sibelius, Field, Tsjaikovsky, Kallinikov en Grieg.
Maria Prokofieva verbindt op haar eigen persoonlijke wijze de vreugde van het licht en het romantische van het nachtelijk duister. Haar emoties die ze in de muziek beleeft, maakt het publiek heel betrokken bij haar spel.
Maria Prokofieva werd geboren in Minsk, Wit-Rusland. Haar muzikale opleiding begon ze op de leeftijd van 5 en al een jaar later deed ze haar eerste podiumervaring op in de grote zaal van de Wit-Russische Staats Philharmonie. Op haar zesde ging Maria naar de gespecialiseerde muziekschool van het Wit-Russisch Staats Conservatorium in Minsk. In 1999 behaalde zij haar diploma pianospel en begeleiding met onderscheiding. In 2004 sloot ze haar opleiding van het Conservatorium in Minsk bij Valery Shatsky af als Bachlor of Arts. In 2006 werd ze toegelaten voor een postgraduaat opleiding op het Koningin Elisabeth College of Music (België). Daar studeerde ze bij Abdel Rahman El Bacha. Een jaar later verhuisde Maria naar Nederland om te studeren aan het Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In 2010 sloot ze haar opleiding bij Naum Grubert af als Master of Music. Maria heeft verschillende prijzen en diploma’s gewonnen tijdens internationale wedstrijden.
Day
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in B flat major, K.570 (1789) is written in 3 parts: Allegro – Adagio – Allegretto. Many of Mozart’s works in B flat major, among them are the Concerto K. 595 and this Piano Sonata K. 570, are gentle and pleasurable. Allegro — by construction and themes it reminds us sonatas of Haydn. Very gallant and instrumental. We can hear here a lot of motives of Papageno motives from “Magic Flute”. Adagio — is written in rondo form and musically very much connected to the first part. Calm by character it brings atmosphere of home. Minor episode is related to the central movement of the Piano Concerto K. 491. Allegretto — as well in form of rondo, relates to The Magic Flute motif in its second episode.
Sonata in F major, K.332 (1778) in three movements: Allegro – Adagio – Allegro assai The Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K. 332 was written at the same time as Sonatas K. 330 and K. 331 (with Alla turca march). They were once believed to have been written in the late 1770s in Paris, but it is now thought more likely that they date from 1783, by which time Mozart had moved to Vienna. Some believe that Mozart wrote this and the other sonatas during a summer 1783 visit to Salzburg for the purpose of introducing his wife, Constanze to his father, Leopold. All three sonatas were published in Vienna in 1784. All three movements of this sonata are written in a sonata form. Allegro — this movement, as well as Sonata in B flat, has 3/4 meter. The cantabile character with very long melodic phrases. Mozart demonstrated some freedom in handling the sonata form. Adagio — is written in 2 parts form, with ornamented second part, can be heard as one of the beautiful Mozart’s arias. Allegro assai — very technical, virtuoso movement with sparkling passages show that Mozart must have been the best pianist of his time. Sparkling passages, frequent change of characters of happy–sad moods, which Mozart likes a lot.
Night
Nocturnes
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) — Nocturne in E flat major op.9 n.2 (1830-1831) — one of the most popular works of Chopin, an ‘example’ of a rare sense of stylistic purity, delicate thoughts that delight us with their sweetness and charm.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) – Nocturne in F sharp major op.15 n.2 (1830-1833) — in romantic music composers turned to more distant keys (like F sharp) when they wished to express feelings, emotions or moods of a singular, subtle or unusual character. So did Chopin. F sharp major is the most distant key of all. This music is filled with sunlight, floral colours and blissful, languid tranquillity.
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) — Nocturne from Belshazzar’s Feast, op.51 (1906), music written to a Play of the same name. Piano arrangement of the suite made in 1907. Originally it was a suite of four numbers. Deeply sad, with mystic character, Nocturne portrays Leschanah in the king Belshazzar’s palace. Suite was inspired by orientalism — we hear its colours and the unique charm of sinuous melodies.
John Field (1782-1837) — is the creator of the Piano Nocturne, and greatly influenced Chopin. His Nocturne in B flat major (1817) sets up a mood and atmosphere of tenderness and dreaminess combined with a continuous flow of beautiful melody that appeals directly to the listener.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) — Nocturne op.10 (1871-1872) is graceful and joyful in the beginning, with coloristic Russian Play and its folklore elements in the middle part. Nocturne op. 19 (1873) – is one of the most famous works of the composer. It reminds by its style and melancholic character “October” from the Seasons.
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) — Nocturne in F sharp minor (1892-1893) – very melodic, poetic and melancholic, this Nocturne is like a story about very personal feelings.
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) — Nocturne from Lyric pieces, op.54 (1891) — For me it is a night song of the forest: all is sleeping, some small noises only coming from a far village. Yet in the silence, little birds are waking up and greet the dawn with their little trills.