Oxford Piano Festival: Barry Douglas at Christ Church, Oxford on Saturday 31st July 2021

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Oxford Piano Festival: Barry Douglas

Part of the Oxford Piano Festival 2021

Add to my Calendar 31-07-2021 20:30 31-07-2021 22:30 36 Oxford Piano Festival: Barry Douglas As the author of one of the best-known keyboard concertos in existence, it’s surprising that so little of Tchaikovsky’s output for solo piano finds its way onto concert programmes. But something that does occasionally surface is his suite of character pieces The Seasons, with a movement for each month of the year. Three of the months feature in this concert by Barry Douglas, an artist of towering stature who has been associated with Russia since his never-to-be forgotten Gold Medal in the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition. For good measure, his programme includes another illustrative Russian classic: the wide-ranging depictions of playful children, clucking hens and man-eating hags that enliven Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. As a centrepiece he plays Beethoven’s mighty Opus 57 sonata, labelled the ‘Appassionata’ by a publisher who did so after the composer’s death, but justifiably. Few works in the piano repertoire are so tumultuous, tempestuous or passionate: three qualities that Douglas can be guaranteed not to short-change in this performance. Christ Church, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Christ Church
St Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1DP
England

Saturday 31st July 2021
8:30 PM

Programme

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Seasons: January 'At the Fireside'
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Seasons: February 'Carnival'
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – The Seasons: October 'Autumn Song'
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.23 in F minor 'Appassionata', Op.57
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition

Performers

Barry Douglas – piano

Oxford Piano Festival

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Programme Note

As the author of one of the best-known keyboard concertos in existence, it’s surprising that so little of Tchaikovsky’s output for solo piano finds its way onto concert programmes. But something that does occasionally surface is his suite of character pieces The Seasons, with a movement for each month of the year. Three of the months feature in this concert by Barry Douglas, an artist of towering stature who has been associated with Russia since his never-to-be forgotten Gold Medal in the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition. For good measure, his programme includes another illustrative Russian classic: the wide-ranging depictions of playful children, clucking hens and man-eating hags that enliven Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. As a centrepiece he plays Beethoven’s mighty Opus 57 sonata, labelled the ‘Appassionata’ by a publisher who did so after the composer’s death, but justifiably. Few works in the piano repertoire are so tumultuous, tempestuous or passionate: three qualities that Douglas can be guaranteed not to short-change in this performance.

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