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Programme Oestvolskaja, Beethoven, Sjostakovitsj Ragged Music Festival Sat 29 Apr 2023 Grote Zaal 3.00 – 4.05pm ca. 65 minutes without interval Mario Brunello cello Alina Ibragimova viool Pavel Kolesnikov piano Samson Tsoy piano Galina Ustvolskaya (1919 - 2006) Piano Sonata nr. 6 (1988) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Cello Sonata No. 5 op. 102 No. 2 in D major (1815) 1. Allegro con brio 2. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto 3. Allegro This concert will be recorded by the NTR for a later broadcast on NPO Classic Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Violin Sonata in G major op. 134 (1968) 1. Andante 2. Allegretto 3. Largo 4
Programme notes Taking the first step, playing the first note, or even writing the first line of this text can be a surprisingly overwhelming task. And just like that, opening a festival might feel like swimming in an ocean of choices. What could, or should, become the starting point of a journey? Unexpectedly, and fortunately, this wasn’t the case for us this time. Bringing together this monumental trinity of works for our opening concert was a momentous decision, but it was made without the slightest hesitation. There was an uncanny feeling that these pieces demanded to be played together—something we couldn’t ignore nor resist. In a way, considering their nature and character, this couldn’t be more fitting. These three pieces are wilful, uncompromising, and unconventional masterworks. There is something intimidating, unyielding, and nonnegotiable about their pure, potent shapes and blazing clarity of expression. We approach them with awe and fervour. The Cello Sonata of Ludwig van Beethoven Occupying the centre stage, Beethoven’s last cello sonata is a decisive and concise work, gigantic in its impact and meaning rather than in its scale. The movements are remarkably compact and reduced and could have felt, perhaps, somewhat ‘primitive’ if not for their astonishing concentration and precision. In turn, the high pathos and energy of the piece are kept in perfect balance by its functional, almost formulaic constructions. It is an ultimately transcendental work: at every moment and in every note, there is a feeling of unknown energy and freshness, of unattainable purity and condensed meaning. Most interestingly, these consummate qualities may strike one as somewhat menacing, extreme, almost supernatural, and ultimately inhuman. It is its otherworldly radiance that makes it both so attractive but also a bit inaccessible. The Violin Sonata of Dmitri Shostakovich Remarkably for the late Shostakovich, there is incredible directness in his Violin Sonata. In his final years, the composer, preoccupied with transience, mastered muted and veiled tones. Musical mists and shadows allowed him to approach his evasive subjects gently, as if trying to get closer to the mysteries of non-existence, remaining unnoticed and unrecognised. Yet, this kind of guardedness and secretiveness is hardly evident in Op.134. There is a spirit of decisive boldness in it, both confronting and unapologetic. Its clarity is most reminiscent of late Beethoven - in a similar way, the tremendous depth of feeling is matched here by great objectivity. Maybe this is why, paradoxically, this dark and desperate work doesn’t leave the listener in the dark; it lifts the spirit in a similar way Shakespeare’s tragedies do. Earlier in his life, Shostakovich created iconic film scores for Hamlet and King Lear, and one might feel that the Violin Sonata, one of his most ambitious and sophisticated works, draws from the same source of knowledge and inspiration. The Piano Sonata of Galina Ustvolskaya If concentration, precision, and boldness are the connecting thread in our opening program, 5
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