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Alexander Melnikow © Julien Mignot

Klavierabend Alexander Melnikov

Schostakowitsch: Präludien und Fugen

Thursday 19 December 2024
19:00 – ca. 22:00
Mozart-Saal

 

Performers

Alexander Melnikov, Klavier

Programme

Dmitri Schostakowitsch

24 Präludien und Fugen op. 87 (1950–1951)

Subscription series Klavier im Mozart-Saal

Presented by Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft

Pianistic ascent to the summit

Dmitri Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 rise like a mountain range in 20th century piano music, inspired by Bach and his »Well-Tempered Clavier«. Bach created a timeless model with his preludes and fugues, which Shostakovich and Hindemith drew on in the 20th century with his »Ludus tonalis«. Portrait artist Alexander Melnikov devotes himself to Shostakovich's work in a special way: Instead of the traditional division into two parts, he plays the preludes and fugues in three parts and emphasises the central group of Nos. 13 to 16 with rests, with the D flat major fugue No. 15 as the dizzying climax. BBC Music Magazine ranked his recording of the opus among the fifty most important recordings of all time!

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