No. 1 - Spark and Glory
Easter Concerts, Masses and Requiems
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Music
Type: Classical Music
Location: The Moscow Conservatory Great Hall
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Alexander Toradze
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Program: Piano Concertos No. 1 and No. 2
Year: 2012
The first concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycle, held during the Easter season, juxtaposes the elegance of the Classical Symphony with the explosiveness of Piano Concerto No. 1 and the far more turbulent Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Alexander Toradze. This highlights the young Sergei Prokofiev at his most provocative and inventive. He deliberately challenged audiences with sharp rhythms, biting harmonies, and a kind of musical sarcasm that sets him apart from his contemporaries.
Up Next in Easter Concerts, Masses and Requiems
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No. 2 - Rebels and Romantics
Type: Classical Music
Location: The Moscow Conservatory Great Hall
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Denis Matsuev
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Program: The Scythian Suite; Piano Concerto No. 3
Year: 2012The 2nd concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycl...
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No. 4 - War and Reflection
Type: Classical Music
Location: The Moscow Conservatory Great Hall
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Denis Matsuev
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Program: Symphony No.2; Piano Concerto No. 5
Year: 2012The 4th concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycle pre...
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No. 5 - Melodies and Motion
Type: Classical Music
Location: The Moscow Conservatory Great Hall
Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Daniil Trifonov
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Program: Symphony No. 5, Piano Concerto No. 4
Year: 2012The final concert of the “Absolute Prokofiev” cycl...