Secret Signs
is inspired by the courage, irony, secrecy and persistent romanticism of the 20th century Russian artistic sensibility. At the center of the program is the ever enigmatic Shostakovich, with his enormous artistic resonance. Featured are four of his powerfully personal Songs on Poems of Alexander Blok, a close friend and colleague; intimate piano prelude transcriptions for viola and piano by pianist, composer, writer, Lera Auerbach; and the great Piano Quintet in G minor by Shostakovich. Pianist, composer, Inessa Zaretsky’s Cloud, Castle, Lake, inspired by Nabokov’s ironic Kafka-like short story, steeped in the clandestine political nightmare of the time, is also being premiered in it’s violin and piano version for this program.
Music of Shostakovich, Auerbach & Zaretsky Words of Blok, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Nabokov & more.
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Featuring Guest Artists
Zhanna Alkhazova soprano
Inessa Zaretsky piano
with
Nigel Gore spoken word
Katherine Winterstein violin
Andrew Eng violin
Consuelo Sherba viola
Emmanuel Feldman cello