Roman Borisov (Piano Recital)

From Beethoven's "Pathétique" to Rachmaninoff's monumental sonata. Roman Borisov presents a recital full of contrasts - from the lyricism of Debussy and Schubert to the depth of the Russian piano tradition.

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor op. 13 "Pathétique"
Nikolai Karlovich Metner: Forgotten Melodies op. 39
Claude Debussy: Preludes (selection)
Franz Schubert: Impromptus op. 90 D 899, No. 2 and No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor op. 36

Performer:
Roman Borisov - piano

The recital opens with Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathétique"", composed in Vienna at the end of the 18th century and dedicated to Prince Karl Lichnowsky - a patron whom Beethoven visited several times in Hradec nad Moravicí near Opava. The work stands at the threshold between the composer's early style and the emerging Romantic expression.

From Russian piano literature, Nikolai Karlovich Metner's cycle "Forgotten Melodies op. 39" will be heard, created in 1918-1920 during the civil war, shortly before the composer's emigration. This is followed by two books of Claude Debussy's "Preludes" from 1910 and 1913, and two of Schubert's "Impromptus" op. 90 from 1827, in which the lyrical character of song transitions into a piano miniature.

The evening concludes with Rachmaninoff's "Second Piano Sonata", composed in 1913 and inspired by the sound of Russian bells, which the composer regarded as a symbol of human life's journey.