A Night at the Castle

July 9 at 12:00 AM

Introduction

A pleasantly symmetrical program: it begins and ends with two irresistibly joyful piano four-hand pieces, the famous Rossini symphony and Milhaud’s suite that winks at Brazil, drawing on its swinging rhythms. In between, the larger, more serious, and contemplative compositions for two hands by Liszt and Rachmaninoff.

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Castello Durini

Surrounded by a 300-hectare estate, a centuries-old park and a unique Italian-style hanging garden in Lombardy, Castello Durini is located in Brianza, between Milan and…

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Program

Rossini-Schönberg
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Sinfonia, trascrizione per pianoforte a quattro mani

Liszt
“Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”, Präludium nach J.S. Bach, S. 179 (Giovanni Bertolazzi)
Après une lecture de Dante, Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161 (Giovanni Bertolazzi)

Rachmaninov
Sonata n. 2 op. 36 per pianoforte (Illia Ovcharenko)

Milhaud
Scaramouche, suite op. 165b, trascrizione per pianoforte a quattro mani