Saturday, 27. May 2017, 18:00
KKL Luzern, Luzerner Saal
Mariana Pentcheva, Mezzo-soprano
James Gaffigan, Chief Conductor
Soloists of Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Les Noces (The Wedding)
Intermission
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
The Complete Piano Sonatas
Set 1
19.30 – 20.15
Sonatas No. 1 – 3 with David Kadouch, Varvara and Adam Laloum
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Set 2
20.30 – 21.15
Sonatas No. 4 and 5 with Anna Vinnitskaya and David Kadouch
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Set 3
21.45 – 22.35
Sonatas No. 6 and 7 with Anna Vinnitskaya and Adam Laloum
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Set 4
23.00 – 00.00
Sonatas No. 8 – 10 with Nicholas Angelich and Nathalia Milstein
Opening with Igor Stravinsky’s 1923 love letter to Russian Weddings, Les Noces, for four pianos, percussionists, and singers, Zaubersee throws a Saturday night extravaganza with an unprecedented performance by five pianists of all ten of Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas. A celebration of Russian excess!