`Pianistic mastery and fun' Saturday.Byline: Richard Duckett "We've got the pianos for it," said Paul Levenson, executive director of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. "We've got the right hall for it." And they've got a lineup of top-notch pianists. So for the third year in a row they'll be going for it - a "Duo Piano Gala" at 8 p.m. Saturday in Tuckerman Hall, at Salisbury and Tuckerman streets, Worcester. The orchestra will present the talents of eight locally and internationally renowned pianists. With the orchestra's Steinway Model "B" and "C" concert grand pianos on the stage, the pianists will be showcased in combinations of two, three, four, five and six. The program will include two North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. premieres and "runs the gamut of everything you can think of," Levenson said. The pianists playing Saturday are Malcolm Halliday, Kallin Johnson, Sima Kustanovich, Tea Lomdaridze, Dick Odgren, Olga Rogach, Myron Romanul and Ian Watson Ian Watson can refer to:
They are not dueling pianists. The dual pianos they'll be playing on and the works they're performing represent the ultimate in collaboration and working together. One of the works will see four pianists at one piano, Levenson said. Among the celebrated pieces to be performed Saturday are Bach's Italian Concerto (arranged for three pianists), Brahms' variation of a Theme by Haydn (for two pianists), Poulnec's Sonata for two Pianos (two pianists), and Tchaikovsky's Polonaise polonaise (pŏl'ənāz`, ō'–), Polish national dance, in moderate 3–4 time and of slow, stately movements. It evolved from peasant and court processions and ceremonies of the late 16th cent. and was later used by J. S. and W. from "Euegene Onegin" (arranged for four pianists by Franz Liszt). Also, the evening will feature the North American premiere of Concerto for Two Pianos by Georgian composer Elizbar Lomdaridze. The work will be performed by his daughter, Tea Lomdaridze, and Myron Romanul. Kallin Johnson's arrangement of Fats Waller's "Handful of Keys" will feature five pianists, and Russian jazz composer Nikolai Kapustin's "Paraphrase on Manteca by Dizzie Gillespie" will also be getting its North American premiere. "This concert is pure pianistic pi·a·nis·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to the piano. 2. Well adapted to the piano. pi mastery and fun," Levenson said. The first dual piano gala was held in 2007 to celebrate the orchestra's possession of two pianos - a new Steinway Model "B" and its renovated 1902 Model "C" Steinway. The first concert was a success, and so now the galas are becoming something of a tradition. Tickets to the 8 p.m. concert are $15 in advance; $20 at the door. For more information, call (508) 754-1234 or visit www.masymphony.org. ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: Tuckerman Hall will be the setting for a "Duo Piano Gala" on Saturday. PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : T&G Staff/DAN GOULD |
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