Portland Piano International: Daria Rabotkina
Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts,
Beaverton,
OR,
United States
$35
- Daria Rabotkina, piano
Enrique Granados
—
Goyescas, Op. 11
("Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor")
Sergei Prokofiev — 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
Paul Harvey Aurandt, Jr. — Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
Sergei Prokofiev — 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
Paul Harvey Aurandt, Jr. — Piano Sonata in B-flat minor
"A pianist full of fire and warmth" (Plain-Dealer), Daria Rabotkina takes to The Reser stage for a picturesque program inspired by art and literature.
The central movement of Granados's Goyescas is a melancholy nocturne that displays the composer's ability to paint cinematic scenes through sound, while Prokofiev's immortal Romeo and Juliet examines the beauty and fragility of life and love with some of the piano repertoire's most heart-melting melodies. And in a work she's championed in concert halls across the country, Rabotkina closes the program with Paul Harvey Aurandt's Sonata in B-flat minor, which pays homage to the emotional sweep of Schubert and Rachmaninoff.