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Latvian composer
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2016-12-20 13:53:30
St George’s, Bristol The Latvian pianist riveted the attention with his brilliant realisation of Messiaen’s monumental piano cyclePianists who can successfully perform Olivier Messiaen’s early masterpiece, his contemplation on the significance of the birth of Jesus, are few and far between. With this performance, the Latvian Reinis Zariņš proved himself to be one. His embrace of the music’s monumentality and its intimacy was remarkable. Taking the 20-piece cycle in a single sweep and playing from memory, he riveted the attention: two hours that could easily have seemed interminable flew by, transcending time, and yet also making it stand still. Zariņš used the St George’s acoustic to his advantage, pushing Messiaen’s extremes of volume, with bright tumult versus breathtaking pianissimo or indeed silence. He upped the contrasts in character, with wild ecstasy versus beatitude, and sharpened the sense of musical engineering – spider’s web filigree versus massive suspension bridges of sound. Zariņš’s […]
2015-03-17 13:29:01
Rossini's Semiramide Overture opens the concert and then soloist Reinis Zarins will perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1. Premiered in 1830 with Chopin as the soloist, this work is best known for its lyrical middle movement and its two outer movements which contain melodic gems.
2012-06-16 02:00:00
Latvian magic from pianist Reinis Zarins, heard by Bill Newman
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