Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Russian Romanticism

An event in Avigliana for music lovers and anyone wishing to spend an afternoon immersed in the beauty of the great works of the piano repertoire. In the intimate and evocative Church of Santa Maria in Borgo Vecchio, the Vita e Pace Association presents a concert by the young pianist Matteo Sperti: a musical journey into the heart of Russian Romantic sensibility, through emotions, images and atmospheres conveyed by the voice of the piano. The programme will open with an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons: a collection in which music becomes the medium for recounting the passing of the months of the year and, through them, nature, its colours and the sensations it evokes in the human soul. The notes thus evoke landscapes, moods, impressions and memories, offering the listener an experience that goes beyond simply listening to music. Next, Matteo Sperti will perform Rachmaninov’s Six Musical Moments, six compositions that are profoundly different from one another in character, rhythm and atmosphere. Each piece stems from a particular creative impulse and contains its own emotional story: from delicacy to passion, from melancholy to intensity, in a journey that highlights the full expressive richness of this composer’s music. The event will therefore be an opportunity to discover two great figures of Russian Romanticism through music that speaks to everyone, even those who do not usually attend concert halls.

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