Alexandra Dariescu - Sydney Opera House

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Wed 16 Oct 2024

Love piano? The come to the Snow Concert Hall on the 16th of October for a performance by Alexandra Dariescu . Alexandra is a Romanian-British pianist, a trailblazer who demonstrates a sense of fearless curiosity, as well as fantastic ground-breaking innovation in her work within the classical music sphere. She is someone who champions lesser-known composers with a focus on female composers who also deserve to have their names known.

Alexandra is a soloist who is in demand all over the world. Because of her wonderful talent, Alexandra has performed with several eminent orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra National de France, Oslo Philharmonic and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

This wonderful new performance is called A Child’s Dream. It is part if Alexandra’s 30th anniversary of her debut concerto. A Child’s Dream is going to be a magical and captivating anthology of beautiful piano pieces, and includes some that may never have been heard before mixed in with familiar ones – and all of them special and part of who Alexandra is. Alexandra will finish the program with Chopin’s 24 Preludes.

The program is as follows, and has been taken from the Sydney Opera House website:

EMMY SCHÄFER KLEIN No.1 The Child's Dream (Kindes traum) from Christmas Album Op.8
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/ALEXANDER SILOTI Prelude in B minor BWV 855a
MATHILDE BILBRO Valse
FLORENCE PRICE The Goblin and the Mosquito
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE Romance
LILI BOULANGER 3 Morceaux:
No.1 D’un Vieux Jardin
No.2 D’un Jardin Clair
No.3 Cortège
AMY BEACH No.6 Harlequin from Children's Carnival Op.25
MISSY MAZZOLI A Map of Laughter
HEITOR VILLA LOBOS No.7 O polichinelo from A prole do bebê No.1 W140
CLARA SCHUMANN No.2 Notturno from Soirées musicales Op.6
LEOKADIYA KASHPEROVA Songs without Words No.5
JAMES LEE III Humble Birth
CARL FILTSCH No.3 Mazurka in E? minor from Premières pensées musicales Op.3
GEORGE ENESCU No.3 Adagio from Suite No.1 for Piano Op.3
TUDOR CIORTEA Romanian Dance
- Interval –
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Preludes Op.28
No.1 in C major
No.2 in A minor
No.3 in G major
No.4 in E minor
No.5 in D major
No.6 in B minor
No.7 in A major
No.8 in F# minor
No.9 in E major
No.10 in C# minor
No.11 in B major
No.12 in G# minor
No.13 in F# major
No.14 in E minor
No.15 in D major
No.16 in B minor
No.17 in A major
No.18 in F minor
No.19 E major
No.20 in C minor
No.21 in B major
No.22 in G minor
No.23 in F major
No.24 in D minor

With

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite
Arrangements for the piano by Stepan Esipoff, Gavin Sutherland, Mikhail Pletnev, and Percy Grange


This wonderful performance takes place on the 16th of October at the Snow Concert Hall in Canberra.

Tickets will be as follows:

Premium: $115
A Reserve: $95
B Reserve: $75
C Reserve: $60

The link at the top of the article will have more details about the location.

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