The Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, conducted by Antonio Pappano with Kirill Gerstein at the piano, is the protagonist of these three evenings that offer us the Concert for piano and orchestra by Thomas Adés, The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas and the symphonic poem Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.
Thomas Adés's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, composed in 2018, was commissioned to the British composer by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for the Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein who also sits at the piano on this occasion. Conducted in 2019 by the composer himself in the world première at the Symphony Hall in Boston, it was received with great enthusiasm by both audiences and critics. The symphonic poem L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), composed in 1897, is the transposition into music of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ballad of the same name, Der Zauberlehrling, written about one hundred years earlier. It is Dukas' most famous and represented work, so much so that it was used in the animated film Fantasia, produced by Walt Disney in 1941, which made it famous even to the general public. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) op.30 is one of Richard Strauss's best-known symphonic poems. Composed in 1896, it is inspired by the homonymous work by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and is divided into nine sections played with only three defined pauses: Strauss gave the name to the different parts based on some chapters of Nietzsche's work.
Recognized for his prodigious technique and original interpretation, the Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein is certainly one of the most talented musicians of recent years. In 2010 he received the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award and the Avery Fisher Career Grant and currently collaborates with major European orchestras.
Photo credits: courtesy of Kirill Gerstein official site
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