9 December 2007
“PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION”
Romantic Russian Music
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Lauren Skuce, sopranoJennifer Frautschi, violin
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
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Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1, in F MinorRachmaninov Art Songs
Mussorgsky “Pictures at an Exhibition”
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In June of 1994, Albert Fuller and I attended England’s Aldeburgh Festival to hear Pedja Muzijevic play “Pictures at an Exhibition.”Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" autograph score
Helicon’s first Symposium exploring the deeply expressive Russian repertoire features Pedja’s interpretation of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece with works by his countrymen, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Prokofiev returned to the USSR in 1936 and shortly thereafter began work on a violin sonata that would take him eight years to complete. It was premiered by David Oistrakh with whom Prokofiev collaborated to ensure the virtuosic demands of the solo part suited the violin.
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
To perform Rachmaninov’s lush art songs, Helicon welcomes the award-winning soprano, Lauren Skuce, whose singing was recently praised in The New York Times as “bright and agile, becoming brilliantly liquid and sexy in the high register.”
Lauren Skuce, soprano
THE HELICON FOUNDATION
James Roe, Artistic Director
William A. Simon, President
Albert Fuller, Founder
James Roe, Artistic Director
William A. Simon, President
Albert Fuller, Founder
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