DACAMERA: Solzhenitsyn & Prokofiev – The War Years (on-demand until 2/16/2021)
Free (Free (reservation required))
Sergei Prokofiev — Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major Op. 84
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano
Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84
In the intimate Menil Collection, renowned pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn performs two of Sergei Prokofiev’s monumental sonatas, written after the composer’s return home to Stalinist Russia following 18 years of exile. Solzhenitsyn joins Sarah Rothenberg in a post-concert discussion about growing up Russian in Vermont, the life and career of Prokofiev, and the life and work of the pianist’s father. Alexander Solzhenitsyn was the Nobel prize-winning author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the historic publication that revealed life in the Stalinist gulag to the western world.
The broadcast will take place at 7pm Central / 5pm Pacific.
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