Prokofiev

Germans advance into Stalingrad.

 

Friday, 20 November 2020

AIR Goa FM Siesta Time, 

2.30 p.m. -3 p.m. Western Classical Music

https://onlineradiofm.in/goa/panaji/fm-rainbow
 
Featuring: 

Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B Flat major, Opus 83
Duration: 21: 07 minutes
1942
 
First performed: Moscow 1943

Third movement: Precipitato (Click)  

Pianist: Yuja Wang
Germany 2017

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This is a war sonata – also known as ‘Stalingrad.’ It was inspired by the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II, between Nazi German and Soviet troops in and around Stalingrad on the river Volga in 1942-43.
 
Prokofiev’s 6^th, 7^th and 8^th sonatas are known as war sonatas. All were composed concurrently. Sonata number 7 depicts the desolation and anxiety of the war years, and Russia under the dictatorship of Stalin. The themes are echoed in the dissonant sounds of the first movement; the beguiling warmth of the second; and the pounding immediacy of the third.
 
The movements are:
I.                     Allegro inquieto (7.34 mins.)
II.                   Andante caloroso (6.32 mins)
III.                 Precipitato (3.18 mins.)
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Notes by RJ Brian Mendonca; pic courtesy warfarehistorynetwork(dot)com