Progetto Martha Argerich

italiano

Works

Yevgeniy Sharlat

Sonata 2008 (commissioned by the Gilmore Keyboard Festival and written for Christopher Falzone - World Premiere)

 

Yevgeniy Sharlat was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1977. He majored in violin, piano, and music theory at the Academy of Moscow Conservatory. After immigrating to the United States in 1994, he studied composition at the Juilliard Pre-College, Curtis Institute of Music (B.M.) and Yale University (M.M., D.M.A.). The composer on his Sonata, written for Christopher Falzone and commissioned by the Gilmore Keyboard Festival: “The sonata is tonal through and through. Thankfully, the tonal language, like a myth from antiquity, is a gift that keeps on giving. And speaking of myths, if the listener feels compelled to discern some general narrative in this abstract work, he/she could use as a metaphor any of the ancient fallen heroes, like Phaëthon and Icarus. The most prominent gesture in the piece is that of descent, gradual or rapid. Given that the physical limitations of the keyboard make a perpetual fall impossible, most of the intervening passages strive to overcome gravity, thus creating the necessary tension that precedes the release of a freefall. The sonata is cast in three movements – ‘Etude-tableau’, ‘Intermezzo’, and ‘Chaconne’, with the latter acting as a dramatic centerpiece that encapsulates the entire work (capable of standing alone). It is cyclic, i.e. the motivic connections run through all the parts”.

1. Etude-Tableau
2. Intermezzo
3. Chaconne

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