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| FRIDAY, July 17, at 7:30pm |
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| ILYA ITIN, piano
REBECCA LAZIER, choreography
SIMON MORRISON, lecture
PAUL MULDOON, narration
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| Prokofiev Evening |
| Pre-concert Lecture |
| Princeton University Prokofiev Scholar Simon Morrison, who restored the score of Music for Athletes with permission of the Sergei Prokofiev Estate and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, will introduce the work before its world premiere. |
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| Music for Athletes (World Premiere) |
| Ilya Itin |
piano |
| Rebecca Lazier |
choreography |
Peter and the Wolf
(Composer’s version for solo piano) |
| Ilya Itin |
piano |
| Paul Muldoon |
narrator |
Piano Sonata No. 7
Allegro inquieto
Andante caloroso
Precipitato
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| Ilya Itin |
piano |
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Simon Morrison, Professor of Music at Princeton University, is the foremost music historian on the life and work of Sergei Prokofiev. He has completed two comprehensive books, including recently The People’s Artist: Prokofiev’s Soviet Years.
Paul Muldoon is a renowned Pulitzer Prize winning poet and poetry editor at The New Yorker.
Ilya Itin “plays magnificently with all his body and soul: a very gifted pianist and musician.” (Le Figaro) |
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