IVO POGORELIĆ, Piano

Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971

Robert Schumann: Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet before Parting (The Last Farewell) from Ten Piano Pieces from the Ballet Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

 

For many a year now, the Zagreb audience has been privileged to experience an evening with Ivo Pogorelić at Lisinski Hall every season. One of the lessons learned from that experience is that there are no repetitions in Pogorelić's interpretations. The music pieces that he revisits, whether after several years or several decades, are presented to us in a new light each time, like familiar landscapes in different seasons.

 

What we are in for this season is an exciting reunion with Robert Schumann's Carnival Scenes from Vienna and two pieces by Sergei Prokofiev: the Romeo and Juliet before Parting scene from the ballet of the same name and the Sonata No. 6 in A major. In addition to that, we are also in for a special excitement – a premiere in Ivo Pogorelić’s concert repertoire. After a long time, he will revisit the foundations of European classical music and piano literature, Johann Sebastian Bach's Italian Concerto. If any pianist today can present this well‑known and beloved baroque piece in such a way that we experience it as completely new, composed just for that wonderful evening in Lisinski Hall, then it is Ivo Pogorelić.