PALMGREN I : TRADITION LÄHTEILLÄ / REDISCOVERING PIANISTIC TRADITION – February 11th, 2020

11.2.2020 SIBELIUS-AKATEMIAN KONSERTTISALI

Daniel Nyblin, valokuvaaja. 1898. WSOY S II, 165. (Enckell, Magnus: Konsertti, 1898) CC BY-SA 3.0
Kansallisgallerian arkistokokoelmat, finna.fi

Pianisten Henrik Järvi trampar upp igenvuxna stigar i Selim Palmgrens fotspår

Henrik Järvi slår ett slag för att uppmärksamma en av 1900-talets tongivande profiler, pianisten och tonsättaren Selim Palmgren.

Pianomusik

Henrik Järvi

Palmgren I: Vid traditionens källor. Doktorskonsert i Sibelius-Akademins konsertsal 11.2.

My artistic doctoral degree examines the substantial pianistic output of Selim Palmgren (1878-1951). I will deepen our understanding on Palmgren as a piano composer and analyze the skill and the esthetic knowledge in his composition. I will explore the origins of the Finnish pianistic tradition and evaluate its substance and development. Furthermore, I will consider the significance of pianistic tradition in present day musical culture.

In my first doctoral concert I will introduce Palmgren’s teachers and their pianistic backgrounds. The pianistic environment around Palmgren is being displayed. The same milieu provided the settings for the development of Finnish pianistic tradition. The pianistic language of Palmgren was being inspired and supported by continental European pianistic tradition. His compositions provide a pathway between national and continental pianistic traditions.

The doctoral concert cycle is formed of five concerts. The second concert will focus on Palmgren’s chef d’oeuvre, the 24 Preludes and the Spring op. 27. I will reflect my interpretation of the Preludes on the historical interpretation by Tapani Valsta. In the third doctoral concert I will compare Palmgren’s pianistic creation with Schumann, Liszt, Albeniz and Bartók. The themes in my fourth concert are Lied and the Nordic influence. In the last, final concert I will examine the transformation of Palmgren’s musical style and the reformation of the Finnish pianistic tradition.

Ohjelma / Programme

Theodor Kullak (1818-1882): Im Grünen op. 105 1 Allegro vivace

Salomon Jadassohn (1831-1902): Vier Phantasiestücke op. 131

1 Romanze
2 Einsam

Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924): Ballade fis-moll op. 85

Henryk Melcer (1869-1928): Morceau fantastique

Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924): Soirée de Vienne op. 56

*** väliaika / intermission ***

Bach-Ekman: Preludi ja fuuga uruille (sov. piano) c-molli BWV 549

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924): Finnische Ballade op. 33b

Erkki Melartin (1875-1937): Variationen und Fuge op. 2
Tema - Quasi andante - Allegro - Andante cantabile - Allegro vivace - Allegro energico - Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco - Berceuse - Duetto - Lento misterioso - Fuge - Molto meno mosso

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951): Pianokappaleet op. 1

1 Prélude
2 Illusion
3 Etude
4 Valse-caprice

KÄSIOHJELMATEKSTI, PAINA TÄSTÄ