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Celestial Navigation: Pavel Kolesnikov at Aldeburgh

At the Aldeburgh Festival, pianist Pavel Kolesnikov plays a selection of works as a paean to American visual artist Joseph Cornell, including music by Couperin, Ad猫s and Schubert.

Ian Skelly introduces a concert from Snape Maltings, as part of this year's Aldeburgh Festival, in which pianist Pavel Kolesnikov plays a collection of pieces as a paean to the American visual artist Joseph Cornell.

Entitled "Celestial Navigation", this is Kolesnikov鈥檚 elegy to Cornell, a great magician among artists. Ever since he discovered his work he has been engrossed by it 鈥� tender, mysterious and joyful, always ropewalking between fanciful vagueness and precision. Cornell has been a profound inspiration for Kolesnikov鈥檚 own attempts to make soundscapes and sound worlds from found musical objects. In his art work Celestial Navigation, Cornell invokes the myths, images, and theories once used to explain the predictable yet baffling patterns of the night sky. The boxed objects present an ordered, though perhaps not entirely knowable, universe.

In this concert, Kolesnikov plays a constellation of pieces by Messiaen, Chopin, Ravel and Couperin, as well as Thomas Ad猫s鈥� Darknesse Visible and Schubert鈥檚 Four Impromptus, illuminated in the concert hall by interplanetary projections and lighting.

Francois Couperin - Pavane in F sharp minor
Olivier Messiaen - Regard de l鈥櫭﹖oile
Fryderyk Chopin - Nocturne in D flat, Op.27'6
Olivier Messiaen - La colombe
Fryderyk Chopin - Nocturne in E minor, Op.72'1
Olivier Messiaen - Pr茅lude (1964)
Fryderyk Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.posth
Maurice Ravel - Une barque sur l'ocean [Miroirs]
Thomas Ad猫s - Darknesse Visible

During the interval, Ian Skelly chats to Pavel Kolesnikov about his love of Joseph Cornell's art, and we hear excerpts from Cornell's own extensive record collection, plus Mary Chapin Carpenter's tribute in song to the reclusive artist.

Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus

Presented by Ian Skelly

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Tue 13 Jun 2023 19:30
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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Pavane in F sharp minor

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat, Op.27 no.2

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Regard de l'茅toile

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor, Op.72 no.1

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    La colombe

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.27 no.1

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Pr茅lude (1964)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'oc茅an (from 'Miroirs')

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Darknesse Visible

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    Ideas Are Like Stars

    Singer: Mary Chapin Carpenter.

  • Franz Schubert

    Four Impromptus, D.935

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Michel Corrette

    Les Etoiles (from Suite no.3 in F major)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Farruca (The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No 2)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Milos - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E major TWV.53: E1

    Ensemble: Florilegium. Director: Ashley Solomon.
    • Telemann - Concertos & cantata Ihr Volker Hort - Florilegium.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 1-4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Jun 2023 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3