150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel dedicated to a concert in Moscow

“The Swiss watchmaker among composers,” his colleagues called Maurice Ravel. Perhaps the combination of mechanical precision and childlike immediacy he retained throughout his life created his unique style. The 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel was dedicated to a concert in Moscow by Valery Gergiev and Denis Matsuev. The famous works of the French composer, as well as his contemporaries, were performed. Reporting by Jennette Arlt. The program is large in duration and saturation, finely built stylistically and conceptually. The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, led by Valery Gergiev, opens the evening with Maurice Ravel’s Waltz, a choreographic poem. As defined by the genre of the composition by the composer himself. Maurice Ravel admired Sergei Diaghilev’s troupe and his Russian Seasons. For them, both the Waltz and the ballet Daphnis and Chloe are written, the suite from which sounds in the concert. The mastery of timbre and rhythmic dramaturgy of the French composer is drawn by musicians in the famous Bolero, which has become a symbol of musical hypnosis. "Music from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe, and the famous Bolero, and Ravel's Waltz, a brilliant choreographic poem." It's a theatrical piece. A man wrote so that one day it would be put up. Let’s hope that the 150th anniversary of Ravel is a good reason to pay serious attention, to express his respect, admiration for his brilliant work, said conductor, People’s Artist of Russia Valery Gergiev. After Ravel the music of his contemporaries: written in one year "Sacred Spring" by Igor Stravinsky and the Second Piano Prokofiev. “This is a lump that I have been approaching for many years. I learned it exactly 10 years ago at the request of Valery Gergiev. He convinced me that (this is his quote) says, as if it were written for you, this concert. He always told me that. And when I played him for the first time in Munich, it was one of the happiest days of my life because it was my dream. It was my dad's dream that passed away a few days ago. I think that today he will hear this concert, because we did it with him, as well as the entire repertoire that I have today, said the pianist, People’s Artist of Russia Denis Matsuev. All three - Ravel, Prokofiev and Stravinsky - wrote music for Sergei Diaghilev's Russian Seasons. They worked in the era of stylistic change. These works were received by the public and critics ambiguously, and some premieres were accompanied by scandal. These three composers and these golden works have revolutionized twentieth-century thinking and said goodbye to romanticism. We have witnessed new music, said Ilya Repenak, Artistic Director of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. Each of the composers gave their individuality to the new music: Ravel’s French sophistication, Stravinsky’s avant-garde rebellion and Prokofiev’s Russian “barbarism” influenced the sound of all music of the twentieth century. These contrasts excite and delight musicians and listeners today.

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