Join us for second recital of the WRITE OFF THE KEYBOARD Free Noon Hour Series!

The month of November features RACHMANINOFF: Preludes of the North on Thursday, November 6th at 12noon. Join us in the St. Lawrence Centre's Bluma Appel Lobby for this free, one-hour performance. Six of Rachmaninoff's piano preludes are performed, complemented by the Three Preludes of 2003 and selections from a new cycle: "Sunplanes."

'Preludes of the North' explores the remarkable genre of the piano prelude, as heard through the pen of formidable Russian composer-pianist: Sergei Rachmaninoff. Undoubtedly influenced by Frederic Chopin's seminal 24 Preludes, Op. 28, Rachmaninoff's own set of twenty-four synthesize a gelid northern atmosphere. These unmistakably icy soundscapes are dramatic and darkly-hued, offering wondrous narratives through an impressive range of emotional states. In juxtaposition to these late romantic works, more recent northern preludes - from our country's own vantage point - round out the programme.

Admission is FREE

Adam Sherkin, solo piano

Programme:

Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op.32 Nos. 7 - 11, Op.23, No.4

Sherkin: Sunplanes, Nos.1-3 2014

Sherkin: Three Preludes 2003

World premiere

Steingraeber & Sohne piano provided courtesy of J.D. Grandt Piano Supply Company, a division of Piano House Inc. in Richmond Hill.

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