Motiejs Bazars (piano, harpsichord)
The concert is attended by:
Mykolas Bazaras (piano)
Arkadij Gotesman (percussion)
Academic structure and experiment, classical tonality and the search for new harmony, restraint and humor, local influence and curious explorations of world music cultures, classics and rock - these are brilliantly compatible opposites in the works of one of the most significant composers of our time, György Ligeti. The composer, who turns 100 years old this year, is an innovative creator, like a separate era that lasted longer than the entire 20th century. the second half, setting new standards in every musical direction he touched.
The new standards and contrasting connections of G. Ligeti's music will be revealed in the gathering of three musicians - Motiejs and Mykolas Bazars and Arkadius Gotesmans with Motiejs Bazars at the forefront. As a pianist who, like G. Ligeti, constantly expands the circle of musical interests and competences in his creative and scientific activities, playing in jazz, rock and other style groups, participating in festivals and musical projects, arranging and composing, delving into the interaction of academic and non-academic music.
Synthesis of styles or new style? To show the versatility of the composer, the music invites listeners to answer this question themselves, presenting a wide range of G. Ligeti's work. The sound cycle "Musica Ricercata", with which the composer sought to establish an individual compositional style ex nihilo, early creative attempts will be reflected in 5 pieces for piano for 4 hands. Motiejus Bazaras will continue the tests and experiments as a harpsichordist, interpreting G. Ligeti's works for harpsichord "Hungarian Rock" and "Continuum", which opened up new possibilities for the instrument and brought its sound closer to noise music.
The focus of the concert is Ligeti's etudes for piano (1985-2001), considered the first and perhaps the most valuable example of the piano etude genre in the 20th century. in the second half. The composer, by changing and deforming the established norms and prejudices related to the etude genre, turned it into an unheard of art and expanded the horizon of themes, in which images of infinity are expressed by various means, ideas, especially rhythmic ones, are drawn from non-European musical cultures and mathematical-geometrical theories, inspiration of many originates from jazz music or even specific playing manners of jazz performers, experimental performance methods are tested, trying to get a sound close to sonorism from the piano. The concert will be crowned by an unexpected duo improvising on the themes of G. Ligeti's etudes - Motiejus Bazaras and Arkadijus Gotesmanas.
György Ligeti. Musica Ricercata (1951-1953):
I. Sostenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
III. Allegro con spirito
IV. Tempo di valse (poco vivace – « à l'orgue de Barbarie »)
V. Rubat. Lamentos
VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
VII. Cantabile, molto legato
VIII. Vivace. Energetic
IX. (Béla Bartók in Memoriam) Adagio. Mesto - Allegro maestoso
X. Vivace. Capriccioso
XI. (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo
György Ligeti. 5 pieces for piano for 4 hands:
1. Induló (March). Allegro (1942)
2. Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Etude). Allegro comodo (1943)
3. Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances) (1950)
A kapuban a szekér (The carriage is already at the gate). Allegro
Hopp ide tisztán (Hey, beautiful, come here). Andantino
Csángó forgós (Spinner). Allegro
4. Sonatina (1950)
Allegro
Andante
Vivace
5. Allegro (1943)
György Ligeti. Hungarian Rock (1978)
György Ligeti. Continuum (1968)
PART II
György Ligeti. Etudes for piano (1985-2001) from Books One and Two:
Désordre (Disorder)
Cordes à vide (Loose strings)
Touches bloquées (Blocked keys)
Fanfares
Arc-en-ciel (Rainbow)
Automne à Varsovie (Autumn in Warsaw)
Galamb Borong
Fem (Metal)
Vertige (Dizziness)
Zauberlehrling (Sorcerer's Apprentice)
En Suspens (Unknown)
Entrelacs (Ornament)
L'escalier du diable (The Devil's Staircase)
