"Hope and doubt, spirituality, and worldliness, and it's this ambivalence that, I think, gives his music its great humanity."
"Whenever I hear Bach, I always feel like my soul opens it's music that lifts us up and always, even in its darkest moments exhibits confidence and a basic trust that the world is good and meaningful the way it is Bach's music can give us strength and solace."
Nosrati talks about Bach in the clip. This is not only about Bach but her humanity connects to her program on her debut recital at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall. She was so symphonic, with dramatic dynamics and temps on these,
J. S. BACH Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
HAYDN Fantasia in C Major
ALKAN Symphony for Solo Piano from 12 Etudes in All the Minor Keys, Op. 39
In her play, her mentor, Barenboim's Dynamics, and Schiff's clarity came to me at the same time as if they were playing together and more such her gifted humanity projected her vision through the works.
It was incredible. I have never felt the sound feeling in the passage and harmonies that she created. Those are not the amount of volume or her technique, but her innermost connection to Beethoven, for example, how she produces the beginning of the Pastoral sound, how she feels Haydon's evenness of tremolo, and Her unlimited curiosity about Alkan's Piano Symphony. I saw the full concert Steinway was shaking at Weill Recital Hall first time, but again, that was not how loud but how deeply she generated her art.
She gifted us two Encores,
ALKAN Barcarolle from Troisième recueil de chants, Op. 65, No. 6
HAYDN Finale (Presto) from Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI: 52
After Alkan, those two sounded like Symphonic works, all instruments had resonated inside of me.
11.13.2023 at Weill Recital Hall
Symphonic Artist, Schaghajegh Nosrati, Carnegie Debut 11.13.2023 by classicasobi
