Piano Concerto Op.14 No.2 by Nikolai Kapustin, Performed by Xander Benham and the HKU Jazz Orchestra
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- Piano Concerto Op.14 No.2 (1972) by Nikolai Kapustin (b.1937).
Introduction: 00:00
I: Allegro molto - 00:38
II: Andante - 07:10
III: Toccata (Vivace) - 13:02
For the first time in history Xander Benham performed The Netherlands Première of Nikolai Kapustin's Piano Concerto Op.14 No.2 (1972) with HKU Utrecht's Conservatory Jazz Orchestra conducted by Jos Schroevers.
Performed by Xander Benham and the HKU Utrecht's Conservatory Jazz Orchestra conducted by Jos Schroevers.
Performed on June 4 2019.
NETHERLANDS PREMIERE.
Xander Benham Pianist and Composer - / xanderbenhampianist
As written in the score text: "Juvenile concerto is a peculiar expression used to describe the first concertos by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and others. This was to signify that these works were written at a very young age. Although Kapustin's age at the time of the composition of his first two piano concertos (1961, 1972) was hardly youthful, this epithet could be applied to them too, since the important thing is not the composer's physical age, but his level of inexperience. When he now looks through the score of the second concerto, the thought that invariably comes to his mind is "How could I write the piano part in such a clumsy way? And why is the harmonisation so straightforward, without any spark of ingenuity?" But when he listens to the recordings, his attitude becomes more tolerant, even favourable: the simple fact is that since that time the style of his music has become very different."
"How did Kapustin decide to write another piano concerto (there are six of them now)? When he was still working in the big band led by Oleg Lundstrem, three themes occurred to him: the secondary theme of the first movement, the melody of the andante, and the rondo refrain (from the finale). In addition he was eager to try writing for strings for the first time, not just for big band as before. He realised his plan slightly later, when he was already working in the State Radio Orchestra and had both big band and string instruments at his disposal."
"The composition of this concerto was the reason he was admitted to the Union of Soviet Composers; later, in 1980, he even performed it in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow."
"The concerto has three traditional movements: a sonata allegro, a three-part andante, and a rondo which sounds like a perpetuum mobile, although the solo part has many pauses (it can also be thought of as a toccata). The first and last parts of the andante have a peculiar metre: although it is the standard 8/8, the way these eight beats are subdivided is rather uncommon: 3-2-3."
Audio and Video recorded by Tijmen de Vries and Filipe Pipi.
Thanks goes to the Conductor Jos Schroevers, Pianist and composer Henry Kelder and The HKU Jazz orchestra.
Your Pianist,
Xander Benham.
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phenomenal playing
Amazing! Rest in peace composer Nikolai Kapustin... Your music in our hearts forever...
RIP I am teaching one of his sonatas these days. An amazing composer! And you brought out his style very well! 👍
Incredibly performance and great music.
this is brilliant
I am a big fan of Kapustin, this is fantastic performance. You understand his music!
Love this, amazing!
Nathan Blore thanks man I hope you’re doing well.
Pianist Xander Benham yes mate all is great, hope the same! Long time since Italy now 🎼
Arrg. Great music, great performance, but the video drives me crazy with the constantly changing camera angles. Ended up just listening.
I had to check if I haven't left the speed gauge at 0.5x but OK
Yes this is under tempo in the first and third mvt. This was both an interpretative choice and due to the time in preparing for this concert but thank you very much for watching.
but you could also watch at 1.25x speed : )
@@xanderbenhampianistcomposer i think the slower speed gives it a different and unique angle!
Awesome work, but the third movement feels so slow... I put the video on 1.25x speed to get it up to Kapustin's tempo - th-cam.com/video/6jNEeJo16R0/w-d-xo.html.