{"id":5282,"date":"2019-06-25T08:52:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=5282"},"modified":"2019-06-25T08:52:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T07:52:35","slug":"images-in-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=5282","title":{"rendered":"Images in Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Painters\u2019 easels link arms with the grand piano to interpret together great Russian pictorial music.\u00a0 Three artists will paint new work to the inspiration of a pianist performing live, to create a fascinating next International Interview Concert on Sunday July 7.<\/p>\n

When pianists Anna Bulkina (Russia) and Francesco Comito (Italy) bring their rare \u2018Images in Sound\u2019 concert of simultaneous music and painting, St Paul\u2019s Worthing will become an enlarged (though tidier!) art studio. The audience will sit in the Interview Concerts\u2019 signature layout In The Round, guaranteeing a close-up, connective experience for everyone, and an intimate mutual sharing.<\/p>\n

Anna and Francesco\u2019s choice of music ensures a brilliantly evocative atmosphere for creativity: two suites for solo piano \u2013 Mussorgsky\u2019s famous \u2018Pictures at an Exhibition\u2019 and Rachmaninov\u2019s kaleidoscopic \u2018\u00c9tudes-Tableaux Opus39\u2019. It won\u2019t be revealed until the concert who will play which, but when the painters show their individual results at the end of each piece, and all participants are interviewed, the audience will witness three additional responses to the music.<\/p>\n

Modest Mussorgsky visits the posthumous exhibition of his friend Viktor Hartmann and places the listener in front of 10 named pictures. They are of buildings, places, objects, creatures, legends, women and children in Russian, Polish and French culture \u2013 including The Gnome, The Old Castle, Baba Yaga and Kiev\u2019s Great Gate of Heroes. Many lovers of \u2018Pictures at an Exhibition\u2019 trace their introduction back to rock progressives Emerson Lake & Palmer\u2019s vigorous and daring 1971 version.<\/p>\n

Contrastingly, Sergei Rachmaninov names none of his nine \u2018picture studies\u2019. He was reacting to visual stimuli but he wanted the audience \u2018to paint their own pictures\u2019 of what they sounded like. Down the decades, popular thought relates two to seascapes and one to the story (and demise) of Little Red Riding Hood.<\/p>\n

To hear a Russian pianist performing something as synonymous as this of their own musical heritage is a compelling prospect. That, of course, will be Anna, from Rostov, who at the keys displays a striking, deep intensity and involvement. Yet Francesco is an Italian with an affinity and empathy for things Russian, which will work illuminatingly alongside his sensitive and passionate native temperament.<\/p>\n

Pianists lacking the technical ability do not risk performing these two hugely demanding suites, and those who safely do would hesitate to attempt both in the same programme.<\/p>\n

Neither will the painters be revealed until the day. They will include established talents and newcomers but to know their styles in advance would make the event predictable. That is something the Interview Concerts are not.<\/p>\n

Meeting the musicians and artists in conversation about themselves and their work could never be \u2013 and audience questions are included \u2013 but things unexpected and interactive concerning the music is also what the audiences come for.<\/p>\n

Anna and Francesco will arrive direct from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Piano Competition and The Interview Concerts education initiative, with Worthing Community Chest funding, will be taking them into three Worthing primary schools to give their presentation of music and fairy tales.<\/p>\n

Seating for \u2018Images in Sound\u2019 is unreserved, doors open at 3.30pm. The artists\u2019 work will be on display and for sale, as will Anna Bulkina\u2019s CD \u2018Suggestions\u2019. Tickets are available in person (cash only) at \u2018Henry House\u2019 and \u2018Anchored in Worthing\u2019, on online at seetickets.com<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.seetickets.com\/event\/-images-in-sound-interview-concert\/st-paul-s-worthing\/1392397<\/a><\/p>\n

More info at the \u2018Images in Sound\u2019 event page for more info: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/652106135236337\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Explore the International Interview Concerts: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheInterviewConcerts\/posts<\/a><\/p>\n

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