Wednesday 21 September 1.10pm
SCOTT BROTHERS DUO
Jonathan & Tom Scott (piano duo)
Programme
| Shostakovich | Concertino Op.94 |
| Lutoslawski | Paganini Variations |
| Rachmaninoff | Suite No.2 Op.17 |
Jonathan and Tom Scott make a welcome return to the Mid-days, opening the season with a programme of 20th century classics for two pianos. Shostakovich composed his brief Concertino in 1954 for him to play with his son Maxim. In typical fashion, the portentous opening is soon swept away in a flurry of light-hearted dialogue between the two instruments, much in style of his Festive Overture of the same year. The pianistic hi-jinks in Witold Lutoslawski's brief but effervescent Paganini Variations (1942) are a world away from Rachmaninov's expansive treatment of Paganini's ubiquitous theme. Jonathan and Tom end with one of Rachmaninov's finest early piano works, full of romantic melody and dancing rhythms.
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