The Piano Diaries: with Nicole Linaksita
Three Introspective Sunset Piano Recitals performed by Nicole Linaksita in three East Van parks.
Recital 1: August 12, 2021: Sunnyside Park, 7:30 pm.
Recital 2: August 13, 2021: Pandora Park, 7:30 pm.
Recital 3: August 14, 2021: MacLean Park, 7:30 pm.
Program:
Dear Nicole Linaksita, thank you for being here with us today to share your music. We have a few questions for you before you begin!
As the first piece on the program, can you share with us a piece of music that brings you a sense of joy or even laughter?
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1 (Mvt 1, Allegro-Vivace) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
What about a piece of music that encapsulates your 2020-2021 pandemic experience?
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff , transcribed by Earl Wild (1943, 1990)
Throughout your years studying the piano and performing music professionally, is there a piece of music that you keep coming back to for a special reason?
Étude No. 6 in D minor 'Esercizio per pianoforte, Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti' by Marc-André Hamelin (1992)
What about a piece that perhaps you didn’t like at first but that grew on you with time?
Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26 by Samuel Barber (1949)
It’s been a tough 17 months, and we’ve all used music or art in some sort of way to escape our present-day circumstances. Is there a piece of music that takes you far away?
Du und Du, Op.367 (Strauss Jr., Johann) Arranged for piano solo (Dohnányi). "Thou and Thou" (1928)
Read more about Nicole Linaksita’s biography here.
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