L’Opzione astratta

At Arzignano, from 1946 to 1955, the electromechanical industrialist Antonio Pellizzari, also a good musician and conductor, organised several series of early and contemporary music concerts for the purposes of offering culture to his workers both in his factory and in the local Teatro Sociale. The concerts were also attended by Veneto music-lovers, renowned artists and intellectuals, including the painter Santomaso, who dedicated two paintings to the theme of the Arzignano Concerts: one, shown at the exhibition Giuseppe Santomaso and the abstract option, has the name Stravinsky inscribed in brackets. This painting refers historically to Igor Stravinsky’s concerto for two solo pianos performed at Arzignano by the Gorini-Lorenzi piano duo. The Giorgio Cini Foundation Institute of Music has now made a cd of this historic performance, based on the original sound recording and dedicated to Gorini, Lorenzi and Bagnoli. The concerto for two solo pianos was composed by Stravinsky in several stages: at Voreppe in 1931 (first movement) and Paris in 1934 (Nocturne) and 1935 (third and fourth movements, four variations and prelude and fugue). The work was first performed by Stravinsky himself and his son, his double, Soulima, at the Salle Gaveau, Paris, on 21 November 1935.

L’OPZIONE ASTRATTA

Igor Stravinsky
Concerto per due pianoforti soli

Gian Francesco Malipiero
Omaggio a Belmonte

Dmitry Sostakovic
Concertino op. 24 per due pianoforti

Bela Bartok
Sonata per due pianoforti e percussioni

Gino Gorini, Sergio Lorenzi, Eugenio Bagnoli Pianoforte
Leonida Torrebruno, Antonio Striano Percussioni
Orchestra da camera del teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Dir. Ettore Gracis
Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Roma
Dir. Nino Sanzogno

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