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Sonata for Flute and piano, Op. 94
Sonata for Flute and piano, Op. 94
Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 94 was written in 1943, during a period of professional isolation and wartime displacement. Prokofiev began sketching the work in late 1942 while evacuated to the Caucasus and completed it in the summer of 1943 in Perm (then called Molotov) and Almaty. It was premiered on December 7, 1943, in Moscow by flautist Nikolai Kharkovsky and pianist Sviatoslav Richter.
In 1943, Prokofiev was evacuated far from the front lines of World War II. During this year, he was simultaneously working on the film score for Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible and his massive opera War and Peace. The Flute Sonata served as a "classical refuge": a work of lyricism and transparency composed in contrast to the heavy, dark themes of his war-related projects. Prokofiev stated that he wanted to write a piece in a "delicate, fluid classical style," to reclaim the Neoclassical elegance of his earlier Classical Symphony, but with the added emotional depth of his mature years.
Shortly after the premiere, the violinist David Oistrakh was so taken with the work that he persuaded Prokofiev to arrange it for violin. This version (Op. 94bis) became equally famous, often leading to confusion about which instrument the work was originally intended for.
Naoko Ishibashi (piano), 2017, live at JT Art Hall Recital in Tokyo
1. Moderato
Naoko Ishibashi (piano), 2017, live at JT Art Hall Recital in Tokyo
2. Scherzo: Presto
Naoko Ishibashi (piano), 2017, live at JT Art Hall Recital in Tokyo
4. Allegro con brio
Herin Sung (piano), 2020, Recorded at the Kumho Art Hall Yonsei
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Jacob Katsnelson (piano), 2015, Recorded at the Moscow State Conservatory.
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Gérard Wyss (piano), 1992
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Severin von Eckardstein (piano), 2019, live performance at the Delft Chamber Music Festival
1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo. Presto, 3. Andante, 4. Allegro con brio
Prokofiev Sergey
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century. He received his first piano lessons from his mother who later arranged his private tutoring with Reinhold Glière. At the age of 13 young boy was admitted to St.Petersburg Conservatory after impressing it's director Alexander Glazunov. His first ballet Chout (The Buffoon) made a great success in Paris in 1921 and was highly prized by Stravinsky and Ravel.
After living abroad for 18 years (since 1918 he resided in San Francisco, Bavarian Alps and Paris) he returned to Russia (Soviet Union) in 1936 where most of his latest commissions came from during economic downturn in US and Europe at that time: the ballet "Romeo and Juliet", symphonic fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf" etc.
During World War II Prokofiev composed opera War and Peace, based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel, ballet Cinderella, Fifth Symphony as well as music for films (including Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible").
Despite world's fame Sergey Prokofiev, along with Dmitry Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian and many others, were denounced as "formalists" by Soviet Politburo in 1948 which led to severe financial straits for Prokofiev. Even though Prokofiev's musical legacy is enormous (14 operas, 9 ballets, 7 symphonies and 16 orchestra suites etc) the Sonata for Flute is the only composition Prokofiev had written for flute.