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A CONCERT IN CELEBRATION OFITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH

"FROM RUSSIA TO ITALY" WITH

CELLIST DR. FRANCESCO MASTROMATTEO & PIANIST DR. CHRISTINA WRIGHT-IVANOVA

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH 2014 - 7:30 P.M.ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH - 24 CLARK STREET NORTH END, BOSTON

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:OUR EVENING BEGINS IN RUSSIA IN 1949, WHERE WE ARE TAKEN ON AN EPIC JOURNEY THROUGH SERGEI PROKOFIEV’S CELLO SONATA. THE VARYING COLORS AND CHARACTERS INCLUDE HONEST LYRICISM AS WELL AS SHARP IRONY, AND

ENHANCE THE OVERALL DIALOGUE BETWEEN CELLO AND PIANO. THE NEXT PIECE ON THE PROGRAM, STRAVINSKY’S ‘SUITE ITALIENNE’ (1932), IS BASED ON WORKS FROM HIS BALLET ‘PULCINELLA’. STRAVINSKY TOOK WORKS FROM THE ITALIAN COMPOSER PERGOLESI AND REWORKED THEM INTO HIS OWN CREATION. FINALLY, WE ARRIVE IN ITALY AND

ENJOY THE END OF THE EVENING WITH ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES BY THE OPERATIC MASTER COMPOSER, GIOACCHINO ROSSINI, AND ARRANGED BY PAGANINI.