Change of program

French pianist Lucas Debargue will appear before the Ostrava audience not only as a performer, but also as a composer. The program features Ravel’s “Jeux d’eau” and Sonatine, as well as Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 3. The second half of the evening will include Liszt’s Ballade in B minor and “Fountains of the Villa d’Este.” The concert will conclude with Debargue’s Twenty Concert Variations & Finale on Gershwin’s “Summertime,” presented in its Czech premiere.

ORIGINAL PROGRAM

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau (Fountains), Op. 30

Maurice Ravel
Sonatine, Op. 40

Gabriel Fauré
Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 32

Gabriel Fauré
Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor, Op. 101

Gabriel Fauré
Nocturne No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107

Gabriel Fauré
Impromptu No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 102

Gabriel Fauré
Valse-caprice (Capricious Waltz) No. 4 in A-flat major, Op. 62

Lucas Debargue
Suite in D minor

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

NEW PROGRAM

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau (Fountains), Op. 30

Maurice Ravel
Sonatine, Op. 40

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

/intermission/

Ferenc Liszt
Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171

Ferenc Liszt
Fountains of the Villa d’Este, from Années de Pèlerinage: Third Year, S. 163/4
(Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, Années de Pèlerinage: Troisième année)

Lucas Debargue
Twenty Concert Variations & Finale on Gershwin’s “Summertime” (Czech premiere)

I. Introduction
II. Theme
III. Variation 1: Tempestoso
IV. Variation 2: Tango
V. Variation 3: Scherzo
VI. Variation 4: Polonaise
VII. Variation 5: Féroce
VIII. Variation 6: Scintillante
IX. Variation 7: Nocturne
X. Variation 8: Marche funèbre
XI. Variation 9: Sicilienne
XII. Variation 10: Intermezzo
XIII. Variation 11: Reggae
XIV. Variation 12: Con fuoco
XV. Variation 13: Caccia
XVI. Variation 14: Choral
XVII. Variation 15: Toccatina
XVIII. Variation 16: Bossa Nova
XIX. Variation 17: Largo recitativo
XX. Variation 18: Teneramente
XXI. Variation 19: Fugue
XXII. Variation 20: Tarantella
XXIII. Finale: Alla marcia

PERFORMER

Lucas Debargue – piano

The solo concert career of French pianist Lucas Debargue was launched by his success at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015. Today, he collaborates with leading artists and performs on major stages worldwide.

Maurice Ravel’s celebrated piano piece Jeux d’eau (Fountains) from 1901 captivates with its almost pointillistic detail, in which rapid, dazzling cascades of notes evoke the flow of water.

Ravel’s three-movement Sonatine (1903–1905) offers a neoclassically clear piano sound inspired by the Baroque works of Rameau and Couperin, culminating in a brilliant final toccata.

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor (1897–1898), to which the composer later gave the subtitle “States of the Soul,” is distinguished by its almost symphonic conception, extraordinary technical demands, and a wide range of expressive nuance.

Liszt’s Ballade No. 2 in B minor ranks among the peaks of his piano output, combining virtuosity with a strong narrative line.

In Fountains of the Villa d’Este from Années de Pèlerinage: Third Year, Ferenc Liszt captures the play of water and light with remarkable sonic imagination.

As one of the few contemporary pianists who also composes, Lucas Debargue will present his Twenty Concert Variations & Finale on Gershwin’s “Summertime,” performed here in its Czech premiere.