Carnaval. A recital around Schumann's Carnaval, Op. 9 Matan Porat

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 1 Carnaval, Op. 9: I. Préambule 02:21
• Anonymous:
• 2 Master Raro: Préambule 00:38
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 3 Carnaval, Op. 9: II. Pierrot 01:44
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959):
• 4 Carnaval das crianças Brasileiras: A manha da Pierrette 01:24
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 5 Carnaval, Op. 9: III. Arlequin 00:41
• Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935): Ein Kinderspiel:
• 6 Ein Kinderspiel: Akiko / Arlequin 01:00
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733): Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, Vingt troisième Ordre:
• 7 Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, Vingt troisième Ordre: III. L'Arlequine 00:57
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): 3 Easy Pieces:
• 8 3 Easy Pieces: II. Valse 01:46
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 9 Carnaval: IV. Valse Noble 01:44
• Alexandre Scriabine (1872 - 1915): Feuillet d'Album, Op. 45:
• 10 Feuillet d'Album, Op. 45: No. 1 01:32
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 11 Carnaval, Op. 9: V. Eusebius 01:35
• Davidsbündlertänze op.6:
• 12 Davidsbündlertänze op.6: Frisch No. 15 01:34
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 13 Carnaval, Op. 9: VI. Florestan 01:06
• 14 Carnaval, Op. 9: VII. Coquette 01:36
• Jörg Widmann (b. 1973): Elf Humoresken:
• 15 Elf Humoresken: Intermezzo 01:06
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 16 Carnaval, Op. 9: VIII. Réplique 00:57
• Papillons op. 2:
• 17 Papillons op. 2: No. 2 00:29
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963):
• 18 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: II. Bal de jeunes filles 01:24
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 19 Carnaval, Op. 9: IX. Papillons 00:50
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76:
• 20 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: Intermezzo 01:58
• Robert Schumann: Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26:
• 21 Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26: Intermezzo 02:08
• Anonymous: Master Raro:
• 22 Master Raro: A.S.C.H-S.C.H.A 00:25
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 23 Carnaval, Op. 9: X. Lettres dansantes (A.S.C.H-S.C.H.A) 00:50
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
• 24 Lyric Pieces, Op. 62: I. Sylfide 01:24
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 25 Carnaval, Op. 9: XI. Chiarina 01:06
• Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896): Soirées Musicales, Op. 6:
• 26 Soirées Musicales, Op. 6: III. Mazurka 02:17
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 27 Carnaval, Op. 9: XII. Chopin 00:34
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849):
• 28 Etude No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. deest / 12. Chopin 01:55
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 29 Carnaval, Op. 9: XIII. Estrella 00:35
• György Kurtág (b. 1926): Játékok:
• 30 Játékok: Obstinate A Flat 00:47
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 31 Carnaval, Op. 9: XIV. Reconnaissance 01:35
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I:
• 32 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 847 01:24
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 33 Carnaval, Op. 9: XV. Pantalon et Colombine 01:02
• Anton Webern (1883 - 1945): Variationen, Op. 27:
• 34 Variationen, Op. 27: II. Sehr Schnell 00:33
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 35 Carnaval, Op. 9: XVI. Valse allemande 00:51
• Robert Schumann:
• 36 Concert Etude No. 1, Op. 10 after Paganini Caprices 02:07
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 37 Carnaval, Op. 9: XVII. Paganini 00:48
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007): Klavierstück:
• 38 Klavierstück: Valse allemande 01:05
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 39 Carnaval, Op. 9: XVIII. Aveu 01:11
• Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840 - 1893): 18 pieces, Op. 72:
• 40 18 pieces, Op. 72: IX. Un poco di Schumann 02:03
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 41 Carnaval, Op. 9: XIX. Promenade 02:24
• 42 Carnaval, Op. 9: XX. Pause 00:17
• Anonymous:
• 43 Master Raro: Pause 00:25
• Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:
• 44 Carnaval, Op. 9: XXI. Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins 03:54
• Total Runtime 58:02

Info for Carnaval. A recital around Schumann's Carnaval, Op. 9

Making his PCMS solo recital debut, Israeli-born Matan Porat presents Carnaval, a program based on Schumann’s masterpiece. Performed without intermission, this 65-minute concert intersperses Schumann’s 21 character pieces with short compositions by 19 different composers. All relate to the characters or the music of Schumann through motivic connections, riddles, or games. The result is an entirely new view of Carnaval.

Matan Porat, piano

Matan Porat’s
artistic activity encompasses a wide spectrum of work as a pianist and composer.

His varied concert programme includes J.S. Bach’s Six Partitas, ten Mozart concerti as well as Ives' monumental second sonata, "Concord." His debut CD, “Variations on a theme by Scarlatti” - a 65-minute program of pieces from Couperin to Boulez which relate to Scarlatti’s Sonata K. 32 - was recorded last year for the Mirare label.

Porat has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Barbican and Wigmore hall in London, and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Münchener Kammerorchester, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra and Israel Chamber Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician, Matan Porat has participated in many distinguished festivals including the Marlboro, Ravinia, Verbier, Salzburg and Delft Festivals. Other chamber appearances include performances with the Ysaÿe, Modigliani and Jerusalem Quartets, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Sharon Kam, Kim Kashkashian, Emmanuel Pahud, Dorothea Röschmann, Alisa Weilerstein and members of the Guarneri Quartet. Porat has toured with Peter Brook’s production of Mozart’s Magic Flute, in a experimental version for piano solo and seven singers.

Matan Porat studied with Emanuel Krasovsky, Maria João Pires and Murray Perahia. He obtained his Master’s degree from the Juilliard School. Winner of the 2009 Prime Minister Award for composers, Porat studied composition with Ruben Seroussi and George Benjamin.

Porat’s works have been commissioned by Maria João Pires, Kim Kashkashian, Elena Bashkirova and the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, as well as the Academy of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with premieres at the Montpellier, Schleswig-Holstein and Menuhin Gstaad Festivals. David Orlowsky’s CD, featuring Porat’s “Lux Aeterna,” won the ECHO award in 2011; Porat’s piece „Whaam!“, recorded by David Greilsammer for Sony, was released in 2012. Among his performed pieces are an opera, “Animal Farm”; a Requiem; a mandolin concerto; and a musical theatre trilogy for an actor and ensemble based on stories by Kafka, Orwell and Thomas Mann.

Highlights of Matan Porat's 2013/14 season include recital debuts at the Philharmonie in Berlin and Salle Gaveau in Paris, as well as appearances at the Rheingau Musikfestival, Musiktage Hitzacker and La Folle Journée in France and Japan. Premieres of his works will be given by such artists as Nicolas Altstaedt, Linus Roth, José Gallardo and the Academy of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

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