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Performing as soloist, Prokofiev premiered this "No. 2" in Paris on 8 May 1924 with Serge Koussevitzky conducting. It is dedicated to the memory of Maximilian Schmidthof, a friend of Prokofiev's at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory , who had committed suicide in April 1913 [ 1 ] after having written a farewell letter to Prokofiev.
[1] [2] Prokofiev dedicated the work to his friend and fellow student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Maximilian Schmidthof, who committed suicide in 1913. [3] Concert pianist Boris Berman has said of this sonata that it 'covers a huge emotional range: from Romantic lyricism to aggressive brutality'.
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In his notes accompanying the full set of recordings of Prokofiev's sonatas by Boris Berman, David Fanning states the following: . Whether the restrained, even brooding quality of much of the Fourth Sonata relates in any direct way to Schmidthof's death is uncertain, but it is certainly striking that the first two movements both start gloomily in the piano's low register.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Maximilian Schmidt (25 February 1832 Eschlkam – 8 December 1919 Munich) ...
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