疾うに夜半を過ぎて、外はしとしと雨模様である。寒くはない。物音ひとつしない静穏なしじま、珈琲を啜りつつ聴くにはピアノ音楽に如くはなさそうだ。
BBCのオン・デマンドでこのひとときに恰好のリサイタルを聴くことにしよう。
BBC Radio3 lunchtime Concert
at Wigmore Hall
13:00- Monday 01 October 2012
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II (1992)
Debussy: 12 Etudes
(encore)
Debussy: Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. from Préludes II
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, acclaimed Debussy
interpreter Noriko Ogawa performs all twelve of Debussy's
piano Études (studies), which the composer described as hiding
'rigorous technique behind flowers of harmony'. These Debussy
composed towards the end of his life in 1915 while he worked on
a new edition of Chopin's piano works. And to highlight Debussy's
feel for the Orient, Noriko Ogawa places Rain Tree Sketch II by
Japanese Toru Takemitsu at the start of her recital. Written in
homage to another great contributor to French Piano literature,
Olivier Messiaen, this short work whispers ethereally, the pianist
asked to render the music 'Celestially light'.