If the golden top she wore was flamboyant, her playing was the exact opposite: poetic and playful, with flashes of power and drama reserved for the most deserving moments.
The programme was divided into two halves. The first part reflected the extremes of 19th-century German piano music, while the second featured the pinnacle of piano music by French composer Maurice Ravel.
Choosing to open the concert with short pieces by Felix Mendelssohn, it was as though Rana took a selection of his Songs Without Words (a standalone genre that the Mendelssohn siblings created) and two scherzos, coherently arranging them into a wordless song cycle for piano.
この記事は The Straits Times の November 02, 2024 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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