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The Witching Hour


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Daria Vasileva full profile / Solo Piano / 1 musician


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Pianist Daria Vasileva leads you through an hour of witches, drowned lovers, restless spirits, and demons who dance until dawn.

The program begins beneath the water with Chopin's Ballade, often linked to tales of nymphs who lure their lovers into the depths. From there come several of Medtner's Fairy Tales, two scenes from Yarullin's Tatar ballet Shurale (a forest demon and the dance of the shaitan and the fire witch), and a serenade from Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death. The night ends with Scriabin's visionary Ninth Sonata, the "Black Mass." A few more surprises are waiting along the way!


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