Performers
Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Juraj Valčuha conductor
Jozef Chabroň choirmaster
Roberto Cominati piano
Program
Claude Debussy
Images pour orchestre. Part 2. Ibéria
Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky (cantata), Op.78
The French-Russian programme given by our representative orchestra led by the stellar and ever more saught-after conductor Juraj Valčuha will conclude the 53rd year of the BMF. The rhythm of Debussy’s Iberia will be followed by a pensive Fantaisie, the only piano and orchestra work by the composer. The soloist is an Italian pianist, the winner of many international competitions, guest of prestigious concert stages: “His rendering of impressionists is an exciting impression in itself, an enchanting mixture of passion and excellent technique, it offers the moments of beauty and deep emotion,” wrote the reviewers when evaluating the performance of Roberto Cominati. The cantata Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, originally composed as the film score for the eponymous movie by Sergei Eisenstein (1938), will positively be a worthy highlight of this year’s festival.