# Garrick Ohlsson at Miner Auditorium, April 6, 2015

[SF Perofrmances](http://sfperformances.org/performances/1415/GarrickOhlsson.html) presents [Garrick Ohlsson](http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/garrick-ohlsson) celebrating the works of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915)  
2015-04-06  
[Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA  ](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA++&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Monday, April 6, 2015

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## Tentative Program

Scriabin: Sonatas 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10

## Set One

[7:34 PM lights down, Garrick enters]

Prélude in D-flat Major, Op. 11, No. 15 (1896)

01. [7:34 PM] Lento  
[work ends 7:38 PM]

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1892)

02. [7:38 PM] Allegro con fuoco
03. [7:46 PM] (untitled ~ adagio)
04. [7:52 PM] Presto
05. [7:55 PM] Funèbre  
[work ends 8:02 PM]

Prélude in D-flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2 (1910)

06. [8:03 PM] _Sauvage, Belliqueux_ (savage/wild, belligerent)  
[work ends 8:05 PM]

Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 (1913)

07. [8:05 PM] Lento - Allegro agitato  
[work ends 8:20 PM]

Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (1913), _Messe noire_ (Black Mass)

08. [8:22 PM] Moderato quasi andante – Molto meno vivo – Allegro molto – Alla marcia – Allegro – Presto – Tempo primo  
[set ends 8:31 PM]

## Set Two

[8:50 PM lights down, Garrick returns]

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 (1898)

01. [8:51 PM] Drammàtico
02. [8:55 PM] Allegretto
03. [9:00 PM] Andante
04. [9:05 PM] Presto con fuoco  
[work ends 9:11 PM]

Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 (1913), _Insect Sonata_

05. [9:12 PM] Moderato; Allegro  
[set ends 9:25 PM; pause for a couple ovations and "curtain calls"]

**First Encore**

Poème in F-sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1 (1903)

06. [9:27 PM] Andante cantabile  
[work ends 9:30 PM; pause for additional ovations]

**Second Encore**

Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5 (1903)

07. [9:31 PM] Affanato  
[show ends 9:34 PM]


## Performers

* [Garrick Ohlsson](http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/garrick-ohlsson): piano.

## Notes

Originally scheduled for Pi Day, this show was postponed a few weeks in order to accommodate Ohlsson's emergency dental surgery (though no comment was made about this at tonight's show). Sitting at stage right behind the piano bench made for a somewhat obstructed view --I could only see the bottom octave on the left and the top third or so on the right -- but it also made for marvelous listening, as we were raised up a step or two off the floor.

Stephen Smoliar posted a [review](http://www.examiner.com/article/garrick-ohlsson-concludes-his-survey-of-the-piano-music-of-alexander-scriabin) for the Examiner; I take it from his lack of complaint that he enjoyed the show, though he didn't seem to comment much on that issue. I dunno, it seems to me that the primary reason to go to a recital is to hear music that you are inclined to like. Commenting whether that need was met or not seems entirely natural, no?

In my case, I was thoroughly delighted, and I wish I'd been able to hear the first recital back in December. I'll be on the lookout for future shows by Olsson (as I have, since hearing him play at a [Busoni lecture/recital](:2004:2004-05:2004-05-08)), as well as shows by other performers where Scriabin's works have been programmed.

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