# Daniil Trifonov at Davies Symphony Hall, October 30, 2017

[San Francisco Symphony](https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2017-18/Trifonov-Plays-Chopin-in-Recital.aspx) presents [Daniil Trifonov](http://www.daniiltrifonov.com/)  
[Davies Symphony Hall](http://www.sfsymphony.org)  
[201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+Van+Ness,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Monday, October 30, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Mompou: _Variaciones sobre un tema di Chopin_
* Tchaikovsky: _Un poco di Chopin_, Opus 72, no.15
* Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Opus 22
* Chopin: Selected Mazurkas
* Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2

## Set One

[8:02 PM lights down, announcements, DT out]

### Mompou: Variaciones sobre un tema di Chopin

Frederic Mompou Dencausse (1893–1987): _Variaciones sobre un tema di Chopin_ (1957)

01. [8:04 PM] Theme. _Andantino_ (A major)
02. [8:m PM] Variation 1. _Tranquillo e molto amabile_ (A major)
03. [8:m PM] Variation 2. _Gracioso_ (A major)
04. [8:m PM] Variation 3. _Lento_ (D major, for the left hand)
05. [8:m PM] Variation 4. _Espressivo_ (F major)
06. [8:m PM] Variation 5. _Tempo di Mazurka_ (A major)
07. [8:m PM] Variation 6. _Recitativo_ (G minor)
08. [8:m PM] Variation 7. _Allegro leggiero_ (A major)
09. [8:m PM] Variation 8. _Andante dolce e espressivo_ (F major)
10. [8:m PM] Variation 9. _Valse_ (A major)
11. [8:m PM] Variation 10. _Évocation. Cantabile molto espressivo_ (F sharp minor)
12. [8:m PM] Variation 11. _Lento dolce e legato_ (F sharp minor)
13. [8:m PM] Variation 12. _Galope y Epílogo_ (A major)  
[work ends 8:24 PM]

### Homages and Hat-Tips

01. [8:26 PM] Robert Schumann (1810–1856): _Carnaval_, Opus 9 (1833-35), No. 12: _Chopin_
02. [8:m PM] Edvard Grieg (1843–1907): _Moods_, Opus 73, No. 5: Study (_Hommage à Chopin_)
03. [8:m PM] Samuel Barber (1910–81): _Nocturne_, Opus 33 (1959)
04. [8:m PM] Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Eighteen Pieces (Dix-huit Morceaux), Opus 72 (1893), No. 15: _Un poco di Chopin_  
[segment ends 8:38 PM]

### Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Opus 22 (1902)

01. [8:41 PM] Theme. _Largo_
02. [8:m PM] Variation 1. _Moderato_
03. [8:m PM] Variation 2. _Allegro_
04. [8:m PM] Variation 3. _Allegro_
05. [8:m PM] Variation 4. _Allegro_
06. [8:m PM] Variation 5. _Meno mosso_
07. [8:m PM] Variation 6. _Meno mosso_
08. [8:m PM] Variation 7. _Allegro_
09. [8:m PM] Variation 8. _Allegro_
10. [8:m PM] Variation 9. _Allegro_
11. [8:m PM] Variation 10. _Piu vivo_ »
12. [8:m PM] Variation 12. _Moderato_
13. [8:m PM] Variation 13. _Largo_
14. [8:m PM] Variation 14. _Moderato_
15. [8:m PM] Variation 15. _Allegro scherzando_
16. [8:m PM] Variation 16. _Lento_
17. [8:m PM] Variation 17. _Grave_
18. [8:m PM] Variation 20. _Presto_
19. [8:m PM] Variation 21. _Andante_
20. [8:m PM] Variation 22. _Maestoso—Meno mosso—Presto_
21. [8:m PM] Theme. _Largo_  
[set ends 9:05 PM]

## Set Two

[9:23 PM lights down, DT out]

### Chopin: Variations in B-flat major on "Là ci darem la mano"

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Variations in B-flat major on _Là ci darem la mano_, from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Opus 2 (1827)

01. [9:24 PM] Introduction. _Largo—Poco piu mosso_
02. [9:m PM] Thema. _Allegretto_
03. [9:m PM] Variation 1. _Brillante_
04. [9:m PM] Variation 2. _Veloce, ma accuratamente_
05. [9:m PM] Variation 3. _Sempre sostenuto_
06. [9:m PM] Variation 4. _Con bravura_
07. [9:m PM] Variation 5. _Adagio and Alla Polacca_  
[work ends 9:42 PM]

### Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor for Piano, Opus 35

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor for Piano, Opus 35 (1839)

01. [9:43 PM] _Grave_. Doppio movimento
02. [9:51 PM] _Scherzo_
03. [9:59 PM] _Marche funèbre_: Lento
04. [10:11 PM] _Finale_. Presto. Sotto voce e legato  
[set ends 10:13 PM]  
   
**Encore**
05. [10:15 PM] (unidentified)  
[show ends 10:21 PM]


## Performers

* [Daniil Trifonov](http://www.daniiltrifonov.com/): piano.

## Notes

Trifonov is an amazingly gifted performer who exudes an otherworldly mien -- seemingly enraptured in a private universe from wherein he spins lines of melody and stacks of harmony. Of course, I could be reading too much into the experience -- maybe his rapture was simply an expression of the concentration that he needed in order to play the entire evening's program from memory, an outstanding feat of mental power!

Although I'd have preferred sitting to the center, my seat tonight allowed me an excellent view of his hands, and watching them dance across the keys was a real treat! I think I enjoyed that most in the first piece, as he played with an amazingly light, floating touch through most of the Mompou opener. By contrast, the Rachmaninoff piece that closed the set allowed Trifonov to display amazing dexterity and finger strength, racing up and down the keyboard and hammering at the keys.

I'm definitely looking forward to hearing Trifonov play again!

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