Prokofiev Sonata No. 3, Op. 28, ‘From the Old Notebooks’

Waltz, Op. 32 No. 4

Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter (arr. Prokofiev)

Grechaninov Caprice, Op. 61 No. 2

Lullaby, Op. 78 No. 2

Prelude, Op. 78 No. 1

Waltz, Op. 61 No. 5

Medtner Sonate-Ballade, Op. 27

Rachmaninov Fragments

Etude-Tableux, Op. 39 No. 7

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 (arr. Rachmaninov)

Stravinsky Three movements from Petrouchka (arr. Stravinsky)

Alexander Karpeyev is rapidly gaining a reputation as a notable interpreter of the piano music of the Russian Silver Age. His Kings Place debut gathers together pieces by the émigré composers Grechaninov, Medtner, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky.

Having fled Russia before or immediately following the Russian Revolution, they were later divided in their opinions of the new regime, with variying consequences for their subsequent careers.

The music chosen to illustrate the ‘Final Flowering’, composed between 1910 and 1919, reflects this and includes rarely performed miniatures by Grechaninov, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, Stravinsky’s Petroushka transcription and the Sonate-Ballade by Medtner, in whose music Karpeyev specialises. His recital takes place on the eve of the centenary of the February 1917 uprising in St Petersburg.