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Performance Platform
Roberto Prosseda
www.robertoprosseda.com
Performs Chopin, Mendelssohn
and Michael Glenn Williams
www.michaelglennwilliams.com
At
Bösendorfer New York
www.bosendorfernewyork.com
200 Lexington Avenue
Suite 902
New York, NY 10016
212.684.1956
Gerhard Feldmann, President, and Lisa L. Feldmann, EVP
Featuring:
Roberto Prosseda on Bösendorfer Piano
And
Bösendorfer Loudspeakers, powered by Einstein's "The Absolute Tune" and fed by Einstein's "The Last Record Player" - connected via Dynamic Design cabling
Welcome Comments by Lisa L. Feldmann
And Professor Josephine Reiter
Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower
April 8, 2006
(See a CD Review of Prosseda in Michael Glenn Williams’ Solo Piano Works).
(See a Feature on the Bösendorfer Loudspeakers).
Program:
Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words in F Major
Michael Glenn Williams: Songs Without Words N. 1
Michael Glenn Williams: Enchanted Water
Frédéric Chopin: Three Études Op. 10
N. 3 in E Major
N. 5 in G-Flat Major
N. 12 Revolutionary in C Minor
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27, N. 1 in C-Sharp Minor
Michael Glenn Williams: Nocturne
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. 15, No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. 15, N. 1 in F Major
Michael Glenn Williams: Berceuse
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61, in A-Flat Minor
Italian born Roberto Prosseda has been awarded numerous prizes in international piano competitions. He has performed concertos with orchestras, including Filarmonica della Scala, and has completed ten recordings. (Program Notes).
Mr. Prosseda was graciously introduced by Lisa Feldmann and Professor Jo Reiter. He is a passionate performer with versatility of style, whether playing Chopin or the contemporary composer, Michael Glenn Williams, who sat in the audience for today’s Performance Platform at Bösendorfer New York. On this stormy April afternoon in New York, I was struck by the raindrop effects in the Chopin and the Glenn Williams pieces. Mr. Prosseda performed works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Williams, and Chopin, in sequence with few pauses, to maximize the flow of transitions and to highlight similarities in theme and mood between these three composers.
The Mendelssohn Song Without Words, an obvious inspiration for Glenn Williams’ Songs Without Words, N. 1, was evocative of ballet, with long, languorous passages. The Williams piece flowed like the rain and included impressionistic imagery. Enchanted Water showcased the scintillating sound of the Bösendorfer Imperial, as well as Mr. Prosseda’s impressive technique.
The three Chopin Études, with rapid fingering, were played seamlessly, as this Bösendorfer presented instantaneous keyboard and pedal attributes, especially in the G-Flat Major Étude. A full level of emotionality was evident in these works, with the “Revolutionary” Étude creating majestic, wild passages. Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 27, was performed in such a way to release the passionate potential of this Bösendorfer, while Glenn Williams’ subsequent Nocturne was slightly dissonant, deep with chords, and infused with a final, ethereal lightness.
Chopin’s subsequent two Nocturnes were filled with soulful sensitivity (N. 2) and waltz-like rapture (N. 1). The Glenn Williams Berceuse had theatrical staccato and textured atonality, while the final Chopin work, Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61, was pregnant with pauses and replete with contrasting moods and motion. The two encores, both composed by Glenn Williams, were called Lullaby and The Cock and the Swan, both from Glenn Williams’ Collage Suite. The first was written when Glenn Williams was but thirteen years old, and the second included the dissonant swagger of the rooster, contrasted to frozen single notes, like ice on a lake. Roberto Prosseda is a musician to watch, and Michael Glenn Williams’ compositions should enjoy numerous such presentations.
Roberto Prosseda at the Bösendorfer
Roberto Prosseda at the Bösendorfer
Roberto Prosseda at the Bösendorfer
Roberto Prosseda at the Bösendorfer
Roberto Prosseda and Michael Glenn Williams
Lisa Feldmann with Roberto Prosseda and Michael Glenn Williams
Gerhard Feldmann at the Bar
Post-Concert Reception
Maja and Cezara –Lucia Vladescu
Post-Concert Reception
Prof. Jo Reiter and Elisabeth
Bösendorfer New York Showroom
Bösendorfer Poster
Concert Guest Explores the Bösendorfer
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