Concludendosi il Centenario della nascita di Sviatoslav Richter
"RI C H T E R AND U K R A I N E"
Yuri Bokhonov
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"Outstanding musician Svyatoslav Richter. On the 100th Anniversary of our famous countryman"
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| Maggio 1982. Kiev |
[..] The topic "Richter and Ukraine" also present some interest. He performed here
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271 concert, in particular, 90 - in Kiev (the first - November 15, 1944, the last - April 12 1985), 33 – in Lviv, 14 in Kharkiv and 4 in Zhitomir. It was in Kiev there were appeared for the first time in his repertoire, new works for him: 27th Beethoven Sonata in E Minor, Opus 90; "Symphonic Etudes" Schumann (17 November 1944); two etudes from the "transcendent" Liszt - A minor and F Minor (8 and 11 November 1949), five "Songs Without Words" by Mendelssohn (February 12 1972). Starting from Kiev it was began cooperation bass from Georg Hörtnagel, from Germany, and Quartet of Borodin (7 and 8 June 1980).
Every visit of Svjatoslav Teofilovič was an unforgettable event in the life of his admirers. Preparations began in advance, because to get a ticket to the concert was not easy. On the day of the concert the Philharmonic house was surrounded by militia - it was necessary to restrain the crowd who tried to get through at the room in any way.
I remember as in 12 April 1985 the youth climbed up the fire escape, passed on the opposite side of the roof, and then went down the same stairs not without circus skills, through the open window. The same day, the administration asked me and pianist Sergei Skrinčenko to make a passage in a crowd of people flooded the courtyard Philharmonic - Richter should go into the room through the service entrance. Our mission has been elusive since we were one on one with the sea of supporters, sometimes quite militant. When Sergei began to act decisively, the yellow wall was wiped by his tuxedo. The sight was horrible. But the problem goes away by itself: we heard applause - they sounded from the street, they picked up all those who stood in the courtyard, and a great musician quickly passed the "corridor", which arose without any requests. I grabbed a bunch of pre-prepared seven white roses, which as the assistant my wife was holding, and gave Svjatoslav Teofilovič. It turned out beautifully. On that day he gave two concerts. After the second again I handed him a bouquet. He smiled kindly.
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After one of his concert at the festival "December Nights" December 15, 1985 I asked for an autograph, but not for me personally, and for all the people of Kiev. I am still keeping the priceless program with the inscription:
"Kiev residents through Yuri Bokhonov. Svjatoslav Richter."
There were a lot of moments that did not lose the freshness in mind, if all happened
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yesterday. That's a sharp slope to the left - and went, as is a lava, "Rush" of Schumann (November 23 1969) or the calm before the storm in the Second Chopin ballad, and then a huge explosion and continuous rockfall (8 October 1978)…
It was a great joy to listen the famous Master in concerts. His recordings have not stopped animate the modern music lovers. I do not dare to say, "Richter played." He plays and will play to us and our descendants, "Musician of the Century" Svjatoslav Richter!
Yuri Bokhonov
© Tutti i diritti sono riservati ai legittimi proprietari. Le fotografie provengono da una collezione privata di Yuri Bokhonov, amico del Blog. Kiev maggio 1982, col Quartetto Borodin e 1949, Recital alla Sala delle Colonne a Kiev.