Event listing: Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva (two pianos) | Kings Place: Hall One | Sun 6 Feb 2011 at 18:30

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Kings Place: Hall One90 York Way, London, Greater London, N1 9AG, United Kingdom

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Programme

Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)	Scaramouche: Brasileira
Silvestri, Constantin (1913-1969)	Jeux d'enfants: Suite no.1, Op.3 no.1
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	La Valse
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Performers

Charles Owen	Piano
Katya Apekisheva	Piano

A concert featuring music for two pianos, and including original piano versions of two early twentieth-century master-works associated with Diaghilev composed by Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky.

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Pianists Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva presented a lively recital programme in what might be better described as ‘an orchestral concert for two pianos’; such was the range of sounds the two were able to conjure from their instruments.Milhaud’s Scaramouche Suite was a frothy, joyful opener, as one might expect from a member of ‘Les Six’ in a work based on theatrical music.