27 August 2026

27

August

Nino Rota (1911–1979)

15 Preludes

1. Allegro molto

2. Allegro, but expressive and delicate

3. Allegretto with spirit

4. Andante sostenuto and expressive

5. With impulse

6. Andante

7. Allegro with spirit

8. Lento, with accent

9. Allegretto quasi andantino

10. Allegro mosso and marked

11. Andante without slowness

12. Allegro

13. Andante cantabile

14. Allegro non troppo and marked

15. Allegro robusto

Nino Rota (1911–1979)

Two Waltzes on the name BACH

Circus Waltz: Very fast

Waltz-Carillon: Viennese waltz tempo

Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)

Two Ricercars on the name “B.A.C.H”

I. Funeral

II. Ostinato

Aleksandr Scriabin (1872–1915)

24 Preludes Op. 11

No. 1 in C major – Vivace

No. 2 in A minor – Allegretto

No. 3 in G major – Vivo

No. 4 in E minor – Lento

No. 5 in D major – Andante cantabile

No. 6 in B minor – Allegro

No. 7 in A major – Allegro assai

No. 8 in F-sharp minor – Allegro agitato

No. 9 in E major – Andantino

No. 10 in C-sharp minor – Andante

No. 11 in B major – Allegro assai

No. 12 in G-sharp minor – Andante

No. 13 in G-flat major – Lento

No. 14 in E-flat minor – Presto

No. 15 in D-flat major – Lento

No. 16 in B-flat minor – Mysterious

No. 17 in A-flat major – Allegretto

No. 18 in F minor – Allegro agitato

No. 19 in E-flat major – Affettuoso

No. 20 in C minor – Passionate

No. 21 in B-flat major – Andante

No. 22 in G minor – Lento

No. 23 in F major – Vivo

No. 24 in D minor – Presto

Benedetto Lupo
Hailed by international critics as one of the most interesting talents of his generation, Benedetto Lupo gained worldwide recognition in 1989 after winning — as the first Italian — the bronze medal at the Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
His success immediately led to critically acclaimed debuts with several major American and European orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester in Berlin, Orquesta Nacional de España, and Monte Carlo Philharmonic.
He is a regular guest artist worldwide and in Italy, performing at venues such as New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the RAI National Symphony in Turin, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and La Fenice in Venice.
Benedetto Lupo’s recordings include an acclaimed version of Nino Rota’s Concerto Soirée on Harmonia Mundi, which received the Diapason d’Or, as well as the complete Schumann piano works with orchestra for ARTS.
He is an Academician and head of piano master courses at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.