Yiannis Dimopoulos' recital at the Filippos Nakas Concert Hall includes music written (and transcribed) for piano in four centuries, from the 18th to the 21st. The audition begins with a journey from the Baroque period to the present day, sampling many of the intermediate aesthetics and nuances of the repertoire.

The first part of the recital defines the arc in which the evening moves, presenting the extremes: the rhetoric of gallant figures and, counterdiametrically, contemporary soundscapes. The beginning is made with the second Partita of G.S. Bach, a collection of dances rich in harmonic and stylistic content, but also a collection of moods, where one succeeds the other organically, if not necessarily.

Next is the fourth of Beda's six harpsichord sonatas. Here the composer turns to a slightly older aesthetic. Despite the simple and light style he chooses, he can gather enormous interest for the listener's ears. The first part of the program concludes with the four Farewells of Panagiotis Dimopoulos. A wandering between multiple timbres that somewhat contrasts with the style of the previous minutes, but shares the strong lyricism and narrative mood, capable of capturing the audience's attention in no time.

The second part is a reference to the period that established the piano and the piano repertoire. Romanticism gives a line, a common practice for composition and performance, which we see with the two Studies of S. Rachmaninoff. Despite the obvious technical difficulties, the real goal of these "exercises" is to force the performer to a search for the various dynamic levels, found both in the area of sound quantity and in the area of its time management.

Then, as highly functional preludes to the improvisation (fantasy) that is to follow, A. Scriabin's short works introduce us to the dreamlike atmosphere we seek as, as they lead us, the tones become murkier and the lines less intense. The Fantasia, work 49 by F. Chopin, with which the recital ends, is a virtuoso work which, however, as with the Studies, does not lack lyricism and emotion. On the contrary, one feels that these two elements push the technique to the extremes for a unique musical result.

Program:
J. S. Bach: Partita no. 2 in C minor BWV 826
J. A. Benda: Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 in F major
Panagiotis Dimopoulos (b. 1977): "Farewells" (2004)
S. Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux / work 33 no. 1 in F minor, work 33 no. 4 in D minor
A. Scriabin: Of the 24 Preludes work 11 / no. 5 in D major, no. 21 in B flat major, no. 22 in G minor
F. Chopin: Fantasy opus 49 in F minor