Lee Dionne - States of the Soul
Lee Dionne, piano
In 1898 Scriabin composed his Third Sonata depicting a soul’s journey, “[free and wild, through a whirlpool of suffering and seas of feeling.]” With successive works, his spiritual explorations reached new heights, culminating in his ‘Insect’ Sonata (No. 10), which he imbued with the “ceaseless activity, fluttering, illumination, and seduction” of insects, imagining them as potent symbols of enlightenment.
Tonight Scriabin joins with contemporary oracles Unsuk Chin and Lizzy Younan: Chin eliciting in her etudes Scriabinesque bursts of wonderment and dazzling colour, while Younan embarks on her own scouring of the soul, depicted successively as a “malfunctioning joy machine,” “psychotic puppet,” “ecstatic joy,” “inward energy ready to burst,” and finally “filled with tension and painful longing.”
We end with our old friend J.S. who, without any need for pyrotechnics or ecstatic transportation, readily helps us to alight from our journey in a partita of play and joy in movement.
PROGRAM
Piano Sonata No. 2 (2025) Elizabeth Younan (b. 1994)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23 (1898) Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
1. Drammàtico
2. Allegretto
3. Andante
4. Finale: Presto con fuoco
Interval
Sonata No. 10 (1913) Alexander Scriabin
Piano Etudes (1995 / 2003) Unsuk Chin
5: Toccata (2003) (b.1961)
3: Scherzo ad libitum (1995, rev. 2003)
Partita No. 5 in G Major (1730) J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Preambulum
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Tempo di Minuetto
Passepied
Gigue
TICKETS $30 | $20
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
In 1898 Scriabin composed his Third Sonata depicting a soul’s journey, “[free and wild, through a whirlpool of suffering and seas of feeling.]” With successive works, his spiritual explorations reached new heights, culminating in his ‘Insect’ Sonata (No. 10), which he imbued with the “ceaseless activity, fluttering, illumination, and seduction” of insects, imagining them as potent symbols of enlightenment.
Tonight Scriabin joins with contemporary oracles Unsuk Chin and Lizzy Younan: Chin eliciting in her etudes Scriabinesque bursts of wonderment and dazzling colour, while Younan embarks on her own scouring of the soul, depicted successively as a “malfunctioning joy machine,” “psychotic puppet,” “ecstatic joy,” “inward energy ready to burst,” and finally “filled with tension and painful longing.”
We end with our old friend J.S. who, without any need for pyrotechnics or ecstatic transportation, readily helps us to alight from our journey in a partita of play and joy in movement.
PROGRAM
Piano Sonata No. 2 (2025) Elizabeth Younan (b. 1994)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23 (1898) Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
1. Drammàtico
2. Allegretto
3. Andante
4. Finale: Presto con fuoco
Interval
Sonata No. 10 (1913) Alexander Scriabin
Piano Etudes (1995 / 2003) Unsuk Chin
5: Toccata (2003) (b.1961)
3: Scherzo ad libitum (1995, rev. 2003)
Partita No. 5 in G Major (1730) J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Preambulum
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Tempo di Minuetto
Passepied
Gigue
TICKETS $30 | $20
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
Thursday 16 April 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+11)
Location
Tempo Rubato
34 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056
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