Ravel - “Scarbo“ (from “Gaspard de la Nuit“)

This movement depicts the nighttime mischief of a small fiend or goblin of some sort, making pirouettes, flitting in and out of the darkness, disappearing and suddenly reappearing. Its uneven flight, hitting and scratching against the panels of the bed, casting a growing shadow in the moonlight creates a nightmarish scene for the observer lying in his bed. With its repeated notes and two terrifying climaxes, this is the high-point of technical difficulty of the three movements. Technical difficulties include repeated notes in both hands, and tricky double-note scales in major seconds in the right hand. Andrey Dubov - piano. The Gnessins concert hall, piano - Steinway Sons.