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About the San Francisco Symphony
THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY The San Francisco Symphony, widely considered to be among the most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the U.S., celebrated its Centennial season in 2011-12. The Orchestra was established by a group of San Francisco citizens, music-lovers, and musicians in the wake of the 1906 earthquake, and played its first concert on December 8, 1911. Almost immediately, the Symphony revitalized the city’s cultural life. The Orchestra has grown in stature and acclaim under a succession of distinguished music directors: American composer Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz (who had led the American premieres of Parsifal, Salome, and Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera), Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, the legendary Pierre Monteux (who introduced the world to Le Sacre du printemps and Petrushka), Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt (now Conductor Laureate), and current Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT). Led by Tilson Thomas, who begins his nineteenth season as Music Director in 2013-14, the SFS presents more than 220 concerts annually for an audience of nearly 600,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall, through its multifaceted education and community programs, and on national and international tours. Since Tilson Thomas assumed his post as the SFS’s eleventh Music Director in September 1995, he and the San Francisco Symphony have formed a musical partnership hailed as one of the most inspiring and successful in the country. His tenure with the Orchestra has been praised for outstanding musicianship, innovative programming, highlighting the works of American composers, and bringing new audiences to classical music. -
The Use of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto in the Film Brief
Soundtrack to a Love Story: The Use of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto In the Film Brief Encounter Sean O’Connor MHL 252 April 22, 2013 Soundtrack to a Love Story 1 Classic FM, an independent radio station in the United Kingdom, has held a poll each Easter weekend since 1996 where listeners can vote on the top 300 most popular works of classical music. In 2013, Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor filled the number-one spot for the third year in a row. However, when BBC News first published an online article about this in April 2011, the headline did not mention the composition’s actual title. Instead, it referred to the concerto as the “Brief Encounter theme”1. Rather than being known as a concerto by Rachmaninov, many listeners in the United Kingdom recognize the music as the score prominently used in the classic British motion picture Brief Encounter (1945). How is it that so many listeners associate the music with this film rather than as arguably Rachmaninov’s most celebrated work? To determine the reason, listeners must critically analyze the concerto and the film together to find a unifying emotion through recurring themes. This analysis will do just that, examining each movement and where excerpts from those movements appear in the film. That analysis must begin, however, with background information on both works. Today, Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto is considered one of the finest musical compositions of the late romantic period, as well as, according to the poll mentioned earlier, one of the most popular pieces of “classical music” around the world. -
No. 8/ 4Th Year 15Th – 30Th of April 2011 Politics Economics Culture
Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________________________ No. 8/ 4th Year 15th – 30th of April 2011 Politics 1. Ceremony is held as Regele Ferdinand frigate leaves on mission 2. Romanian and Moldovan Presidents agree on quickly drawing up action plan for implementing strategic partnership 3. President Aliyev: There is very good cooperation context on natural gas with Romania 4. President Basescu met King Abdullah II in Amman 5. Romania maintains target of accessing euro area in 2015 6. ForMin Baconschi to visit London to prepare President Basescu's official visit 7. ForMin Baconschi, Minister Davutoglu discussed options for boosting bilateral cooperation 8. Iraq's gates are open to Romanian companies 9. Foreign Affairs Minister Baconschi signs convention on avoiding double taxation 10. Qatar Crown Prince professes to Minister Baconschi his resolution to consolidate economic relations with Romania 11. Romania prepares technical aspects of accommodating Tunisian immigrants from Italy 12. Swedish companies are interesting by Constanta-Istanbul submarine power cable 13. British Ambassador to Bucharest: Well qualified work force is an advantage of Romania but it needs fiscal and legislative predictability 14. The Ambassador of Romania attended the Royal wedding ceremonies at Westminster Abbey Economics 1. Romania FDI inflow rises to EUR294M in Jan-Feb 2. BCR expecting Romanian economy to advance 3.9 pct in 2012 3. Centre of Excellence in Research in Targu Mures, with IBM expertise 4. Den Braven Romania sales increase 25 percent in first quarter 5. Thirty companies showcasing Romania's export offers at Sharjah 2011 General Exhibition 6. -
In Concert AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 2012
ABOUT THE MUSIC GRIEG CONCERTO /IN CONCERT AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 2012 GRIEG CONCERTO 30 AUGUST–1 SEPTEMBER STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY 14, 15 AND 17 SEPTEMBER TCHAIKOVSKY’S PATHÉTIQUE 20–22 SEPTEMBER ENIGMA VARIATIONS 28 SEPTEMBER MEET YOUR MSO MUSICIANS: SYLVIA HOSKING AND MICHAEL PISANI PIERS LANE VISITS GRIEG’S BIRTHPLACE STEPHEN HOUGH ON TCHAIKOVSKY’S PIANO CONCERTO NO.2 SIR ANDREW DAVIS HAILS THE NEW HAMER HALL twitter.com/melbsymphony facebook.com/melbournesymphony IMAGE: SIR ANDREW Davis CONDUCTING THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Download our free app 1 from the MSO website. www.mso.com.au/msolearn THE SPONSORS PRINCIPAL PARTNER MSO AMBASSADOR Geoffrey Rush GOVERNMENT PARTNERS MAESTRO PARTNER CONCERTMASTER PARTNERS MSO POPS SERIES REGIONAL TOURING PRESENTING PARTNER PARTNER ASSOCIATE PARTNERS SUPPORTING PARTNERS MONASH SERIES PARTNER SUPPLIERS Kent Moving and Storage Quince’s Scenicruisers Melbourne Brass and Woodwind Nose to Tail WELCOME Ashton Raggatt McDougall, has (I urge you to read his reflections been reported all over the world. on Grieg’s Concerto on page 16) and Stephen Hough, and The program of music by Grieg conductors Andrew Litton and and his friend and champion HY Christopher Seaman, the last of Percy Grainger that I have the whom will be joined by two of the privilege to conduct from August finest brass soloists in the world, otograp 29 to September 1 will be a H P Radovan Vlatkovic (horn) and wonderful opportunity for you to ta S Øystein Baadsvik (tuba), for our O experience all the richness our C special Town Hall concert at the A “new” hall has to offer. -
Notas Deotoño
Elenco: TEMPORADA CULTURAL SANTIAGO Violines I 2015 Esteban Sepúlveda Miguel Ángel Muñoz Nelly Avello Carolina Godoy Rocío Acosta II Concierto Violines II Fernanda Prieto Belén Carrasco Diego Castro Mylene Prieto Violas Claudio Gutiérrez Felipe Marín Crístofer Schencke Camerata 2015 Universidad Andrés Bello Cellos Cristian Gutiérrez Mariana Gutiérrez Concierto de piano Bajo Marco Álvarez Oboes Daniel Vidal OTOÑO Roberto Morales Notas de Fagot Demian Rojas ROMÁNTICO Solista: Christoph Scheffelt (Chile) Cornos Ricardo Aguilera Rodrigo Zelaya Auspicia: Colabora: Próximo concierto: Concierto III: La Belleza del violín Domingo 17 de mayo / 19:00 horas Campus Casona de las Condes Organiza: Dirección de Extensión Cultural Dirección General de Vinculación con el Medio Informaciones: Campus Casona de Las Condes 2 6618561 / [email protected] extension.unab.cl Santiago • Viña del Mar • Concepción www.unab.cl VINCULAR TRANSFORMAR En este otoño que comienza, podrán disfrutar de un nuevo concierto de Christoph Scheffelt la Camerata Universidad Andres Bello con un programa muy variado con obras de Beethoven, Mozart, Bach y Schubert. Contaremos con la visita Nace en Santiago de Chile rodeado de música, ya que su madre es cantante desde Europa del pianista chileno Christoph Scheffelt, quien compartirá lírica y recibe sus primeras clases de piano a los seis años de edad. el escenario con la Camerata, interpretando en piano, el concierto Nº1 de J.S.Bach, la intensa Obertura Coriolano de Beethoven y la brillante Después de finalizar sus estudios con distinción máxima en la Pontificia Sinfonía Nº 3 de Schubert completan este concierto. Universidad Católica de Chile con la profesora María Iris Radrigán y de ganar premios en concursos nacionales e internacionales, se traslada a Este concierto de J.S. -
Myra Hess Had to Wait for Her Ultimate Breakthrough in Her English Homeland; for This Reason, She Initially Had to Earn Her Living by Teaching
Hess, Myra Irene Scharrer. However, Myra Hess had to wait for her ultimate breakthrough in her English homeland; for this reason, she initially had to earn her living by teaching. Her first major success abroad was her debut in Amster- dam, where she performed Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra un- der Willem Mengelberg in 1912. In 1922 followed her de- but in New York, where she was celebrated with equal en- thusiasm. Her career advanced rapidly from that point onwards, and she rose to the position of one of the most successful pianists in her homeland during the ensuing years. During the 1930s, she undertook extended concert tours throughout all of Europe, including the Scandinavi- an countries, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Tur- key, Yugoslavia, Germany, France and Holland. At the be- ginning of the Second World War, when all of London's concert halls were closed, she founded the legendary "Lunchtime Recitals" at the National Gallery, offering the London public a broad spectrum of high-quality pro- grammes with both young and established musicians. She herself performed at the National Gallery 146 times. The concerts were held without interruption until 10 Ap- Die Pianistin Myra Hess ril 1946. In 1941 Myra Hess was honoured with the title "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire" Myra Hess for her special efforts on behalf of musical life in her ho- meland. After the Second World War, the meanwhile fa- * 25 February 1890 in Hampstead (im heutigen mous pianist regularly gave concerts in her native count- Londoner Stadtbezirk Camden), England ry and in the USA, where she enjoyed great popularity. -
Shostakovich (1906-1975)
RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST-SOVIET SYMPHONIES A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Born in St. Petersburg. He entered the Petrograd Conservatory at age 13 and studied piano with Leonid Nikolayev and composition with Maximilian Steinberg. His graduation piece, the Symphony No. 1, gave him immediate fame and from there he went on to become the greatest composer during the Soviet Era of Russian history despite serious problems with the political and cultural authorities. He also concertized as a pianist and taught at the Moscow Conservatory. He was a prolific composer whose compositions covered almost all genres from operas, ballets and film scores to works for solo instruments and voice. Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (1923-5) Yuri Ahronovich/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes) MELODIYA SM 02581-2/MELODIYA ANGEL SR-40192 (1972) (LP) Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) SUPRAPHON ANCERL EDITION SU 36992 (2005) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON SUAST 50576) (1964) Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Festive Overture, October, The Song of the Forest, 5 Fragments, Funeral-Triumphal Prelude, Novorossiisk Chimes: Excerpts and Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a) DECCA 4758748-2 (12 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: DECCA 425609-2) (1990) Rudolf Barshai/Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1994) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6324 (11 CDs) (2003) Rudolf Barshai/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. -
Xamsecly942339z3 CD BRIL 94233 Ç|Xamsecly923987z3 CD
Catalogo 2015 Durata: 72:56 Durata: 46:30 Confezione: Jewel Box 1 CD BRIL 94304 Confezione: Jewel Box 1 CD BRIL 9294 Economico Economico Distribuzione Italiana 13/03/2012 Distribuzione Italiana 27/11/2012 Genere: Classica Orchestrale Genere: Classica da camera Ç|xAMSECLy943046z Ç|xAMTDGPy929424z KARL FRIEDRICH ABEL GIOVANNI ALBINI Musica per flauto e archi (integrale) Musica ciclica Corale n.4, Una teoria della prossimità, Corali n.27 e n.41, Estatica, Quartetto GEORGIA BROWNE fl per archi n.5, Quartetto per archi n.6 'Solo per grado congiunto'; Quartetto per Nordic Affect archi n.7 'Corale' Durata: 66:45 FABIO MUREDDU vc Confezione: Jewel Box 1 CD BRIL 94354 Economico Davide Alogna, violino; Giorgio Mirto, chitarra; Duo Bonfanti; Quartetto Indaco; Distribuzione Italiana 23/08/2012 Le Cameriste Ambrosiane, Dario Garegnani Genere: Classica Balletto Durata: 36:52 Confezione: Jewel Box 1 CD BRIL 95072 Economico Ç|xAMSECLy943541z Distribuzione Italiana 09/10/2014 ADOLPHE ADAM Genere: Musica Sacra Giselle (estratti) Ç|xAMSECLy950723z GIOVANNI ALBINI Registrazioni: Londra, 21-23 novembre 1994 Musica Sacra NEVILLE MARRINER Dir. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Durata: 222:21 Pange lingua per coro (2014); Missa Prima per coro (2012); Testamento Confezione: Jewel Box 3 CD BRIL 94233 Economico Spirituale per quartetto di fiati (2013); Preghiera per trio di flauti dolci (2014) Distribuzione Italiana 01/01/2005 INGRID PUSTIJANAC Dir. Genere: Classica Orchestrale Coro della Facoltà di Musicologia di Cremona, 15.19 ensemble; Il Giardino delle Muse Ç|xAMSECLy942339z Durata: 165:23 Confezione: Jewel Box 3 CD BRIL 92791 JEHAN ALAIN Economico Integrale delle opere per organo Distribuzione Italiana 01/01/2005 Genere: Classica da camera Ç|xAMSECLy927916z JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN org TOMASO GIOVANNI ALBINONI Jehan Alain, organo; Choeur et Orchestre de la Synagogue rue Integrale dei Concerti per oboe Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Durata: 219:56 Confezione: Jewel Box 3 CD BRIL 92398 Economico Registrazioni: 2005 Distribuzione Italiana 01/01/2005 NICOL MATT Dir. -
6013 Missa Solemnis
(LYRCD 6013) MISSA SOLEMNIS & Egmont Overture Ludwig van Beethoven AMA DEUS ENSEMBLE Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor Sarah Davis, Soprano Jody Kidwell, Mezzo-Soprano Timothy Bentch, Tenor Ed Bara, Bass PROGRAM NOTES: EGMONT, OP. 84, is a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Goethe. It consists of an overture and nine separate subsequent pieces for soprano and full orchestra. Beethoven wrote it between October 1809 and June 1810, and it was premiered on 15 June 1810. The overture, powerful and expressive, is one of the last works of his middle period; it has become as famous a composition as the Coriolan Overture, and is in a similar style to the Fifth Symphony which he completed two years earlier. When in 1809 the Burgtheater of Vienna asked Beethoven, a great admirer of Goethe, to compose incidental music for a revival of the play, he accepted with enthusiasm. It recalled themes close to his own political preoccupations, already expressed in his opera Leonore (renamed Fidelio, in the definitive 1814 version) and in his overture Coriolan (in 1807). 1 MISSA SOLEMNIS, OP. 123 “The Missa Solemnis is the greatest work I have composed so far.” Even allowing for the facts that Beethoven was telling this to a publisher and that in1822 he had not yet composed the Ninth Symphony and the last string quartets, his declaration must be taken seriously nevertheless. The Mass is Beethoven’s largest and longest composition (not counting the opera Fidelio), and yet at times also one of his most intimate and personal. -
L'importanza Dell'etica Nella Grande Interpretazione Musicale: Testimonianze E Incontri Con Celebri Pianisti
L’importanza dell’etica nella grande interpretazione musicale: testimonianze e incontri con celebri pianisti Kazimierz Morski Pianista. Direttore d’orchestra. Catedratico di Scienze Musicali Università Slesiana di Katowice Università Autonoma di Madrid1 Università di Roma 2 “Tor Vergata”2 Sintesi. Il saggio è frutto di personali esperienze e di considerazioni sorte nell’accostarsi a grandi personaggi della musica, in questo caso pianistica, il cui impegno etico-estetico sta alla base della profonda grandezza di esecuzioni divenute ormai patrimonio storico. Modelli in tal senso sono stati Neuhaus, Benedetti Michelangeli o Arrau per chi, come me, ha potuto incontrarli o sentirli in concerto e si trova oggi a porli nella prospettiva storica assieme ad altri artisti del mondo compositivo ed interpretativo. Nonostante le differenze e le soggettive concezioni di approccio alla musica, dal concertismo puro, all’impegno didattico, alla riflessione teorica, quanto appare nelle loro realizzazioni è un atteggiamento umano e culturale spesso celato da un nobile riserbo, segno irripetibile dell’arte nella sua essenza. Di qui l’affermazione della necessaria componente etica nell’ambito estetico delle grandi interpretazioni, sia in relazione all’originaria idea creativa che al suo mutare a seconda del gusto e delle epoche. Le testimonianze addotte conducono a profonde considerazioni sul rapporto tra l’elemento ontologico relativo soprattutto alla creatività e quello fenomenologico soggetto alle continue variazioni del modo di sentire. Parole chiave. idea creativa - interpretazione ideale - esecuzione - concertismo - pianisti - personalità artistica - virtuosismo - espressione- tradizione - didattica - etica - estetica - esperienze – testimonianze. Abstract. This essay is the result of personal experiences and considerations while addressing the fate of great musicians – in this case of piano players - whose ethic-aesthetic commitment is behind the greatness of certain interpretations that have become part our cultural heritage. -
The-Piano-Teaching-Legacy-Of-Solomon-Mikowsky.Pdf
! " #$ % $%& $ '()*) & + & ! ! ' ,'* - .& " ' + ! / 0 # 1 2 3 0 ! 1 2 45 3 678 9 , :$, /; !! < <4 $ ! !! 6=>= < # * - / $ ? ?; ! " # $ !% ! & $ ' ' ($ ' # % %) %* % ' $ ' + " % & ' !# $, ( $ - . ! "- ( % . % % % % $ $ $ - - - - // $$$ 0 1"1"#23." 4& )*5/ +) * !6 !& 7!8%779:9& % ) - 2 ; ! * & < "-$=/-%# & # % %:>9? /- @:>9A4& )*5/ +) "3 " & :>9A 1 The Piano Teaching Legacy of Solomon Mikowsky by Kookhee Hong New York City, NY 2013 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface by Koohe Hong .......................................................3 Endorsements .......................................................................3 Comments ............................................................................5 Part I: Biography ................................................................12 Part II: Pedagogy................................................................71 Part III: Appendices .........................................................148 1. Student Tributes ....................................................149 2. Student Statements ................................................176 -
Guildhall School Gold Medal 2020 Programme
Saturday 26 September 7pm Gold Medal 2020 Finalists Soohong Park Ben Tarlton Ke Ma Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Richard Farnes conductor Guildhall School of Music & Drama Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation Chairman of the Board of Governors Vivienne Littlechild Principal Lynne Williams am Vice Principal & Director of Music Jonathan Vaughan Please visit our website at gsmd.ac.uk Guildhall School is part of Culture Mile: culturemile.london Guildhall School is provided by the City of London Corporation as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation Gold Medal 2020 Saturday 26 September, 7pm The Gold Medal, Guildhall School’s most prestigious award for musicians, was founded and endowed in 1915 by Sir H. Dixon Kimber Bt MA Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Finalists Richard Farnes conductor Soohong Park piano During adjudication, Junior Guildhall Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in violinist Leia Zhu performs Ravel’s C minor Op 18 Tzigane with pianist Kaoru Wada. Leia’s Ben Tarlton cello performance was recorded in January 2020. Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 The presentation of the Gold Medal will Ke Ma piano take place after Leia’s performance. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat minor Op 23 The Jury Jonathan Vaughan Vice-Principal & Director of Music Richard Farnes Conductor Emma Bloxham Editor, BBC Radio 3 Nicholas Mathias Director, IMG Artists Performed live on Friday 25 September and recorded and produced live by Guildhall School’s Recording and Audio Visual department. Gold Medal winners