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Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
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2024-03-23 09:49:00
Writing Italian-influenced music in the depths of Northamptonshire: organist William Whitehead on the music of English Baroque composer George Jeffreys
Solomon's Knot at Kirby HallThe Baroque collective, Solomon's Knot's recent disc on Prospero Classical [see my review] showcased the music of the almost forgotten 17th-century English composer George Jeffreys, revealing him as a remarkable talent, writing Italian-influenced music in the depths of darkest Northamptonshire during the Civil War. Born around 1610 and living until 1683, his lifetime coincided with a complex piece of English history; for most of his life he worked for Lord Hatton, much of the time at Hatton's seat of Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire. For the recent recording, featuring 16 pieces by Jeffreys, Solomon's Knot included organist William Whitehead for recording sessions at Kirby Hall (now in the care of English Heritage). I recently chatted to William about Jeffreys' and his music, and how the recording came about, as well as touching on William's passion project, the Orgelbuchlein project, a modern-day completion of Bach's youthful collection of chorale […]
2024-03-17 16:39:00
NYO-USA All-Stars. Yannick Nezet-Sequin, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano. March 14, 2024.
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall. Balcony. (Seat H121, $44).Nezet-Seguin and Trifonov after Gershwin's Concerto in F.ProgramPiano Concerto in F by George Gershwin (1898-1937).Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, "Leningrad" by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).Artists: Alumni of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of AmericaI have not had time to do a lot of research on NYO, and the description in the Playbill is quite sketchy. It has been in existence for a little over a decade, the ensemble goes through an intensive practice during the summer, and then does a Carnegie Hall performance and an international tour. For the current year the conductor will be Marin Alsop. Tonight's orchestra consisted of about 100 of the alumni. Many are now members of professional orchestras, some are associated with universities and conservatories, and several are free lance musicians.Both the conductor and the solo pianists are of course superstars in […]
2024-03-11 08:58:00
Premiere of Eleanor Alberga's piano concerto, commissioned by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for Leeds Piano Competition winner Alim Beisembayev
Alim Beisembayev (Photo: Nabin Maharjan)Kazakhstan-born pianist Alim Beisembayev won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in September 2021, along with the medici.tv Audience Prize and a new prize, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Prize for contemporary performance. This led the orchestra to commission a new work especially for Beisembayev, from the eminent Jamaican-born British composer, Eleanor Alberga, who will also be a Jury member of the 2024 Competition later this year.Alberga's Piano Concerto will be premiered by Alim Beisembayev with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Domingo Hindoyan on 25 April 2024 at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool as part of a concert that includes a suite from Roussel's Bacchus and Ariadne and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.Alberga's concerto, her first piano concerto, has grown from solo works for piano and thematically draws on her life story. I chatted to Eleanor Alberga back in 2022 about her music and her Jamaican […]
2024-03-08 00:00:00
Paavo Jarvi conducts
Carl Nielsen - Symphonies:1.01 - 1.04 Symphony No.1 in G minor, op.7 [33:58]1.05 - 1.08 Symphony No.2, op.16 'The Four Temperaments' [33:39]2.01 - 2.04 Symphony No.3, op.27 'Sinfonia espansiva' * [37'19]2.05 - 2.08 Symphony No.4, op.29 'The Inextinguishable' [35'00]3.01 - 3.04 Symphony No.5, op.50 [37'07]3.05 - 3.08 Symphony No.6 'Sinfonia Semplice' [33'18]Camilla Tilling- soprano, Michael Nagy- baritone *, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo JärviRCA 8875 17880-2 [recorded December 2009 to April 2013; issued 2015][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Grosser Saal, Alte Oper, Frankfurt and Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal, Kurhaus, Wiesbaden (Symphony No.1), GermanyRecording engineers: Christoph Classen, Rüdiger Orth, Udo Wüstendörfer, Wolfgang PackeiserJohannes Brahms - Symphonies:Disc 101 - 04 Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68 [46'04]05 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St. Anthony Chorale' [17'28]Sony/RCA 1907 586955-2 [issued 2018][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, no booklet]Disc 201 - 04 Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73 […]
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