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German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario
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2023-11-20 15:01:17
Spaniards and Genealogy, 2023
[…] much more famous brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. And here’s an interesting historical tidbit: one of Wilhelm Friedemann’s harpsichord pupils was young Sara Itzig, daughter of Daniel Itzig, a Jewish banker of Frederick II the Great of Prussia. Daniel, one of the few Jews with full Prussian citizenship, had 13 children; Sara was born in 1761. She was a brilliant keyboardist and commissioned and premiered several pieces by Wilhelm Friedeman and CPE Bach. Sara married Salomon Levy in 1783 and had an important salon in Berlin. One of her sisters, Bella Itzig, married Levin Jakob Salomon; they had a son, Jakob Salomon, who upon converting to Christianity, took the name Bartholdy. His daughter Lea married Abraham Mendelssohn, son of the famous Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Lea and Abraham had two children, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn; their full name was Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Sara had a big influence on the musical education […]
2023-10-25 12:17:00
[…] for the finale: emphatically a ‘Haydn finale’. Variety in articulation was always expressive rather than applied for its own, ear-catching sake. Haydn’s tonal map was well communicated too; a modulation could really be heard and felt in musicodramatic terms. Some, though not all, of its twists and turns might have been more theatrically conveyed—but then I might have complained about exaggeration. At any rate, all was present and correct, and Marieke Blankestijn offered Johann Peter Salomon’s violin part with warm understanding. Fletcher prepared well for his moment in the sun—and then: out of nowhere (at least I had not noticed him arrive on stage) Lisiecki played the keyboard part on the piano, which I had noticed moved to the side of the stage rather than disappeared. It was a true coup de théâtre, as well as luxury casting, and had me forget any minor reservations. I left, as I am […]
2023-10-16 17:31:00
Quatuor Danel. October 15, 2023.
[…] and denseness of Weinberg. I enjoyed it.My lack of words in this blog reflects my need to get more familiar with this genre. Indeed I appreciated how the four parts worked with (and sometimes against) one another, but I don't have the vocabulary to describe what I heard.After finding out about People's Symphony Concerts (PSC) I decided to do a 6-concert subscription (the Solomon series). The whole series cost $90 (plus a 3% fee). Frank Salomon is the third manager in the organization's 125-year history, and has been in the role for 50 years. His predecessor did it for 58 years. I am sure he is a major benefactor as well. Despite the word "symphony" in its name, PSC hosts very few (if any) symphonic concerts.The concert was reasonably well-attended. The gentleman next to my assigned seat mentioned that the auditorium used to be full pre-pandemic, but hasn't quite worked […]
2023-10-09 08:20:00
Brabbins, Ben Haim & Elgar: the Salomon Orchestra celebrates its 60th birthday at St John's Smith Square
The Salomon Orchestra at St John's Smith SquareOne of London's finest non-professional orchestras, the Salomon Orchestra, is celebrating its 60th birthday this year. Conceived in 1963 by the conductor Nicholas Braithwaite and a group of his contemporaries, the orchestra gives three main concerts per year in London, each with a different conductor. The orchestra's 2023-2024 season opens on Saturday 14 October 2023 with a celebratory concert at St John's Smith Square where the orchestra will be conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Michal Oren. The concert opens with Michal Oren conducting Martyn Brabbins' A Birthday Greeting, written to celebrate the orchestra's birthday, then Oren conducts Paul Ben Haim's Symphony No 1. Written in 1940, seven years after Paul Ben Haim had escaped Germany and fled to the then British Mandate of Palestine, the work was written for the Palestine Orchestra (now the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) which had been established in 1936. The symphony reflects both […]
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