Schott Spring Piano Series, London 2010

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Schott Spring Piano Series, London 2010

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After the success of the inaugural 2009 series, we are pleased to announce the exciting programme for 2010. Again, over April and May, pianists will be arriving in London from across Europe to take part in the series which juxtaposes cornerstones of piano literature – such as Pictures at an Exhibition, Chopin’s four Ballades and Ravel’s Sonatine – with rarely heard, titanic masterworks like Alkan’s solo Concerto, Rachmaninoff’s Chopin Variations and Godowsky’s Java Suite.

Nine pioneering musicians from eight countries – including five composer-pianists – will present programmes of the type that simply can’t be heard in most concert halls.

All concerts start at 6.30pm.

Tickets are available on the door: £10, £7 concessions.

Schott Recital Room
48 Great Marlborough Street
London W1F 7BB
Underground: Oxford Circus
Tottenham Court Rd
020 7292 6090

8 April
Evgenia Startseva and Yuri Paterson-Olenich
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues (extracts)
Medtner Skazki and Stimmungsbilder
Schubert Fantasy in F minor
Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

17 April
Jonathan Powell
Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Chopin
Blumenfeld Episodes in the Life of a Dancer
Medtner Sonata op.25 no.2 ‘Night Wind’
Obukhov Hostie

23 April
Christophe Sirodeau
Mompou from Suburbis, Préludes and Paysajes
Kurtág Játekok (extracts)
Ravel Sonatine
Sirodeau Portraits secrets: Hommage à Schoenberg
Schoenberg Three Pieces op.11
Feinberg Fantasie no.2 op.9, Berceuse op19a
Ullmann Sonata no.1 op.10

30 April
Tomasz Kamieniak
Thalberg Réminiscences de la Sonnambula de Bellini
Kamieniak Sonate (world première)
Alkan Concerto for solo piano

With support from the Alkan Society

6 May
Panos Karan
Enescu Suite no.2
Chopin Ballades

Nicholas Austin
Liszt Grechten aus Eine Faust-Symphonie
Godowsky Java Suite

13 May
Rob Keeley
Poole Chinese Whispers
Keeley Etudes de cloche
Jolivet Mana
Roussel Danse au bord de l’eau
Hahn Le Rossignol éperdu (extracts)

John White
Liszt Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este II; Berceuse from La Reine de Saba (Gounod); Hungarian Rhapsody no.3
Grieg Lyric Pieces (selection)
White Sonatas nos.167, 169 and 170
Alkan Esquisses (selection)
Bruckner Idylle
Saint-Saëns Etude op.52 no.5
Grainger Blithe Bells
kh0815

Re: Schott Spring Piano Series, London 2010

Post by kh0815 »

Thank you, dear Jonathan, for letting us know! Sounds like a spring counterpoint to Husum's Rarities (August). And "Grechten" from Liszt's Faust Symphony sounds veeeeeery Dutch (for German ears).

Many of us do hope for audio or even video recordings of the highlights.

Good luck to all the artists incl. yourself.
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Re: Schott Spring Piano Series, London 2010

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Thanks for the orthographical suggestion!
Yes, the opening remarks should perhaps have read "with apologies to Peter Froundjian ..."!
stephde

Re: Schott Spring Piano Series, London 2010

Post by stephde »

I was at Jonathan Powell's wonderful recital last night. How good to hear two works quite unknown to me - Obukhov's colourfully impressionist and fervent Hostie and Blumenfeld's intimate but dramatic Episodes in the Life of a Dancer. Medtner's intense and involving Winter Wind Sonata was given an impelling and powerful performance - to judge by the buzz afterwards I wasn't the only one to be blown away. I'm looking forward to going to some more of the concerts in this series - such a shame, though, that there aren't more people in London interested in such fascinating repertoire.
stephde

Re: Schott Spring Piano Series, London 2010

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Of course I meant Night Wind.....
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