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2014-01-29 10:31:44
This week’s concert of the week sees the French pianist Bernard d’Ascoli return to Oxford (Fri 31 Jan, 8pm, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building , St Hilda’s College). Since being launched onto the international scene by winning Third Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1981, d’Ascoli has achieved an impressive career as a virtuoso performer. Edward Greenfield , writing in The Guardian, states that ‘on any count he is one of the major pianists of his generation’. His programme at the JdP contrasts the piano music of the Viennese salon by Schubert and Brahms, with that of the Parisian salon by Fauré and Chopin. The graceful power of Chopin is a particular specialism of this pianist who has recorded much of his music. Amongst these intricate and refined gems from urban settings sits Liszt’s Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude from his Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, a work […]
2013-03-02 01:30:00
Des horizons plus vastes de la musique Française - Vol. 2
Focusing on the major works by the great Belgian master, to sample but a few top performances of his irresistible Violin Sonata, his heroic Symphonie and the touchingly lyrical Piano Quintet. Reverting then to Debussy and mostly Ravel with a series of less known recordings of his piano output, including the extremely interesting composer's own take on some of his greatest works. Adding a taste of Satie's sublime piano masterpieces in de Leeuw's later recording for Philips, and finally reaching even wider horizons of French-influenced (and Russian) classics by some Italian masters of the "Generazione dell'80" - some stunning Respighi's Roman Trilogies by three distinguished Italian conductors, and the precious impressionist chamber setting of Shelley's poem "The Sunset", in its beautiful Italian version by Roberto Ascoli. César Franck Violin Sonata in A Major Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in G Minor Maurice Ravel Tzigane Augustin Dumay, Violin Maria João […]
2012-01-01 00:40:00
JANUARY 1 Today in classical music history
Giovanni Gabrieli1583 Birth of Italian soprano Virginia Andreini in Milan. Died 1630, Created Arianna in Arianna (Monteverdi).1585 Italian Composer Giovanni Gabrieli is second organist at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. His uncle Andrea Gabrieli was first. Search Giovanni Gabrieli.1602 German organist and composer Hans Leo Hassler named court organist in Prague. Search Hans Leo Hassler .1637 German harpsichordistand composer Johann Jakob Froberger, (1616 - 1667), a student of Frescobaldi, joins the Imperial Chapel in Vienna. Search Johann Jakob Froberger.1666 FP of Benedetto Pallavicino's (1551-1601) first opera Demetrio at the Teatro San Moise in Venice.1714 Birth of Italian castrato Giovanni Battista Mancini in Ascoli, Piceno. Died 4 Jan 1800Teachers:- Antonio Mario Bernacchi, Leo LeonardoPupil :- Celeste Coltellini.1732 Death of Italian castrato Nicolino (Nicolo Grimaldi). Born Apr 1673 in Naples. Debut as Armillo in Stellidaura vendicata (Provenzale) 1685Teacher :- […]
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