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2024-03-20 18:31:04
Frances Alda was born as Fanny Jane Davis on 31st May 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was her famous teacher Mathilde Marchesi who evolved “Alda” as the soprano’s last name. Her mother, Leonora Simonsen, was a professional singer. As a child, Alda was taken to Australia to live with her maternal grandparents in a suburb of Melbourne. “I cannot remember a time when I couldn’t beat my boy-playmates at tennis, or swim as fast and as far as they […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2021-12-01 08:42:58
Brahms and the Great Romantics
Pianist Warren Mailley-Smith's Piccadilly Chamber Concert Series will be returning to St James' Church, Piccadilly for its fourth series in 2022. The new series, Brahms and the Great Romantics, will be exploring aspects of Brahms' chamber music alongside other works that influenced him, and there will be performances of Brahms' Piano Trio No. 1, Clarinet Trio and Piano Quartet in G minor, along with the composer's solo piano music plus trios by Beethoven, Coleridge-Taylor, Chopin, Bridge, Mendelssohn, and Rota, Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock, Schumann's Piano Quartet, Farrenc's Piano Quintet and Schubert's Trout Quintet. The opening concert on 28 January 2022, features Mailley-Smith with Victoria Sayles (violin) and Victoria Simonsen (cello) in Beethoven's Piano Trio Op 1 No.1 in E flat Major, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Trio in E Minor and Brahms' Piano Trio No. 1 op 8 in B major. Subsequent concerts in the series follow on Fridays in February, March, May, and July 2022. Full details […]
2021-05-31 18:20:00
Hall One, Kings PlaceBrian Elias: Piano Trio (world premiere)Schubert: Piano Trio no.2 in E-flat major, D 929 Jane Gordon (violin)Victoria Simonsen (cello) Jan Rautio (piano) Written in five relatively short, interconnected movements (Allegro-Lento-Presto-Adagio-Presto), Brian Elias’s Piano Trio makes for an impressive addition to the repertoire. If the composer seemed very much at home in the medium, the players seemed equally at home in his idiom. The Rautio Piano Trio certainly gave this world premiere as if they had lived some time with this music and its possibilities. An arresting opening, angular and lyrical, for all three instruments, seemed even on a first hearing to set up ideas and possibilities for the rest of the work. Not that that material is simply repeated; rarely did it seem to appear in quite the same guise. Rather, it is varied, transformed, and above all developed: in melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic terms. Here […]
2019-06-22 04:51:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 22, 2019
[…] its founding in 2012, it has helped more than 200 people and families by offering both a residential service and a day center. During this very special evening, Alain Lefèvre will present new pieces from his next album of compositions entitled OPUS 7, to be released on the Warner Classics label. To purchase tickets and attend this unique event, call 514-903-9761, ext. 104. Online ticket purchase is also available at https://lepointdevente.com/billets/ff8190928001. --France GaignardRenowned Composer Rob Simonsen Signs to Sony Music Masterworks With an impressive resume of film scores under his belt while having created a living legacy in the Los Angeles "new music" world via The Echo Society, composer Rob Simonsen launches a new chapter in his already successful career by signing to Sony Music Masterworks as a recording artist, with his label debut album set for a Fall 2019 release. To celebrate his signing, he's shared a new video […]
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