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2024-01-19 16:37:36
THE SCOOP | The Canadian Opera Company Adds Three To Ensemble Studio Roster
The Canadian Opera Company is welcoming Emily Rocha, Gabrielle Turgeon, and Duncan Stenhouse to its Ensemble Studio program for the 2024/25 season.
2022-08-02 06:46:00
Finely poetic: Ernest Chausson's early Piano Trio alongside works by his contemporary, Eugene Ysaÿe
Chausson: Piano Trio, Ysaÿe: Poeme Elegiaque, Meditation-Poeme; Bruno Monteiro, Miguel Rocha, João Paulo Santos; Etcetera RecordsReviewed 29 July 2022 (★★★½)Chausson's early trio paired with two works by his contemporary Ysaye in finely poetic accounts from three Portuguese musiciansOn this disc from three Portuguese musicians, violinist Bruno Monteiro, cellist Miguel Rocha and pianist João Paulo Santos, on Etcetera Records, they pair Ernest Chausson's Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 3 with two works by Eugene Ysaÿe, Poeme Elegiaque for Violin and Piano and Meditation-Poeme for Cello and Piano.There was little in Ernest Chausson's comfortable early life that would indicate music as a career, however he was gifted at the piano and (ultimately) resisted his father's disapproval and went to the Paris Conservatoire. There he studied with Massenet and with Franck, but it would be Franck who had the major influence on the young man. However, Chausson's larger-scale works are also imbued the influence of Wagner. Having […]
2021-07-31 08:38:11
A strong affinity for Russian music: I chat to pianist Sonya Bach about her recent Rachmaninov disc, studying with Lazar Berman and more
Sonya Bach The Korean pianist Sonya Bach recently released an album of music by Rachmaninov, her third album for Rubicon Classics following a disc of music by JS Bach in 2017 and Chopin's Études in 2020. Her new album combines Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 with a selection of his Preludes Op. 23 and Moments Musicaux Op. 16. Sonya gave her first public concert at the age of five and at nine made her debut with orchestra with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in her native Korea. Her teachers and mentors have included the Russian pianist Lazar Berman (1930-2005), whose youngest pupil she was, and the Spanish pianist Alicia de la Rocha (1923-2009). I recently caught up with Sonya via Skype to find out more about her Rachmaninov disc. Sonya Bach with Lazar Berman Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 is a work she has been playing […]
2021-06-06 17:43:00
Good news from southern California: the Ojai Festival, music director John Adams, will take place this year, in September rather than June. There will be several world premieres (Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (these are the tears of things) by Dylan Mattingly and the revised version of Gabriela Ortiz’s La Calaca, along with the West Coast Premiere of Samuel Adams’ Chamber Concerto and the first concert performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Objets Trouvés) and a typically rich schedule, which is below the cut. The festival's dates are September 16 to 19, 2021. Thurs, Sept 09.16.21 9pm, Libbey Bowl Ojai Mix - Prelude to a Festival Miranda Cuckson, violin Amy Schroeder, violin Nathan Schram, viola Anna Margules, recorder Attacca Quartet STRAVINSKY Elegie Gabriela ORTIZ Huitzitl Carlos SIMON Between Worlds Timo ANDRES Early to Rise Dylan MATTINGLY Magnolia Samuel ADAMS Violin Diptych Gabriella SMITH Maré Fri, Sept 09.17.21 8am, location TBD Ojai Talks Chumash stories with Chumash Elder Julie […]
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