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2024-03-18 08:39:00
Breezes of Spain: discovering the music of Óscar de la Cinna
Óscar de la Cinna in 1875Pianist and composer Óscar de la Cinna (1836–1906) is not a household name. Born in Hungary, he was musically educated Prague, Warsaw and Vienna, studied with Czerny and was a classmate of Liszt. A virtuoso pianist, he moved to Spain as piano tutor to the Spanish Royal family, before finally settling in Andalucia. There he was influenced by Spanish folk songs and Moorish dance music.On Friday 29 March 2024, there is a chance to get to know Óscar de la Cinna's music when a piano and dance performance, Breezes of Spain (Brisas de España) is being presented at The Horton, the renovated Grade II-listed former Horton Chapel in Epsom that is now an arts venue.The performers are Yoel Vargas (dance and choreography) and José-Vicente Riquelme (piano), both of whom took part in the Horton's Spanish season last year. There is also a preconcert talk about the composer […]
2024-03-04 05:00:00
Czerny: Der Pianist im Klassischen Style, Op. 856 (Emanuele Delucchi)
2023-12-04 04:30:00
Piano Potpourri No. 11 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringDebussy: Études, L 143, Book 1 - Pour les cinq doigts (d'après Monsieur Czerny); Pour les tierces; Pour les quartesè;Pour les sixtes; Pour les octaves; Pour les huit doigts; Book 2 - Pour les degrés chromatiques; Pour les agréments;Pour les notes répétées; Pour les sonorités opposées; Pour les arpèges composes; Pour les accords; Pour le piano, L 95 - I. Prélude; II. Sarabande; III. Toccata; La plus que lente, L128; Berceuse héroïque, L140; Étude retrouvée. Steven Osborne, piano. Hyperion CDA68409It was about a year ago that we reviewed a previous Hyperion release of the fine Scottish pianist Steven Osborne devoted to the music of Debussy (you can read that review here). In that previous review, we pointed out that for that release, Osborne had chosen to put together a program different from the usual program we often find in recordings of Debussy’s works for piano. Rather than highlight a major set of his works, such as the Études or Preludes, Osborne instead pulled together a program of pieces […]
2023-11-10 08:21:00
[…] orchestra for which Schubert had composed his second, third, fourth and fifth symphonies. They remained close friends, and in the 1820s were members of the same musical and social circle. Perhaps most importantly Bogner had arranged performances of Schubert's songs. The piece begins all sober and serious, intent like the original song, but then Schubert lets himself loose, and great fun is had all round.Leopoldine Blahetka was an Austrian pianist and composer whose teachers included Czerny, Moscheles and Kalkbrenner. It takes a salon-like delight in a series of variations where display the performers' talent but also Blahetka's capacity for fun. The other lesser known name is the French flute player and composer, with his Carmen fantasy the really does seem to have its tongue firmly in its cheek, to delightful effect. Beethoven's seven-movement Serenade was originally written in 1801 for flute, violin and viola, but in 1803, Franz Xaver Kleinheinz […]
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