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Soviet Ukrainian composer (1875–1956)
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2023-08-21 09:46:00
Forgotten Voices at Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival
Cellist Natalie Clein's Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival returns performances in historic locations in Dorset and the Isle of Purbeck from 7 to 10 September 2023. This year's festival features Natalie Clein, cello, Kate Royal, soprano, Danel Quartet, Nurit Stark, violin, Marianna Shirinyan, piano, Vivi Lachs, singer & author, Katharina Ziemke, painter in festival that has a strong folk influence, exploring different strands within classical and folk musics, under the title of Forgotten Voices.The festival opens with a concert which pairs quartets by Schubert and Weinberg from the Danel Quartet with duos for violin and cello by Gliere and Kurtag from Natalie Clein and Nurit Stark, and this is followed by a programme of music by women composers including songs by Madeleine Dring from soprano Kate Royal, Henriette Bosman's cello sonata with Natalie Clein, and music by Clara Schumann and Amy Beach. An evening of duos and trios features Yiddish folk song alongside […]
2022-10-31 12:10:14
In our December issue we celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of César Franck. The Belgian composer’s popularity may have waxed and waned over the decades: but, says Roger Nichols, Franck’s colourful and melodic music is due a reappraisal. Elsewhere in the magazine, as Thomas Adès’ new ballet The Dante Project is released on Opus Arte, the composer talks to Steph Power about drawing inspiration from both the past and the present. And Rebecca Franks takes a deep dive into the life and work of the composer Hélène de Montgeroult, whose skills at the piano saved her from the guillotine. We also look at how Hubert Parry’s evergreen hymn Jerusalem has attracted an eclectic array of arrangements, from Elgar to Emerson, Lake and Palmer: and Erik Levi examines how the British establishment shunned many German composers during World War I. Among our regular features, Jeremy Pound selects the best recordings […]
2022-05-17 09:20:23
Voices from the East: Kirill Karabits and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra turn their focus onto composers from Ukraine
Feodor Akimenko [Fedir Yakymenko] With his Voices from the East series at Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO), conductor Kirill Karabits has been exploring works by composers from former Soviet Union countries. For the orchestra's recently announced 2022/23 season, the focus turns to Ukraine. Karabits and BSO will be performing the cello concerto by Ukrainian composer Feodor Akimenko (1876-1945) [Fedir Yakymenko]. Akimenko was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and was Stravinsky's first composition teacher, but Akimento's own music is still largely unknown. A second Ukrainian composer featured in the season is contemporary composer and sound-artist Anna Korsun, the orchestra will be premiering a new work and Korsun becomes the BSO's composer in residence in 2023.Still focusing on Voices from the East, the season also includes several works by Reinhold Glière (1875-1956). Born in Kyiv, Ukraine of Polish and German parents, Glière [originally Glier] studied in Kyiv and in Moscow with Taneyev, Ippolitov Ivanov and […]
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