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Matt Herskowitz is quite simply one of the most skilful, versatile, and soulful pianists on the planet. Matt shines in many genres, but it's his outstanding work jazzing up classical music in particular that was the reason I absolutely had to chat with him for the podcast! I include many generous audio clips of Matt's playing during the interview to give you a taste of what I love about his playing Show Notes [3:04] Matt's classical background and education- Curtis Institute of Music, Julliard with teacher Joseph Kalichstein, further progress with Russian teacher Vladimir Viardo [22:00] Winning piano competitions, and recording the Glazunov 2nd Piano Concerto [28:42] Matt's jazz background [33:35] Combining classical and jazz. Success with Bach A La Jazz for the soundtrack of The Triplets of Belleville. Bach Reimagined with flautist Andrea Griminelli. Bach XXI with violinist Philippe Quint [43:02] Long-term collaboration in various genres with violinist Lara St. John [54:04] Working on Chopin Etudes [1:03:29] Matt's arrangement of the slow movement from the Ravel Piano Concerto in G [1:06:36] On Jacques Loussier and Claude Bolling [1:14:46] Future plans. Gershwin's World video with Paul Merkelo (Principal trumpet with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal). A history of North American jazz & folk music with Lara St. John Audio Clips [1:45] Chopin Etude in C# minor, op. 10 no. 4, "The Torrent", arr. Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/cgMnwFZB3hc [22:27] Glazunov Piano Concerto no. 2 in B Major, Musici De Montréal, Yuli Turovsky, Matt Herskowitz: https://soundcloud.com/matt-herskowitz/glazunov-piano-concerto-no-2-in-b-major [36:26] Bach A La Jazz from the soundtrack of The Triplets of Belleville- Bach arr. Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/ughto1R5U2I [40:35] Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria, Bach arr. Matt Herskowitz from Bach XXI with violinist Philippe Quint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPLj8ocykw [44:14] Kolo- trad, Lara St. John & Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/iBwWfc-VAYY [46:13] Nagilara- trad, Lara St. John & Matt Herskowitz, arr. Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/PDnJjiFiq1I [47:44] Franck Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano- II. Allegro, Lara St. John & Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/y1_eqQGYeBQ [50:19] Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"- III. Presto, Lara St. John & Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/NrxGrqFNGug [57:30] Chopin Etude op. 10 no. 1, "Boogie-Woogie", arr. Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/IbBVriCAyWc [1:03:50] Ravel Piano Concerto In G: Adagio Assai, arr. Matt Herskowitz: from the album Mirror Image [1:15:36] Gershwin's Summertime mixed with Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht- Paul Merkelo & Matt Herskowitz, arr. Matt Herskowitz [1:20:16] Ravel Piano Concerto In G: Adagio Assai- Paul Merkelo & Matt Herskowitz, arr. Matt Herskowitz [1:23:25] Chopin Raindrop Prelude (Op. 28 No. 15) arr. Bob Rose [1:29:14] Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (with improvisations)- Matt Herskowitz, arr. Matt Herskowitz: https://youtu.be/rbY-VgYtrwg Links: Matt's website: www.MattHerskowitzPiano.com Matt's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/matthersk Matt's concert of jazzed-up Chopin Etudes on Medici: https://www.medici.tv/jazz/concert-chopin-version-jazz-avec-matt-herskowitz-salle-bourgie-montreal Matt's sheet music of jazz arrangements: https://www.mattherskowitzpiano.com/shop Joey DeFrancesco- the jazz organist referred to playing the jazz vespers (yes I do really like his playing!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_DeFrancesco Brad Mehldau- After Bach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Bach Herbie Hancock- Ravel Piano Concerto In G: Adagio Assai: https://youtu.be/VYwXQAZkoiY J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations/Loussier Trio: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-4344/ Claude Bolling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bolling Piano Caméléons- Matt Herskowitz & John Roney jazzing ...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer": 3rd movement Takako Nishizaki, violin Jeno Jando, piano More info about today's track: Naxos 8.550283 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonArkivMusic
Will Liverman's "Dreams of a New Day" has changed the way many people think about the spiritual, and his contemporary approach to opera promises to engage the next generation in a completely new way. He joins Garrett to talk about his new album, his new opera, and some of the Black History that's inspired both. Scott and Garrett find a through line between Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, George Bridgetower, The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind, & Fire, and wrap things up with a conversation about what it would look like to call it quits. Thank you to KING FM for supporting TRILLOQUY. Playlist: Adam Fediy - "Main Theme (from Bridgerton)" Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Symphony No. 1 Justin Roiland, Ryan Elder - "Get Schwifty (C-131)" Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 9, "Bridgetower" Earth, Wind & Fire - "Boogie Wonderland" The Isley Brothers - "Contagious" Earth, Wind & Fire - "September" Earth, Wind & Fire - "In the Stone" Valerie June - "Stay" Valerie June - "Call Me a Fool" perf. Howard Roberts Chorale - "Steal Away" perf. Howard Roberts Chorale - "Hold On (Keep Your Hand on the Plow)" Richard Farina, Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez - "Birmingham Sunday" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "O Zittre Nicht" Igor Stravinsky - "Chez Petroushka" More: Will Liverman: http://www.willliverman.com "Dreams of a New Day": https://www.cedillerecords.org/will-liverman-makes-cedille-debut-with-dreams-of-a-new-day/ Downbeat (Valerie June): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odHFO9ihytI Kelvin Harrison Jr. To Star In Searchlight’s ‘Chevalier de Saint-Georges’: https://deadline.com/2021/03/kelvin-harrison-jr-to-star-searchlight-chevalier-de-saint-georges-1234725503/ Thousands Demand Memorial For "Beethoven's African Violinist": https://slippedisc.com/2021/03/thousands-demand-memorial-for-beethovens-african-violinist/ The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire’s Verzuz: https://www.revolt.tv/2021/4/5/22367429/the-isley-brothers-earth-wind-fire-verzuz-best-moments WKRP Format Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzgLeC54cqs
This Thursday Heritage concert on 15 October 2020 was presented at the Auckland Central Library by Ensemble East in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birth year. Spanning from the beginning of Beethoven’s development into a revolutionary composer to his connection with the transcendental in his later years, they called this programme Struggle and Hope. Violinist Yid-Ee Goh and pianist Lisa Chou present his Violin Sonata No. 7 in c minor and then are joined by fellow musicians Dickson Fung and Vanessa Tam for the 3rd movement of String Quartet op. 132.
Works for violin and piano duo, and solo piano, performed by violinist Corey Cerovsek and pianist Paavali Jumppanen.Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 111Revered as he is, it’s easy to think of Beethoven as somehow staid and a bit predictable. It’s easy to forget just how surprising his music can be. Written when Beethoven was struggling to find love and was just about to begin writing his heavier late works, this sonata is surprisingly serene, with singing, lyrical melody more or less throughout, interrupted only briefly by a more spirited third-movement Scherzo and a fleet little coda to bring it to a close. Then, we’ll hear Beethoven’s last piano sonata. The first movement is in C minor, the same key Beethoven used for the famously stormy Fifth, and it has that same moody, tempestuous feel. Suddenly, though, in the second movement, we find ourselves in C major, with the introduction of an incredible, beautifully simple chorale-like theme. From here, Beethoven proceeds through a set of variations, leading the listener ever deeper into the piece.
宮沢賢治作「岩手軽便鉄道」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「岩手軽便鉄道」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「春と修羅 第二集」より「種山ヶ原」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「春と修羅 第二集」より「種山ヶ原」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「ざしき童子のはなし」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「ざしき童子のはなし」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」5 (完) テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」5 (完) テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」4 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」4 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」3 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」3 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」1 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「土神と狐」1 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「文語詩 一百篇」より「化物丁場」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
宮沢賢治作「文語詩 一百篇」より「化物丁場」 テーマ:Beethoven作 Violin Sonata No.5 "Spring"より Vn. TAKERU Pf. 梶ひとみ 朗読:みさきすずか
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”)After Beethoven’s death, a curious document was found among his belongings. In this highly personal letter, labeled the “Heiligenstadt Testament,” Beethoven admitted that he was going deaf and revealed the agony that his condition had caused him. Indeed, the loss of his hearing was Beethoven’s greatest fear realized. Beethoven wrote the Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 just four months before the Heiligenstadt Testament. The Adagio movement holds a beautifully deep sense of melancholy and pathos, perhaps reflecting the composer’s growing despair. By contrast, his ambitious Piano Sonata in C Major, op. 53, nicknamed the “Waldstein Sonata,” was composed a year after the Heiligenstadt Testament. By this time, Beethoven had moved beyond his anxiety and depression into a phase of intense productivity. Featuring compelling motives and strong characters, this sonata is a clear reflection of Beethoven’s personal determination and commitment to his life and music.
Vivaldi: Concerto for flute and orchestra in F Major (“Con Sordino”) (April 24, 2005)Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 (“Spring”) (March 14, 2004)It’s all about spring in this episode. The first piece on the program, by Vivaldi, uses mutes placed on the string instruments, lending the piece a sort of delicacy that evokes spring. Second on the program is a piece subtitled “Spring,” Beethoven’s fifth violin sonata in F Major. This sprightly piece includes gently wafting melodies, undulating harmonic accompaniments, and playful canons and rondos, where the themes recur and overlap. This sonata was also Beethoven’s first experiment with adding the “Scherzo” movement after the slow second movement, expanding on the traditional three-movement sonata form inherited from other classical composers.
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 (March 14, 2004)Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer") (October 12, 2003)The “Kreutzer” Sonata is loved by audiences for its thrilling range of emotions and displays of technical daring. For violinists, though, the piece is extremely difficult. Beethoven was urged to write the piece by English violinist George Bridgetower, and the two played the premiere together. Beethoven was so thrilled with Bridgetower’s playing that he actually ran across the stage to embrace him in between movements in the middle of the concert. Elated with their successful debut, Beethoven dedicated the piece to Bridgetower after the recital. Later that evening, though, Bridgetower made a disparaging remark about a woman Beethoven knew. Enraged, Beethoven withdrew the dedication, instead dedicating the piece to Rudolphe Kreutzer, a famous Parisian violin virtuoso, giving the sonata the name it’s had ever since. Ironically, though, Rudolphe Kreutzer never actually performed the “Kreutzer” sonata. Upon receiving the manuscript in Paris, he declared the piece impossible to play. In this program, we’ll hear violinist Corey Cerovsek prove him wrong.
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3 (March 14, 2004)Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”) (March 19, 2006)In this program, we hear two Beethoven pieces for strings and piano: a tuneful early violin sonata and the famous “Ghost Trio,” written 12 years later. Beethoven wrote the sonata when he was living in Vienna, and “Viennese Classicism,” epitomized in the music of Haydn and Mozart, was all the rage. At the time, Beethoven’s early works were being met with success and enthusiasm, and he was touring Europe as a pianist. More than a decade later, as Beethoven wrote the “Ghost Trio” in 1809, he was rapidly losing his hearing, and he knew that the degeneration that would cause his eventual deafness was probably untreatable. In spite of, or perhaps even because of, this profound change in the way he heard sound, his music showed incredible innovation. In the “Ghost Trio,” so named for the spooky-sounding chromaticism in the second movement, the piano becomes an equal partner of the string instruments, and snippets of musical material are reused creatively, rather than repeated verbatim. This dramatic musical makeover shows Beethoven’s growth as a composer through the lens of his works for strings and piano.