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Der Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin stammt aus Russland, ist der Sohn zweier Pianisten, hat in Berlin und in London studiert, wo der 55-Jährige bis heute mit seiner Familie lebt. In Deutschland ist Sudbin vergleichsweise selten zu erleben und relativ wenig bekannt – was wundert, angesichts einer umfangreichen und preisgekrönten Diskographie. Darin widmet er sich oft Werken russischer Herkunft: Rachmaninow, Medtner – und Alexander Skrjabin. Bereits im Jahr 2007 hat Sudbin ein Solo-Album mit Musik von Skrjabin veröffentlicht, jetzt legt er eine weitere Aufnahme vor.
durée : 01:28:50 - Tatiana Nikolaïeva, l'ampleur et la sincérité - par : Aurélie Moreau - Tatiana Nikolaïeva, pianiste et compositrice deux fois Médaille d'Or au Concours Tchaïkovski, était une musicienne admirable entre autres pour l'élévation de ses interprétations. Aujourd'hui : Bach, Chostakovitch, Medtner, Beethoven, Rachmaninov…
durée : 01:16:08 - La Belle et le Prince - par : Judith Chaine - De Cornago et Ockeghem à Boulez, en passant par des œuvres d'Offenbach, Chopin, Borodine, Tchaïkovski, Medtner, Brahms... Et notre chanson du jour : O Sole Mio, une version pour trois contre-ténors. - réalisé par : Delphine Keravec
In this episode, we discuss recordings of “Mozart: The Piano Quartets” (Chandos) by Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden & Federico Colli, “Medtner in England” (Somm) by Natalia Lomeiko, Alexander Karpeyev & Theodore Platt, “Dependent Arising” (Cedille) by Rachel Barton Pine & Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Tito Muñoz, “Resonance” (SteepleChase) by John Hart, “Conversation Starter” (Posi-Tone) by Willie Morris, and “Between Two Worlds” (Le Coq Records) by Terrell Stafford. The Adult Music Podcast is featured in: Feedspot's 100 Best Jazz Podcasts Episode 129 Deezer Playlist “Mozart: The Piano Quartets” (Chandos) Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden & Federico Colli https://open.spotify.com/album/1TtH72HFdrMGPy3n4Cis4Q https://music.apple.com/us/album/mozart-the-piano-quartets/1693810982 “Medtner in England” (Somm) Natalia Lomeiko, Alexander Karpeyev & Theodore Platt https://open.spotify.com/album/0fIgSZ6tY5xtUBatupz6Lq https://music.apple.com/us/album/medtner-in-england/1701593975 “Dependent Arising” (Cedille) Rachel Barton Pine, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Tito Muñoz https://open.spotify.com/album/7jY9NUjFHWHc9hjWM9GyP8 https://music.apple.com/us/album/dependent-arising/1693324639 “Resonance” (SteepleChase) John Hart https://open.spotify.com/album/5tMrkKkDvZcqSWrqM97Qej https://music.apple.com/us/album/resonance/1698702385 “Conversation Starter” (Posi-Tone) Willie Morris https://open.spotify.com/album/3MWuBLErUmqp8x2YX1tCIg https://music.apple.com/us/album/conversation-starter/1696318955 “Between Two Worlds” (Le Coq Records) Terrell Stafford https://open.spotify.com/album/6UjRMQ9qkSKWYrKKF5RY1Y https://music.apple.com/us/album/between-two-worlds-feat-johnathan-blake-tim-warfield/1694428813 Be sure to check out: "Same Difference: 2 Jazz Fans, 1 Jazz Standard" Johnny Valenzuela and Tony Habra look at several versions of the same Jazz standard each week, play snippets from each version, discuss the history of the original and the different versions.
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Nikolai Medtner - Winter Evening Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone Ivari Ilja, piano More info about today's track: Delos DE3392 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 Amazon
Sometimes Jay indulges in hyperbole—but the hyperbole is not far off. In this episode, he calls Dawn Upshaw’s 1989 recording of “No word from Tom” (Stravinsky) “just about the best thing ever.” You may well agree. He begins the episode with another “just about the best thing ever”: Leontyne Price in “Summertime” (Gershwin), live in Munich, 1968. Also on the menu are Mozart, Bridge, Medtner... Source
Sometimes Jay indulges in hyperbole—but the hyperbole is not far off. In this episode, he calls Dawn Upshaw's 1989 recording of “No word from Tom” (Stravinsky) “just about the best thing ever.” You may well agree. He begins the episode with another “just about the best thing ever”: Leontyne Price in “Summertime” (Gershwin), live in Munich, 1968. Also on the menu are Mozart, Bridge, Medtner, and Szymanowski. A winning line-up. Gershwin, “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess” Mozart, String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155 Medtner, Fairy Tale No. 3 Bridge, “Allegro appassionato” Szymanowski, Violin Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky, “No word from Tom” from “The Rake's Progress”
December 28-án, a Zeneakadémián, Kamarazene karnyújtásnyira című sorozatban, az éppen hetven esztendeje elhunyt orosz zeneszerző és zongoraművész, Nyikolaj Karlovics Medtner (1880–1951) életművéből hallhatunk válogatást Mondok Yvette szoprán, Lajkó István zongoraművész és Oláh Vilmos hegedűművész közös koncertjén.
The music of Nikolai Medtner is often forgotten in the shadow of his colleague and friend, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Pianist Cahill Smith joins us to talk about his love for the music of this early 20th-century composer.You can hear Cahill Smith and other NOVA artists on our next concert, available beginning Friday, May 21, at https://www.novaslc.org/concerts/2021/5/21/spring21concert3.Anne Francis Bayless | hostCahill Smith | pianistproduced by Chris Myers (https://www.argylearts.com)Copyright © 2021 NOVA Chamber Music Series. All rights reserved.
durée : 00:58:27 - Boris Berezovsky, intrépide et passionné - par : Aurélie Moreau - "Rachmaninov et Medtner sont les compositeurs qui expriment le mieux la beauté d'une Russie qui n'existe plus", Bobo, comme l'appellent ses proches, Boris Berezovsky joue Liszt, Saint-Saens, Godowsky Brahms, Tchaikovsky et bien sûr Medtner et Rachmaninov dans le van Beethoven. - réalisé par : Vivian Lecuivre
Let's go back a few years to hear two clips from 2009 Honens Prize Laureate Georgy Tchaidze. After listening to Georgy perform one of Medtner's Fairy Tales, known as the greatest but most neglected piano music in Medtner's repertoire, enjoy Dvořák's Finale from Piano Quintet in A Major Op. 81 with Georgy and 2010 BISQC first prize winner, the Cecilia String Quartet. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.
Der Pianist Severin von Eckardstein spricht über seine jüngsten Erfahrungen mit Valery Gergiev und dem Mariinsky-Orchester, über den Reiz, Raritäten zu entdecken wie Gabriel Duponts „Haus in den Dünen“, und über den Sinn von Wettbewerben. Dazu spielt er Musik von Joachim Raff, Dupont, Rachmaninow und Nikolai Medtner.
Ouvrons ensemble le merveilleux grimoire des contes en musique. Bien loin de l’idée préconçue d’une musique naïve, découvrons combien la musique révèle les profondeurs et les complexités de ces histoires fabuleuses. À travers des oeuvres de Ravel, Medtner, Bartók et bien d’autres, dévoilons les tourments cachés derrière les exemplarités. Alors, féérie, ou désenchantement ? L’enfance […]
Il 5 gennaio 1880 nasce a Mosca Nikolai Medtner. Luigi Abbate lo racconta a Wikimusic.
Forgotten Melodies No. 1 - Alla Reminiscenza - Medtner by Auckland Libraries
During a sabbatical visit to rural Bugry in 1919, Medtner rediscovered some of his melodic sketches written much earlier in his life. He then composed three cycles of Forgotten Melodies: sets of character pieces unified by common musical themes derived from these melodies, elaborated with his mature compositional technique and inspiration drawn from the rural surroundings.
Forgotten Melodies No. 1 - Canzona Serenata - Medtner by Auckland Libraries
Forgotten Melodies No. 2 - Meditazione Introductione Quasi Cadenza - Medtner by Auckland Libraries
Today, we are exploring Nikolai Medtner - Forgotten Melodies Op.38 No.8 - Alla ReminiscenzaWhat could you imagine with this piece? Any scenario to tell if you were a videographer? Any story comes in your mind listening? Please share it with me! I would love to hear from you! To leave a voice or a written comment to the podcast, please go to Jeeyoon's WebsiteCreating a podcast requires lots of time and efforts…Please consider to be a supporter of the show! Please go to http://www.patreon.com/journeythroughclassicalpianoSubscribe to my newsletter and get latest posts directly to your inbox! I write bi-weekly newsletter with some thoughts, life lessons and interesting articles I discovered during those weeks. http://www.pianistnewsletter.comJeeyoon’s YouTube Channel to watch the live performances/vlogs/performance tips etc! AND! Join me my Funday Live (every Sunday at 2 pm PST during COVID 19) Jeeyoon's official website; http://www.jeeyoonkim.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jeeyoonkimpianistFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/jeeyoonkimpianistTwitter:https://twitter.com/jeeyoon_pianist?lang=enTo buy Jeeyoon's albums, "10 More Minutes" and "Over. Above. Beyond.": (If you order from this link, I will personally sign it for you and send it to you!) http://www.jeeyoonkim.com/shopSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/journeythroughclassicalpiano)
La pianiste Lydia Jardon vient de faire paraître un disque consacré à trois sonates de Nicolaï Miaskovsky. Ce compositeur fut très proche de Prokofiev, sa musique évoque tantôt Scriabine, Medtner ou Rachmaninov mais revêt une très grande personnalité qui lui est propre. Lydia Jardon évoque cette musique avec passion. -- Générique de l'émission : Concert pour violon, piano et quatuor à cordes en ré majeur op. 21 (Sicilienne) de Ernest Chausson Par Itzhak Perlman, Jorge Bolet et le Juilliard String Quartet Mixage : Léo Sulmon
060 Marc-André Hamelin: Musical Offering In this episode, I discuss with international piano soloist and composer Marc-André Hamelin! Among many other topics, we discuss his philosophy about performing, how he approaches solving problems, the wonderful reason he prefers to play by memory, how important curiosity has been in his career, and the importance of living a full life and be exposed to culture. Marc-André also elaborates on: The practicing habits he had at a young age The importance of developing the aptitude to solve problems of becoming your own teacher His advice on memorization Score or no score, that is the question His simple practice “priming” His current interest in Faure's music and how he dives in the topic His favorite tool in the practice room: the score! His idea of the ideal concert: you will all agree with him! 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This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! TURN THE METRONOME ON AND START PRACTICING BETTER AND LEARNING FASTER RIGHT NOW! GET YOUR FREE METRONOME GUIDE TODAY AT www.mindoverfinger.com!!!! MORE ABOUT MARC-ANDRÉ: Website: https://www.marcandrehamelin.com/ YouTube: Click here to catch amazing performances and interviews with Marc-André Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcandrehamelinpiano/ “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times), pianist Marc André Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries – in concert and on disc – earning him legendary status as a true icon of the piano. Mr. Hamelin begins the 19/20 season performing the Brahms Piano concerti with the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Le Festival de Lanaudière, and the world premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth's piano concerto at the BBC Proms, led by the composer. Other summer appearances include recitals at the Schubertiade, Helsingborg Piano Festival, Mänttä Music Festival, Domaine Forget, Orford Music Festival, the Newport Music Festival, and at the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival with friend and regular collaborator, Leif Ove Andsnes. Recital appearances this season include a return to Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on the Great Artists Series. He also performs at Wigmore Hall, the George Enescu Festival, Ascona (Switzerland), Prague, Munich, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Moscow State Philharmonic, at the Elbphilharmonie for the Husum Rarities of Piano Music Festival, Monte Carlo, and the Heidelberg Festival, among other dates. Mr. Hamelin is the inaugural guest curator for Portland Piano International, where he opens the season with two solo recitals. He returns to San Francisco Performances – a series with whom he has a long and deeply supportive artistic relationship – as a Perspectives Artist for their 40th Anniversary Season, performing a solo recital; Die Winterreise with tenor Mark Padmore; and the world premiere of his own Piano Quintet, commissioned by SFP and performed by himself and the Alexander String Quartet. An exclusive recording artist for Hyperion Records, in 19/20, Hyperion releases two albums by Mr. Hamelin – one a solo disc and the other with the Takács Quartet. He recently released a disc of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major and Four Impromptus; a landmark disc of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Concerto for Two Pianos with Leif Ove Andsnes; Morton Feldman's For Bunita Marcus; and Medtner's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski. His impressive Hyperion discography of more than 60 recordings includes concertos and works for solo piano by such composers as Alkan, Godowsky, and Medtner, as well as brilliantly received performances of Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, and Shostakovich. He was honored with the 2014 ECHO Klassik Instrumentalist of Year (Piano) and Disc of the Year by Diapason Magazine and Classica Magazine for his three-disc set of Busoni: Late Piano Music and an album of his own compositions, Hamelin: Études, which received a 2010 Grammy nomination and a first prize from the German Record Critics' Association. Mr. Hamelin was a distinguished member of the jury of the 15 th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2017 where each of the 30 competitors in the preliminary round performed Hamelin's Toccata on L'Homme armé; this was the first time the composer of the commissioned work was also a member of the jury. Mr. Hamelin has composed music throughout his career, with nearly 30 compositions to his name. The majority of those works – including the Études and Toccata on L'Homme armé – are published by Edition Peters. Mr. Hamelin makes his home in the Boston area with his wife, Cathy Fuller. Born in Montreal, Marc-André Hamelin is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the German Record Critics' Association and has received seven Juno Awards and eleven GRAMMY nominations. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier de l'Ordre du Québec, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada. If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes! I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. 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The soprano Louise Alder has just released her first recording for Chandos. It's called ‘Lines written during a sleepless night: The Russian Connection' and finds her joined by the pianist Joseph Middleton in songs by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Grieg, Medtner and Britten. She tells James Jolly about the project.
Das Glück seiner späten Jahre verdankte Nikolai Medtner dem 25. Maharadscha von Mysore. Der musikbegeisterte indische Fürst gründete 1949 die "Medtner Society" und der alte Meister setzte sich nochmal ans Klavier, um eigene Stücke aufzunehmen - schwärmerische und sehr romantische Musik, die damals ganz aus der Zeit gefallen war. Autor: Michael Struck-Schloen
This week on The Talent, pianist Jenny Lu and pianist Hannah Shin perform live-to-air and receive feedback from our two industry mentors, pianist Vanessa Sharman and regular mentor for Season 2, pianist Julia Hastings. --Pieces performed:"Irish Tune from County Derry" by Percy Grainger (performed by pianist Jenny Lu)"When what we called our town forever departs from us" and "There once was a poor knight" from Skazki by Medtner (performed by pianist Jenny Lu)"Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor" by J.S. Bach (performed by pianist Hannah Shin)Mvt 1 of Piano Sonata in D Major by W.A. Mozart (performed by pianist Hannah Shin)Mvt 4 of Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor by Chopin (performed by pianist Hannah Shin)--The Talent creditsHost: Jessica Carrascalao HeardProducer: Grace IpSound Engineers: Joe Gofron, Shay Mosh, Keeju LeeActing Producer for Episode 2: Jem SherwillPodcast Producer: Jessica Carrascalao HeardThis has been a podcast from 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne.
This week on The Talent, pianist Jenny Lu and pianist Hannah Shin perform live-to-air and receive feedback from our two industry mentors, pianist Vanessa Sharman and regular mentor for Season 2, pianist Julia Hastings. --Pieces performed:"Irish Tune from County Derry" by Percy Grainger (performed by pianist Jenny Lu)"When what we called our town forever departs from us" and "There once was a poor knight" from Skazki by Medtner (performed by pianist Jenny Lu)"Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor" by J.S. Bach (performed by pianist Hannah Shin)Mvt 1 of Piano Sonata in D Major by W.A. Mozart (performed by pianist Hannah Shin)Mvt 4 of Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor by Chopin (performed by pianist Hannah Shin)--The Talent creditsHost: Jessica Carrascalao HeardProducer: Grace IpSound Engineers: Joe Gofron, Shay Mosh, Keeju LeeActing Producer for Episode 2: Jem SherwillPodcast Producer: Jessica Carrascalao HeardThis has been a podcast from 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne.
What does legacy code mean to you? Is it a valuable code that is hard to change or a code you are simply afraid to change; a code that makes you money or a code you are ashamed of? In today’s episode we deep dive into the quest for the most interesting and influential definitions of legacy code with Amitai Schleier. Amitai is true renaissance man - a software development coach, legacy code wrestler, consultant, non-award-winning musician and award-winning bad poet. Amitai regularly contributes code and direction to notable open-source projects such as NetBSD, pkgsrc, ikiwiki, and qmail. When you finish listening to this episode, you should check out Amitai’s micropodcast “Agile in 3 Minutes”, his articles on legacy code and other topics, and last, but not least, you should relax with his piano performance of Medtner at the International Rachmaninoff Conference.
Like every pianist, pianos have their own unique characteristics. Choosing the perfect pairing of musician and instrument can be a challenge, but it can also be a lot of fun. In this podcast, Michael Brown, Adam Golka, and Roman Rabinovich seek the perfect piano on which to record three solo albums of music by Haydn, Beethoven, Medtner, and Ravel.
durée : 01:58:44 - Severin von Eckardstein (né en 1978), un Grand d'Allemagne - par : Philippe Cassard - Quel pianiste ! Peu connu en France, mais cultivant un tropisme francophile dans son répertoire, von Eckardstein a été 1er Prix Reine Elizabeth (2003) et poursuit depuis une belle carrière internationale. Ses enregistrements de Schubert, Schumann, Medtner et Scriabine sont déjà des références. - réalisé par : Pierre Willer
Pianisterne Jonathan Siahaan, Gustav Piekut og Emil Gryesten Jensen er tre af fremtidens navne på den danske musikscene. Hør dem når de kaster sig ud i en vifte af klaverlitteraturens fineste, smukkeste og mest udfordrende værker af Mozart, Ligiti, Schumann, Scriabin, Medtner, Prokofiev, Liszt og Ravel.(Hellerup Kammermusikforening 26. november). Vært: Rie Koch. www.dr.dk/p2koncerten
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Ballade in F# Allegretto Introduzione (Mesto) Finale (Allegro) Sonata in A Minor Sonata Reminiscenza in a Sonata Tragica Sonata Romantica in Bb Minor Romanza, Andantino Con Moto, Ma Sempre Espressivo Scherzo Allegro Meditazione, Andante Con Moto Finale: Allegro Non Troppo Sonata Minacciosa Allegro Sostenuto, Concentrando L’itsesso Tempo (Ma […]
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley The Works Sonata in F minor Allegro Intermezzo Allegro Largo Divoto Finale: Allegro Risoluto A flat Major Sonata D minor Sonata: Elegy C Major Sonata Sonata in G Minor Skazka Sonata (Fairy Tale), In C Allegro Abandonamente Andantino Con Moto Allegro ConSpirito Sonata In E Minor: Night Wind Introduzione: Andante […]
At the close of the nineteenth century, Europe was teeming with apocalyptic dreams of destruction and renewal. In Nietzsche’s Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire (Yale University Press, 2015), Rebecca Mitchell traces how in late imperial Russia, music came to be seen as a transcendent force that offered salvation from the era’s atmosphere of decadence and decline. At the turn of the century, Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy became a major inspiration for cultural elites looking for a solution to the problems of modernity. Nietzsche’s Russian orphans adapted the adamantly amoral German writer to suit their context, combining his belief in the transformative power of music with the visions of Orthodox philosopher Vladimir Solovev. Russian music lovers launched a search for the national Orpheus, alternately advancing Aleksander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Sergei Rachmaninoff as the chosen one. These figures differed in their engagement with musical metaphysics. While Scriabin reveled in his role of prophet and endeavored to create a musical Mystery that would mark the end of history, Rachmaninoff largely avoided philosophical musings; in a conversation with the Medtner brothers, he preferred to discuss Italian pasta. Rachmaninoff’s mass popularity was met with disapproval by some of Nietzsche’s orphans, who thought that his melancholic works reveled in the problems of the age rather than solving them. Their dreams for national salvation through music disintegrated amidst the chaos of war and revolution, and major composers including Rachmaninoff emigrated. However, Mitchell argues that their ideas found new life in the Bolshevik state, the Russian diaspora, and the post-Soviet search for national identity. Joy Neumeyer is a journalist and PhD candidate in History at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation project explores the role of death in Soviet culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the close of the nineteenth century, Europe was teeming with apocalyptic dreams of destruction and renewal. In Nietzsche’s Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire (Yale University Press, 2015), Rebecca Mitchell traces how in late imperial Russia, music came to be seen as a transcendent force that offered salvation from the era’s atmosphere of decadence and decline. At the turn of the century, Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy became a major inspiration for cultural elites looking for a solution to the problems of modernity. Nietzsche’s Russian orphans adapted the adamantly amoral German writer to suit their context, combining his belief in the transformative power of music with the visions of Orthodox philosopher Vladimir Solovev. Russian music lovers launched a search for the national Orpheus, alternately advancing Aleksander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Sergei Rachmaninoff as the chosen one. These figures differed in their engagement with musical metaphysics. While Scriabin reveled in his role of prophet and endeavored to create a musical Mystery that would mark the end of history, Rachmaninoff largely avoided philosophical musings; in a conversation with the Medtner brothers, he preferred to discuss Italian pasta. Rachmaninoff’s mass popularity was met with disapproval by some of Nietzsche’s orphans, who thought that his melancholic works reveled in the problems of the age rather than solving them. Their dreams for national salvation through music disintegrated amidst the chaos of war and revolution, and major composers including Rachmaninoff emigrated. However, Mitchell argues that their ideas found new life in the Bolshevik state, the Russian diaspora, and the post-Soviet search for national identity. Joy Neumeyer is a journalist and PhD candidate in History at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation project explores the role of death in Soviet culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the close of the nineteenth century, Europe was teeming with apocalyptic dreams of destruction and renewal. In Nietzsche’s Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire (Yale University Press, 2015), Rebecca Mitchell traces how in late imperial Russia, music came to be seen as a transcendent force that offered salvation from the era’s atmosphere of decadence and decline. At the turn of the century, Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy became a major inspiration for cultural elites looking for a solution to the problems of modernity. Nietzsche’s Russian orphans adapted the adamantly amoral German writer to suit their context, combining his belief in the transformative power of music with the visions of Orthodox philosopher Vladimir Solovev. Russian music lovers launched a search for the national Orpheus, alternately advancing Aleksander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Sergei Rachmaninoff as the chosen one. These figures differed in their engagement with musical metaphysics. While Scriabin reveled in his role of prophet and endeavored to create a musical Mystery that would mark the end of history, Rachmaninoff largely avoided philosophical musings; in a conversation with the Medtner brothers, he preferred to discuss Italian pasta. Rachmaninoff’s mass popularity was met with disapproval by some of Nietzsche’s orphans, who thought that his melancholic works reveled in the problems of the age rather than solving them. Their dreams for national salvation through music disintegrated amidst the chaos of war and revolution, and major composers including Rachmaninoff emigrated. However, Mitchell argues that their ideas found new life in the Bolshevik state, the Russian diaspora, and the post-Soviet search for national identity. Joy Neumeyer is a journalist and PhD candidate in History at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation project explores the role of death in Soviet culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the close of the nineteenth century, Europe was teeming with apocalyptic dreams of destruction and renewal. In Nietzsche’s Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire (Yale University Press, 2015), Rebecca Mitchell traces how in late imperial Russia, music came to be seen as a transcendent force that offered salvation from the era’s atmosphere of decadence and decline. At the turn of the century, Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy became a major inspiration for cultural elites looking for a solution to the problems of modernity. Nietzsche’s Russian orphans adapted the adamantly amoral German writer to suit their context, combining his belief in the transformative power of music with the visions of Orthodox philosopher Vladimir Solovev. Russian music lovers launched a search for the national Orpheus, alternately advancing Aleksander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Sergei Rachmaninoff as the chosen one. These figures differed in their engagement with musical metaphysics. While Scriabin reveled in his role of prophet and endeavored to create a musical Mystery that would mark the end of history, Rachmaninoff largely avoided philosophical musings; in a conversation with the Medtner brothers, he preferred to discuss Italian pasta. Rachmaninoff’s mass popularity was met with disapproval by some of Nietzsche’s orphans, who thought that his melancholic works reveled in the problems of the age rather than solving them. Their dreams for national salvation through music disintegrated amidst the chaos of war and revolution, and major composers including Rachmaninoff emigrated. However, Mitchell argues that their ideas found new life in the Bolshevik state, the Russian diaspora, and the post-Soviet search for national identity. Joy Neumeyer is a journalist and PhD candidate in History at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation project explores the role of death in Soviet culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the close of the nineteenth century, Europe was teeming with apocalyptic dreams of destruction and renewal. In Nietzsche’s Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire (Yale University Press, 2015), Rebecca Mitchell traces how in late imperial Russia, music came to be seen as a transcendent force that offered salvation from the era’s atmosphere of decadence and decline. At the turn of the century, Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy became a major inspiration for cultural elites looking for a solution to the problems of modernity. Nietzsche’s Russian orphans adapted the adamantly amoral German writer to suit their context, combining his belief in the transformative power of music with the visions of Orthodox philosopher Vladimir Solovev. Russian music lovers launched a search for the national Orpheus, alternately advancing Aleksander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Sergei Rachmaninoff as the chosen one. These figures differed in their engagement with musical metaphysics. While Scriabin reveled in his role of prophet and endeavored to create a musical Mystery that would mark the end of history, Rachmaninoff largely avoided philosophical musings; in a conversation with the Medtner brothers, he preferred to discuss Italian pasta. Rachmaninoff’s mass popularity was met with disapproval by some of Nietzsche’s orphans, who thought that his melancholic works reveled in the problems of the age rather than solving them. Their dreams for national salvation through music disintegrated amidst the chaos of war and revolution, and major composers including Rachmaninoff emigrated. However, Mitchell argues that their ideas found new life in the Bolshevik state, the Russian diaspora, and the post-Soviet search for national identity. Joy Neumeyer is a journalist and PhD candidate in History at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation project explores the role of death in Soviet culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I programmet diskuteras violinsonater med Ehnes och Armstrong, pianokonserter av Medtner och Rachmaninov samt Alban Bergs Wozzeck med Hans Graf på pulten. Hanna Höglund har valt galenskap som tema. I panelen Camilla Lundberg, Rainer Clute och Tithi Hahn som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: ELGAR DEBUSSY - RESPIGHI Violinsonater James Ehnes, violin Andrew Armstrong, piano Onyx ONYX 4159 MEDTNER RACHMANINOV Pianokonserter Marc-André Hamelin, piano Londons filharmoniker Vladimir Jurowski, dirigent Hyperion CDA 68145 Referensen Johan jämför med och refererar till en inspelning av Rachmaninovs tredje pianokonsert med pianisten Martha Argerich tillsammans med Berlin-radions symfoniorkester ledda av Riccardo Chailly och inspelad på Philips. ALBAN BERG Wozzeck Roman Trekel, baryton, Anne Schwanewilms, sopran, m.fl. Houstons symfoniorkester Hans Graf, dirigent Naxos 8.660390-91 Referensen Johan jämför med och refererar till en inspelning där Wozzecks roll sjungs av Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau och Marie görs av Evelyn Lear. Vidare hörs kör och orkester från Deutsche Oper och allt leds av Karl Böhm. Inspelningen gjordes 1965 på DG. Hannas val Hanna Höglund väljer ur två album med tema galenskap i musiken. Vi hör valda delar ur Tales of Sound and Fury med Camerata Nordica och Terje Tönnesen, dirigent och violin, Karin Dahlberg, sopran, m fl. inspelad på Bis samt ur The Raven av Toshio Hosokawa med Charlotte Hellekant, mezzosopran, United Instruments of Lucilin och dirigenten Kentaro Kawase. Inspelad på Naxos. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Nikolai Medtners stycke Skazka (Saga) Rachmaninovs tredje pianokonsert med Grigorij Sokolov och BBCs filharmoniker, Manchester ledda av Yan-Pascal Tortelier på DG. Debussys violinsonat med violinisten Joseph Szigety och Béla Bartók vid flygeln, inspelad på Vanguard Classics. Elgars violinsonat med violinisten Daniel Hope och pianisten Simon Mulligan på Nimbus. Alban Bergs Wozzeck med solister, Wiens filharmoniker och Statsoperas kör under ledning av Claudio Abbado på DG samt med solister, Paris-operans kör och orkester dirigerade av Pierre Boulez på CBS. Svepet Johan sveper över en box innehållande 9 CD med Bruckners nio symfonier där Daniel Barenboim står på pulten framför Staatskapelle Berlin. Utgiven på DG.
Nikolai Medtner: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 | Sergej Rachmaninow: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 | Marc-André Hamelin (Klavier) | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Leitung: Vladimir Jurowski
Two exciting Kings Place debuts mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution: acclaimed pianist Alexander Karpeyev plays music of the Russian Silver Age on 13 Feb (kingsplace.co.uk/FinalFlowering). The Hermes Experiment present a programme of musical responses to the Russian Revolution including new pieces by contemporary composers on 16 Feb (kingsplace.co.uk/HermesExperiment).
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata c-Moll, BWV 911 | Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate D-Dur, op. 10 Nr. 3 | Nikolai Medtner: Klaviersonate f-Moll, op. 5 | Lucas Debargue (Klavier)
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.” Nicolai Medtner: Fairy Tales (selections) - Fairy Tale in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2; Fairy Tale in E-flat Major, Op. 26, No. 1; Fairy Tale in B-flat minor, Op. 20, No. 1 Igor Stravinsky (arr. Guido Agosti): Danse infernale du roi Katschei: Allegro feroce Recorded at WCRB’s Fraser Performance Studio on October 3, 2012.
Guest artist Kirill Gliadkovsky, piano, performs works by Taneyev, Medtner, Scryabin, Rachmaninoff, and Mussorgsky on March 26, 2014, as part of the CGU Concerts at CST series. The performance was sponsored by the Department of Music at Claremont Graduate University and the Claremont School of Theology.
Guest artist Kirill Gliadkovsky, piano, performs works by Taneyev, Medtner, Scryabin, Rachmaninoff, and Mussorgsky on March 26, 2014, as part of the CGU Concerts at CST series. The performance was sponsored by the Department of Music at Claremont Graduate University and the Claremont School of Theology.
iAN&ANi, Ian Maksin, cello and Ani Gogova, piano, perform works of Shschedrin, Ravel, Maksin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Medtner, Rachmaninoff and Ginastera live from the Northeastern Illinois University recital hall for the NEIU Jewel Box Series. Music Scchedrin, In the Style of Albeniz Ravel, Piece en forme de Habanera Maksin, Variations on a Russian Theme for Solo Cello Prokofiev, Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119 Shostakovich, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40 Shostakovich, Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5 Medtner, Fairytale in F minor, Op. 26 No. 3 Rachmaninoff, Moment Musical in E minor, Op. 16 No. 4 Ginastera, Pampeana No. 2
For the BBC's piano season, Donald Macleod explores the intersections between the lives of Rachmaninov and Medtner, as both forged their careers in the face of revolution, war and cultural exile