On the last day I was there, I saw Fabio Luisi conduct the festival orchestra in a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Brahm’s Symphony No. 2. Luisi, the Metropolitan Opera’s principle conductor, was probably the most famous man at the…
In occasione del Centenario, fra le altre manifestazioni come pubblicazioni di saggi, romanzi, concerti di contemporanea con compositori armeni, film, ecco un progetto musicale di ampio respiro: “With you Armenia”, partito da Gerusalemme lo scorso marzo che, dopo la tappa…
Quarantenne da una settimana, il 6 settembre Daniel Harding ha diretto la Filarmonica della Scala al Conservatorio di Milano, in una domenica dal programma austroungarico – viennese di adozione Beethoven, boemo Dvorak -, incastrata tra due eventi pietroburghesi: Temirkanov il…
Ottima la prova in trasferta della Filarmonica della Scala, in grado di compiere escursioni dinamiche di grande drammaticità, compatta negli archi, dai suoni sicuri e potenti nei fiati; ottimamente riuscita l’esecuzione della Sinfonia n. 8 di Antonin Dvořák, in cui…
A prominent Italian pianist is making a welcome return to Alnwick. Alessandaro Taverna, trained at the prestigious Accademia Pianistica in Imola, near Bologna, has played in the town on two previous occasions for Alnwick Music Society. Taverna, 31, proved extremely…
All’inizio di settembre quando i grandi festival musicali hanno chiuso i battenti sono rimasti, sulla scena MiTo (di cui abbiamo parlato su Il Sussidiario del 3 settembre) e le Sagre Umbra e Maltestiana (che tratteremo nel prossimo futuro) e la…
It’s tempting to dismiss Nikolai Medtner without having heard a note of his music. Those who dismiss him as a less flamboyant Rachmaninov contemporary are making a huge mistake. Prokofiev enjoyed playing Medtner’s piano sonatas, and Rachmaninov once described his…
Few today would agree with Rachmaninoff’s glowing assessment of his old friend Nikolai Medtner as “the greatest living composer.” While nearly as skilled as Rachmaninoff in manipulating the basic musical materials—a meticulous craftsmanship that earned him the admiration of many…
Medtner’s 14 piano sonatas have been fairly well served on disc, with sets (in various degrees of completion) available by Hamelin(Hyperion), Fellegi (Marco Polo, download only), Tozer (Chandos), Paul Stewart (Grand Piano), Milne (CRD), and many more. They were composed…
venerdì 1 maggio 2015, 17.49 Grande musica, ma anche momenti di commozione ed echi di Caorle (Venezia) a Washington DC per un concerto di solidarieta’ promosso dalla Colon Cancer Allianz americana a The University Club, il piu’ prestigioso e anziano…
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