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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Czerny Concerto for Piano ...

Last post by Martin Eastick - Today at 12:37

The Czerny concerto is an time favourite of mine, ever since finding it on an obscure American LP back in the 1970's! I was also fortunate enough to attend a live performance given by Harvey Dagul and his wife a few years later. Yes, there are torrents of notes, but it is extremely well constructed for the medium. It can also be performed without orchestra for anyone interested, and it is great fun to play. It also has its more tender moments - try the development section in the first movement, which starts in the key of E minor, before some surprising sequential modulations which Czerny was most adept at! Altogether a most enjoyable work both to listen to and also to perform! It would surely bring the house down at the Proms!

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: BBC Proms 2024 Season

Last post by Christopher - Today at 11:29

And also the completely unknown unsung (can't-sing) classical composer Sam Smith (https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej8mzc)   

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: BBC Proms 2024 Season

Last post by Alan Howe - Today at 11:17

Yes - thanks, Colin. I missed that. See here for details:
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-24/prom-19/   (on 3rd August)

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Composers & Music / Re: Sibelius The Wood Nymph

Last post by semloh - Today at 11:01

Yes, Osmo Vänskä recorded it in the BIS Sibelius series with the LahtiSO.

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Composers & Music / Re: Eižens Buke / Evgeny Bukke...

Last post by Christopher - Today at 10:58

Hello everyone,

As suggested by the OP Christopher, I'd like to share a score of a piece by Eizens (Evgeny) Bukke, the Romance in C-sharp minor for violin and piano (kindly scanned for me by a friend in Riga). I'm not aware of any recordings of this piece, but reading through it, it's clearly a very lovely composition, I'm sure any violinist would be happy to perform it as a short concert piece - on that note, the score also includes the violin part. Interesting to note the Romance's premiere by the composer and Prince Georgy Dulov, it seems he helped publish the piece as well, judging by the front and back pages of the score, under the legend "Полный курс скрипичной игры: заключающий в себе упражнения, этюды и песны, расположенныя по степеням трудности и составленный из произведений знаменитых скрипачей и композиторов - Преподавателем Московской Консерватории кн. Г. ДУЛОВЫМ" (adapted to modern Russian Cyrillic from the Imperial spelling).

Anyway, here's hoping the piece will get a recording!

That is "A complete course of violin playing: containing exercises, etudes and songs, arranged according to degrees of difficulty and compiled from the works of famous violinists and composers - Teacher of the Moscow Conservatory, Prince. G. DULOV"

Thanks Theodore!

(And here's about Prince Dulov, you'll need google translate:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дулов,_Георгий_Николаевич )

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: BBC Proms 2024 Season

Last post by semloh - Today at 10:56

.. and maybe worth mentioning Holst's The Cloud Messenger.

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Composers & Music / Re: Sir Andrew Davis dies 20th...

Last post by semloh - Today at 10:45

Much loved in Australia, of course, as Chief Conductor and subsequently Conductor Laureate of the Melbourne SO, and as a champion of Grainger (whom we claim as our own!). Sadly missed.

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Czerny Concerto for Piano ...

Last post by semloh - Today at 09:30

I certainly share your enthusiasm, John. I have always found this work, like so much of Czerny's music, joyful and uplifting. I have the Koch-Swann version, with the Kölner Klavier Duo.

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Composers & Music / Re: Jakab Gyula Major Concert ...

Last post by semloh - Today at 09:24

I too trust your judgement, Gareth. I am sure many people would simply hear that Youtube piece and dismiss him. Clearly, that would be a mistake.

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Vilma von Webenau Piano Qu...

Last post by semloh - Today at 09:13

Try this, Colin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCYXr58oFOQ

Oh yes, beautiful. Thanks, Alan. To my ear, hints of Verklärte Nacht!