Piano
Happy Birthday Seda Sesigüzel!
Doğum günüm kutlu olsun, aşkım! Seni çok seviyorum!
Seda is in Istanbul today to celebrate her birthday with her family. If you feel so inclined visit her website to send birthday greetings! :-) In the meanwhile you can listen to a recording of her playing the first movement from Beethoven’s Sonata “Pathétique” op. 13:
::Seda Sesigüzel - [...]
Delicate miniatures and melancholic sonatas
This season, the Konzerthaus Berlin has put up some intriguing programs celebrating the 100th birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich. Among these concerts were performances by the Jerusalem Quartet (all string quartets), the Konzerthausorchester (Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra), as well as the Berlin Sinfonietta (Chamber Symphony). In an engaging performance on Thursday night, Alexei [...]
Russian Program at the Konzerthaus
This promises to be an exciting evening at the Konzerthaus in Berlin:
Alexei Lubimov, piano
Galina Ustvolskaya Sonata No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich Five Preludes for Piano (1919-20)
Sergey Prokofjew Sonata No. 7 op. 83
Alexander Skryabin Five Preludes op. 74
Andrej Volkonsky “Musica stricta”
Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata No. 2 op. 64
November 16, 2006. Konzerthaus
Ustvolskaya and Shostakovich: there should be many more concerts [...]
C. Bechstein in Kreuzberg
Walking around in my neighbourhood today I came across the old C. Bechstein piano manufactury in Ohlauer Strasse. This is virtually around the corner from where I live but I had no idea it existed! It was a nice coincidence that I had my camera with me to take this shot of the C. Bechstein [...]
Shopping
After weeks of abstinence I finally bought new CDs, scores, and books yesterday. For those of you who live in Berlin, check out the Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann. It has a huge collection of classical music CDs in the basement. Here is what I bought: 1) The Camerata Salzburg conducted by Sandor Vegh with Bartok’s Divertimento for [...]
