concert
Doppler, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Valerie Coleman and Jolivet — sunlit folk dance at one end, ancient myth at the other.
programme-note
Ash Powell, flute · Stuart Ellam, piano Frodsham, nr Liverpool · October 2023 Duo for flute and piano Aaron Copland (1900–1990) Flowing · Poetic, somewhat mournful · Lively, with bounce Copland is the archetypal composer of American music. He wrote in varying styles, some based on folk music and some more avant garde.
programme-note
Duo for flûte and piano: Aaron Copeland 6 Piano pieces Op 118: Johannes Brahms Sonata for flute & piano; Paul Hindemith Sonatine Op76: Darius Milhaud 6 Piano pieces Op 118: Brahms La Merle Noir: Olivier Messiaen Program NotesHausMusik: flute & piano Duo for flûte and piano: Aaron Copeland ( 1900-
Large, sprawling, emotional and harmonically reckless. Bach at his least well-behaved.
Ravel isn't interested in difficulty for its own sake.
Beethoven's last piano sonata — just two movements, no time for a third.
Schubert's winter journey run against Mike Colechin's photographs. Not a slideshow with piano accompaniment.
At the end of a science PhD I conducted Die Meistersinger in a hall on the Mile End Road — a year learning an opera I didn't know a note of, then four hours in the pit, and still one of the most useful things I've done.