Thursday
1st September 2022
12.30 lunchtime
Programme
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908-1992)
Theme and variations (1932)
Thème – Modéré
Variation Number 1 – Modéré
Variation Number 2 – Un peu moins Modére
Variation Number 3 – Modéré, avec éclat
Variation Number 4 – Vif et passionné
Variation Number 5 – Tres modéré
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Mity Myths
1 Źródło Aretuzy The Fountain of Arethusa
2 Narcyz Narcissus
3 Driady i Pan Dryads and Pan
Béla Viktor János Bartók (1881–1945)
Rhapsody No 1, Sz 87 BB 94a (1928)
1 Lassú Moderato Slow
2 Friss Allegretto moderato Fresh
Concert duration approx: 45 minutes
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Gabriel Bilbao
Gabriel Bilbao is a Bolivian violinist, currently studying under the guidance of Alex Redington and Jack Liebeck at the Royal Academy of Music, where he holds a full scholarship.
Gabriel has had the opportunity to play as a soloist with orchestras such as Bolivia Clasica Chamber Orchestra, Bolivian National Symphony Orchestra and the NSO SMI Orchestra and take part in festivals such as Festival Musica not Montanhas, Verbier Festival, Norfolk Music Festival and Southwell Music Festival.
Since studying at RAM, he has had the opportunity to work with conductors such as John Wilson, Mark Elder and Marin Alsop. He has performed in the National Auditorium in La Paz, Wigmore Hall, Salle des Combins and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Gabriel is passionate about music and human connection, he has been taking part in hospital visits in Bolivia and in Musica para Respirar, a Bolivian initiative to spread music to people affected during the pandemic, reaching all of Latin America, Spain and Australia.
Gabriel plays on a 1770 Cuypers violin, loaned from the Royal Academy of Music collection.
Gabriel has had the opportunity to play as a soloist with orchestras such as Bolivia Clasica Chamber Orchestra, Bolivian National Symphony Orchestra and the NSO SMI Orchestra and take part in festivals such as Festival Musica not Montanhas, Verbier Festival, Norfolk Music Festival and Southwell Music Festival.
Since studying at RAM, he has had the opportunity to work with conductors such as John Wilson, Mark Elder and Marin Alsop. He has performed in the National Auditorium in La Paz, Wigmore Hall, Salle des Combins and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Gabriel is passionate about music and human connection, he has been taking part in hospital visits in Bolivia and in Musica para Respirar, a Bolivian initiative to spread music to people affected during the pandemic, reaching all of Latin America, Spain and Australia.
Gabriel plays on a 1770 Cuypers violin, loaned from the Royal Academy of Music collection.
Jeffery Macsim
Jeffrey Macsim was born in 1998 in Romania and started playing the piano at the age of six. He studied under the direction of the famous Romanian pianist and pedagogue Daniel Goiți (Gheorghe Dima Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca) and gave concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestra of his hometown while winning many national junior competitions for solo instruments.
Through winning the trophy in the 2014 edition of the “Lira de Aur” competition, he was awarded a scholarship at the Whitgift School, Croydon, UK. It also enabled him to take lessons with Professor Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music in London and, as of September 2017, he enrolled in his class at the Royal Academy of Music on a full scholarship.
In 2018, he was awarded the Grand Prix of the International Piano Competition HRH Princess Lalla Meryem in Rabat, Morocco. Other engagements have included 2019 recitals in Portugal, and in Spain, at the invitation of the Cita con los Clasicos festival.
Jeffery's studies at the RAM benefit from support of the Munster Trust's Derek Butler Award. As well as Romanian and English, Jeffrey speaks excellent French.
Through winning the trophy in the 2014 edition of the “Lira de Aur” competition, he was awarded a scholarship at the Whitgift School, Croydon, UK. It also enabled him to take lessons with Professor Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music in London and, as of September 2017, he enrolled in his class at the Royal Academy of Music on a full scholarship.
In 2018, he was awarded the Grand Prix of the International Piano Competition HRH Princess Lalla Meryem in Rabat, Morocco. Other engagements have included 2019 recitals in Portugal, and in Spain, at the invitation of the Cita con los Clasicos festival.
Jeffery's studies at the RAM benefit from support of the Munster Trust's Derek Butler Award. As well as Romanian and English, Jeffrey speaks excellent French.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908-1992)
Theme and variations (1932)
Thème – Modéré
Variation Number 1 – Modéré
Variation Number 2 – Un peu moins Modére
Variation Number 3 – Modéré, avec éclat
Variation Number 4 – Vif et passionné
Variation Number 5 – Tres modéré
We open this week's concert recordings with an excellent performance by Janine Jansen, and pianist Itmar Golan.
We are also including a performance on an instrument we rarely hear. Domra player Alexander Rybalko takes the work at a faster pace which, perhaps, better suits his instrument.
The domra is a 3- or 4-stringed member of the lute family, that comes in sizes from piccolo all the way down to bass. What the player is effectively hiding from us is its lute-like round belly. The domra is mainly heard in the music of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
This is Alexander's own transcription for domra, and his pianist is Nelly Pchelintseva.
Theme and variations (1932)
Thème – Modéré
Variation Number 1 – Modéré
Variation Number 2 – Un peu moins Modére
Variation Number 3 – Modéré, avec éclat
Variation Number 4 – Vif et passionné
Variation Number 5 – Tres modéré
We open this week's concert recordings with an excellent performance by Janine Jansen, and pianist Itmar Golan.
We are also including a performance on an instrument we rarely hear. Domra player Alexander Rybalko takes the work at a faster pace which, perhaps, better suits his instrument.
The domra is a 3- or 4-stringed member of the lute family, that comes in sizes from piccolo all the way down to bass. What the player is effectively hiding from us is its lute-like round belly. The domra is mainly heard in the music of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
This is Alexander's own transcription for domra, and his pianist is Nelly Pchelintseva.
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Mity Myths
1 Źródło Aretuzy The Fountain of Arethusa
2 Narcyz Narcissus
3 Driady i Pan Dryads and Pan
The most listened to performance of Myths on youtube is this by the same pair, Janine Jansen and Itmar Golan. You will not be disappointed !
Béla Viktor János Bartók (1881–1945)
Rhapsody No 1, Sz 87 BB 94a (1928)
1 Lassú Moderato Slow
2 Friss Allegretto moderato Fresh
With Bartók we are still in the folksy, gypsy mood. The violinist here is James Ehnes with, regrettably, an unnamed pianist.
Previous concert
Eri Yamamoto, piano - click here
Next Thursday's concert
Kenny Fu, piano - click here