Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Eden Agranat Meged
piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor from Book I BWV 849
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (1860-1909)
from Book 1 of Iberia (1907-8)
El Puerto (Db major)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Kreisleriana Op 16 (1838, revd 1850)
1 Äußerst bewegt (Extremely animated), D minor
2 Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (Very inwardly and not too quickly), B♭ major.
This movement in A-B-A-C-A form, with its lyrical main theme, includes two
contrasting intermezzi.
3 Sehr aufgeregt (Very agitated), G minor
4 Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major/G minor
5 Sehr lebhaft (Very lively), G minor
6 Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major
7 Sehr rasch (Very fast), C minor/E♭ major
8 Schnell und spielend (Fast and playful), G minor.
courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Concert duration approx: 50 minutes
Photo credit: Daniel Stroud
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Eden Agranat Meged
Pianist Eden Agranat Meged achieved international recognition by winning the 3rd Prize at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig. He also received the Steinway Prize, joining the Steinway Prize Winners’ Concert Network.
Competition success also includes winning 1st prizes in the Royal Academy of Music’s Lilian Davis Beethoven Competition, Harriet Cohen Bach Competition, and the Harold Craxton Chamber Music Competition. Eden received the first prize at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival Concerto Competition and will perform a concerto under the baton of Dominic Grier.
Eden was selected as a Kirckman Artist and will be presenting a recital in a major London venue. In Israel, Eden was awarded 1st prizes in the Pnina Salzman Competitions and received scholarships from AICF and Zfunot Culture.
Eden performed at international festivals across Israel, Europe, and the US. He performed concerti with various orchestras, including the German Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony, the Haifa Symphony, the Ashdod Symphony, and the Israel Stage Orchestra.
Eden's musical journey began at the Jerusalem Hassadna Conservatory with Anat Paul and continued at the Kfar Saba Conservatory with Adela Umansky. He graduated from the JMC Excellence Piano Program under the guidance of Murray Perahia.
Eden is currently in his first year of the postgraduate course of the Royal Academy of Music, studying in the class of Ian Fountain. Eden participated in masterclasses with esteemed pianists,among them Emanuel Ax, Imogen Cooper, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler and others. He also trained in the Taubman Approach with Robert Durso.
Competition success also includes winning 1st prizes in the Royal Academy of Music’s Lilian Davis Beethoven Competition, Harriet Cohen Bach Competition, and the Harold Craxton Chamber Music Competition. Eden received the first prize at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival Concerto Competition and will perform a concerto under the baton of Dominic Grier.
Eden was selected as a Kirckman Artist and will be presenting a recital in a major London venue. In Israel, Eden was awarded 1st prizes in the Pnina Salzman Competitions and received scholarships from AICF and Zfunot Culture.
Eden performed at international festivals across Israel, Europe, and the US. He performed concerti with various orchestras, including the German Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony, the Haifa Symphony, the Ashdod Symphony, and the Israel Stage Orchestra.
Eden's musical journey began at the Jerusalem Hassadna Conservatory with Anat Paul and continued at the Kfar Saba Conservatory with Adela Umansky. He graduated from the JMC Excellence Piano Program under the guidance of Murray Perahia.
Eden is currently in his first year of the postgraduate course of the Royal Academy of Music, studying in the class of Ian Fountain. Eden participated in masterclasses with esteemed pianists,among them Emanuel Ax, Imogen Cooper, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler and others. He also trained in the Taubman Approach with Robert Durso.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor from Book I BWV 849 [7:00]
The performer in our first item is Hongzhen Wang, in the Jordan Hall of the New England Conservatory, Boston Massachusetts, in 2018.
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor from Book I BWV 849 [7:00]
The performer in our first item is Hongzhen Wang, in the Jordan Hall of the New England Conservatory, Boston Massachusetts, in 2018.
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (1860-1909)
from Book 1 of Iberia (1907-8)
El Puerto (Db major) [4:00]
Here comes a musician few of us will have had the opportunity to hear live! Alicia de Larrocha, performs at the ‘Festival Internacional de Música de Cadaqués’, in the Església de Santa Maria, Cadaqués, Spain on the 24th August 1984.
Cadaqués is a Catalonian coastal village of some 2600 people, although about ten times that number in the summer months. It has a list of associations with famous people including, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, John Cage, René Magritte, Walt Disney, Picasso, the US author Michael Lederer (who wrote the novel Cadaques), Federico Garcia Lorca, André Breton, Man Ray, the actor James Mason, and the cellist Pablo Casals! That is just a selection of the famous names.
The recording continues with El Albaicín from Book Three. Albaicín is a district of Granada.
from Book 1 of Iberia (1907-8)
El Puerto (Db major) [4:00]
Here comes a musician few of us will have had the opportunity to hear live! Alicia de Larrocha, performs at the ‘Festival Internacional de Música de Cadaqués’, in the Església de Santa Maria, Cadaqués, Spain on the 24th August 1984.
Cadaqués is a Catalonian coastal village of some 2600 people, although about ten times that number in the summer months. It has a list of associations with famous people including, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, John Cage, René Magritte, Walt Disney, Picasso, the US author Michael Lederer (who wrote the novel Cadaques), Federico Garcia Lorca, André Breton, Man Ray, the actor James Mason, and the cellist Pablo Casals! That is just a selection of the famous names.
The recording continues with El Albaicín from Book Three. Albaicín is a district of Granada.
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Kreisleriana Op 16 (1838, revd 1850) [33:25]
1 Äußerst bewegt (Extremely animated), D minor
2 Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (Very inwardly and not too quickly), B♭ major.
This movement in A-B-A-C-A form, with its lyrical main theme, includes two contrasting intermezzi.
3 Sehr aufgeregt (Very agitated), G minor
4 Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major/G minor
5 Sehr lebhaft (Very lively), G minor
6 Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major
7 Sehr rasch (Very fast), C minor/E♭ major
8 Schnell und spielend (Fast and playful), G minor.
We have the restrictions of COVID to thank for this brilliant performance of Kreisleriana. Alexander Krichel is playing to an empty Essen Philharmonie in a fully streamed concert from December 2020.
Kreisleriana Op 16 (1838, revd 1850) [33:25]
1 Äußerst bewegt (Extremely animated), D minor
2 Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (Very inwardly and not too quickly), B♭ major.
This movement in A-B-A-C-A form, with its lyrical main theme, includes two contrasting intermezzi.
3 Sehr aufgeregt (Very agitated), G minor
4 Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major/G minor
5 Sehr lebhaft (Very lively), G minor
6 Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major
7 Sehr rasch (Very fast), C minor/E♭ major
8 Schnell und spielend (Fast and playful), G minor.
We have the restrictions of COVID to thank for this brilliant performance of Kreisleriana. Alexander Krichel is playing to an empty Essen Philharmonie in a fully streamed concert from December 2020.
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