Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
26th August 2021
12.30 lunchtime
Lavinia Vlad
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Lavinia Vlad appears courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin Sonata No 18, G Major, K 301/293a (1788)
I Allegro con spirito Fast, with spirit
II Allegro Fast
César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (1822-1890)
a wedding present for violinist Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata in A Major FWV 8 (1886)
I Allegretto ben moderato Fairly fast, quite moderately
II Allegro Fast, lightly
III Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia Quite moderate: Recitative (speechlike)-A fantasy
IV Allegretto poco mosso Fairly fast with a little movement
Concert duration approx: 45 minutes
Lavinia Vlad appears courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music.
We are extremely grateful to Thomas Ang who stepped in when Miss Vlad's original accompanist was unwell. We wish her a full and speedy recovery.
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Lavinia Vlad
From Romania, to Canada and finally to London – Ana-Lavinia Vlad has migrated to many stages and teachers in order to feed her love of music.
Lavinia completed her Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Professors Joshua Fisher and Remus Azoitei. She received the Clarence Myerscough Centenary Award for her performance in her undergraduate final recital and was welcomed back to continue her studies at the Academy in the Master of Arts programme.
She has had the pleasure playing alongside the Academy’s Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall and has had various performances in London’s Cadogan Hall, St. Paul’s Covent Garden and multiple popular concert venues. She has also had the opportunity to work with esteemed musicians and conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Robert Trevino, Thomas Gould, Jac van Steen and Marin Alsop.
In 2014, Lavinia had her solo debut with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, alongside American conductor John Morris Russell at the Centre in the Square, which is regarded as “one of the finest performance spaces in North America”. Following her debut, she was invited back to perform with the orchestra on multiple occasions, playing prominent repertoire such as Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole and the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Lavinia has won numerous Canadian awards from the Kiwanis Music Festival, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra and competitions she has attended. She has also, for multiple years, been a top prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition.
In London, she enjoys performing alongside the Ivor Trio and has participated in countless orchestral performances, many times leading orchestras such as the Horton Chamber Orchestra and the Firebird Orchestra.
Lavinia completed her Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Professors Joshua Fisher and Remus Azoitei. She received the Clarence Myerscough Centenary Award for her performance in her undergraduate final recital and was welcomed back to continue her studies at the Academy in the Master of Arts programme.
She has had the pleasure playing alongside the Academy’s Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall and has had various performances in London’s Cadogan Hall, St. Paul’s Covent Garden and multiple popular concert venues. She has also had the opportunity to work with esteemed musicians and conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Robert Trevino, Thomas Gould, Jac van Steen and Marin Alsop.
In 2014, Lavinia had her solo debut with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, alongside American conductor John Morris Russell at the Centre in the Square, which is regarded as “one of the finest performance spaces in North America”. Following her debut, she was invited back to perform with the orchestra on multiple occasions, playing prominent repertoire such as Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole and the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Lavinia has won numerous Canadian awards from the Kiwanis Music Festival, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra and competitions she has attended. She has also, for multiple years, been a top prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition.
In London, she enjoys performing alongside the Ivor Trio and has participated in countless orchestral performances, many times leading orchestras such as the Horton Chamber Orchestra and the Firebird Orchestra.
Thomas Ang
Pianist Thomas Ang studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne and Diana Ketler, and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Andrew West and Eugene Asti. He has won prizes for his performances of Beethoven, Frederick Delius, Arthur Bliss and the contemporary piano repertoire, and has been praised for his thoughtful and critical programming and excellent technique.
He has also earned recognition as a specialist in the music of Nikolai Kapustin, having played and conducted world premieres of his compositions in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia and Taiwan.
With a strong interest in contemporary music, Thomas has performed John Cage at the Purcell Room and Boulez at the Aldeburgh Music Festival. His piano duo (Duo Ex Libris) performed the complete non-sonata piano works of Boulez, including the two books of Structures in London; they have also played various recital programmes in Australia and around the UK and made multiple appearances on Radio 3.
In other chamber groups he maintains a strong interest in unusual repertoire of the late Romantic, as well as mid-20th-century British music. He has worked with conductors such as Susanna Mälkki, Clement Power, Sian Edwards and Jonathan Berman as well as composers Oliver Knussen, John Adams and Nikolai Kapustin in playing their music. He has also played in classes by Stephen Hough, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Imogen Cooper, Kathryn Stott and Yevgeny Sudbin among others.
Off the concert stage, Thomas works as a répétiteur and ballet pianist. He sometimes accompanies and improvises for silent film, appearing at various festivals and events. Thomas also plays the violin, and writes poetry and piano transcriptions of songs and symphonies.
A denizen of London, Thomas has spent lockdown days greatly expanding his sizable repertoire. Upcoming projects in 2021 include a lecture and two recitals for Pushkin House in March, a performance of Clara Schumann’s piano concerto, and working on Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Holland Park.
He has also earned recognition as a specialist in the music of Nikolai Kapustin, having played and conducted world premieres of his compositions in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia and Taiwan.
With a strong interest in contemporary music, Thomas has performed John Cage at the Purcell Room and Boulez at the Aldeburgh Music Festival. His piano duo (Duo Ex Libris) performed the complete non-sonata piano works of Boulez, including the two books of Structures in London; they have also played various recital programmes in Australia and around the UK and made multiple appearances on Radio 3.
In other chamber groups he maintains a strong interest in unusual repertoire of the late Romantic, as well as mid-20th-century British music. He has worked with conductors such as Susanna Mälkki, Clement Power, Sian Edwards and Jonathan Berman as well as composers Oliver Knussen, John Adams and Nikolai Kapustin in playing their music. He has also played in classes by Stephen Hough, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Imogen Cooper, Kathryn Stott and Yevgeny Sudbin among others.
Off the concert stage, Thomas works as a répétiteur and ballet pianist. He sometimes accompanies and improvises for silent film, appearing at various festivals and events. Thomas also plays the violin, and writes poetry and piano transcriptions of songs and symphonies.
A denizen of London, Thomas has spent lockdown days greatly expanding his sizable repertoire. Upcoming projects in 2021 include a lecture and two recitals for Pushkin House in March, a performance of Clara Schumann’s piano concerto, and working on Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Holland Park.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Violin Sonata No 18, G Major, K 301/293a (1788) I Allegro con spirito Fast, with spirit II Allegro Fast performed by Anne Sophie Mutter, violin, and Lambert Orkis, piano |
César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (1822-1890)
a wedding present for violinist Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata in A Major FWV 8 (1886)
I Allegretto ben moderato Fairly fast, quite moderately
II Allegro Fast, lightly
III Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
Quite moderate: Recitative (speechlike) - A fantasy
IV Allegretto poco mosso Fairly fast with a little movement
a choice of two performances to compare:
a wedding present for violinist Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata in A Major FWV 8 (1886)
I Allegretto ben moderato Fairly fast, quite moderately
II Allegro Fast, lightly
III Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
Quite moderate: Recitative (speechlike) - A fantasy
IV Allegretto poco mosso Fairly fast with a little movement
a choice of two performances to compare:
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performed by Yehudi Menuhin, violin, with his sister, Hephzibah Menuhin, piano, in 1960
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performed by Maxim Vengerov, violin and Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
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Next Thursday's concert
Yeo Yat-Soon, plays harpsichord works by Bach, Cabezòn, Frescobaldi, Mozart, Thomas Tomkins, and Handel - click here
Last Thursday's concert
Ryan Char, violin and Shannon Ross, cello, courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music - click here
