12.30 lunchtime, Thursday 28th July 2016
Greta Åstedt piano artiste appears courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church |
Sponsor: 2016 Season Sponsor: Patricia Morgan Optician Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society 
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Programme
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) from Three Intermezzi for piano (1892) Intermezzo No 1 in Eb major, Andante moderato Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Carnaval, Op 9 (1834-35) Scènes mignonnes pour quatre notes (Little scenes for four notes) 1 Préambule - Quasi maestoso 2 Pierrot - Moderato 3 Arlequin - Vivo 4 Valse noble - Un poco maestoso 5 Esebius - Adagio 6 Florestan - Passionato 7 Coquette - Vivo 8 Réplique - L'istesso tempo 9 Papillons - Prestissimo 10 A.S.C.H - S.C.H.A: Lettres Dansantes - Presto 11 Chiarina - Passionato 12 Chopin - Agitato 13 Estrella - Con affetto 14 Reconnaissance - Animato 15 Pantalon et Colombine - Presto 16 Valse Allemande - Molto vivace Intermezzo: Paganini - Presto 17 Aveu - Passionato 18 Promenade - Con moto 19 Pause - Vivo 20 Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins - Non allegro; prestissimo Change of programme; Asagi Nakata has returned to Japan for a recital engagement. We are extremely grateful to Greta |
Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
Greta Åstedt
Besides her solo work, Greta Åstedt finds great joy in ensemble playing and has given many performances with string players and singers. In 2014 she formed Duo Vastedt together with violinist and good friend Irma Vastakaite. The duo performed for Music on Thursdays at LMC last summer. They regularly give performances in the UK as well as other countries in Europe. The duo is currently working on their project of recording Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas.
Greta has been a prize winner in competitions such as Unga Artister, Kils Internationella Pianotävling and Steinway Piano Festival, where for three consecutive years she was awarded 1st prize. She has appeared several times as a guest performer on various Swedish TV programmes, including God morgon Sverige, and in 2003 recorded an episode for Kultursöndag together with pianist Greta Eriksson, who has been an important person in the early stages of Greta’s piano career. Since 2012 she is also a returning performer for various events at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.
Greta has performed with orchestras Filialen and Södra Latins Symfoniorkester, then collaborating with conductors Rei Munakata and Jan Risberg. In 2009 conductor and composer Pelle Olofson wrote the piece Bagatell for her and she recorded it for his CD Utan Ord in 2013. In 2016 Pelle and Greta collaborated with Stockholms Studentsångare and recorded Oskar Lindberg’s Mitt land – a never before recorded piece.
In November 2015 she performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the English Touring Opera and in the spring she gave two recitals in the Wigmore Hall with her duo.
Greta has previously studied with Professors Pascal Nemirovski, Erik Tawaststjerna, Lidia Spirijagina and Stefan Bojsten and is currently a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studies with Prof Carole Presland.
Greta has been a prize winner in competitions such as Unga Artister, Kils Internationella Pianotävling and Steinway Piano Festival, where for three consecutive years she was awarded 1st prize. She has appeared several times as a guest performer on various Swedish TV programmes, including God morgon Sverige, and in 2003 recorded an episode for Kultursöndag together with pianist Greta Eriksson, who has been an important person in the early stages of Greta’s piano career. Since 2012 she is also a returning performer for various events at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.
Greta has performed with orchestras Filialen and Södra Latins Symfoniorkester, then collaborating with conductors Rei Munakata and Jan Risberg. In 2009 conductor and composer Pelle Olofson wrote the piece Bagatell for her and she recorded it for his CD Utan Ord in 2013. In 2016 Pelle and Greta collaborated with Stockholms Studentsångare and recorded Oskar Lindberg’s Mitt land – a never before recorded piece.
In November 2015 she performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the English Touring Opera and in the spring she gave two recitals in the Wigmore Hall with her duo.
Greta has previously studied with Professors Pascal Nemirovski, Erik Tawaststjerna, Lidia Spirijagina and Stefan Bojsten and is currently a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studies with Prof Carole Presland.
Concert at Home
If you cannot be with us at the lunchtime concert
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the buttons below:
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the buttons below:
Greta Åstedt opens her recital with Brahms Intermezzo.
Here is a performance by Ingrid Marsoner:
Here is a performance by Ingrid Marsoner:
The major work in Greta Åstedt's programme is Robert Schumann's Carnaval, a set of pieces representing the masked revellers at the Carnaval, which precedes Lent in Catholic countries.
Some of the 21 movements represent Schumann's friends and colleagues, others the characters like Pierrot and Columbine from the commedia dell'arte.
At the same time there is a puzzle going on using the letters ASCH (German for A, Eb, C, B) or
AsC H (= Ab, C, B) or SCHA (= Eb, C, B, A).
So for the more technical minded here is a version of Carnaval with the score scrolling,
through a live performance by Marc-André Hamelin.
Some of the 21 movements represent Schumann's friends and colleagues, others the characters like Pierrot and Columbine from the commedia dell'arte.
At the same time there is a puzzle going on using the letters ASCH (German for A, Eb, C, B) or
AsC H (= Ab, C, B) or SCHA (= Eb, C, B, A).
So for the more technical minded here is a version of Carnaval with the score scrolling,
through a live performance by Marc-André Hamelin.
If you prefer to see the performer, here is an excellent performance from Émile Naumoff:
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home.
