Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 29th May 2025
12.30 lunchtime
Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church KT22 8AY
Parking: Swan Centre multi storey KT22 7RH
Lin Xu-Zhang
piano
Pièces de Clavecin
Programme
Tielman Susato (c1510/15 - after 1570)
Selected Danserye, arr Florian Noack
Pour Quoy
Dont vient cela
Den Hoboeckendans
François Couperin (1668-1733)
from L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin, Premier Livre (1713)
La Logivière (allemande)
from Troisième Livre (1722)
Le Rossignol-en-amour
Double du Rossignol
Erik Alfred Lesley Satie (1866-1925)
Embryons décechés Dessicated embryos (1913)
D'holothurie (sea cucumber, wihout eyes)
D'edriophthalma (crustaceans with immovable eyes)
De podophthalma (crustaceans with eyes on stalks)
François Couperin
from Troisième Livre
Sœur Monique
Le Turbulent
Erik Satie
Avant-dernières pensées Penultimate Thoughts (1915)
1 Idylle - for Claude Debussy (his friend)
2 Aubade - for Paul Dukas (friend to both)
3 Méditation - for Albert Roussel (his counterpoint tutor)
Paul Abraham Dukas (1865-1935)
Variations, interlude et finale sur un thème de Rameau (1899-1902)
Menuet [Theme]
Variation I. Tendrement
Variation II. Assez vif, très rythmé
Variation III. Sans hâte, délicatement
Variation IV. Un peu animé, avec légèreté
Variation V. Lent
Variation VI. Modéré
Variation VII. Assez vif
Variation VIII. Très modéré
Variation IX. Animé
Variation X. Sans lenteur, bien marqué
Variation XI. Sombre, assez lent
Interlude
Finale (Variation XII). Modérément animé – Vif
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Programme
Tielman Susato (c1510/15 - after 1570)
Selected Danserye, arr Florian Noack
Pour Quoy
Dont vient cela
Den Hoboeckendans
François Couperin (1668-1733)
from L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin, Premier Livre (1713)
La Logivière (allemande)
from Troisième Livre (1722)
Le Rossignol-en-amour
Double du Rossignol
Erik Alfred Lesley Satie (1866-1925)
Embryons décechés Dessicated embryos (1913)
D'holothurie (sea cucumber, wihout eyes)
D'edriophthalma (crustaceans with immovable eyes)
De podophthalma (crustaceans with eyes on stalks)
François Couperin
from Troisième Livre
Sœur Monique
Le Turbulent
Erik Satie
Avant-dernières pensées Penultimate Thoughts (1915)
1 Idylle - for Claude Debussy (his friend)
2 Aubade - for Paul Dukas (friend to both)
3 Méditation - for Albert Roussel (his counterpoint tutor)
Paul Abraham Dukas (1865-1935)
Variations, interlude et finale sur un thème de Rameau (1899-1902)
Menuet [Theme]
Variation I. Tendrement
Variation II. Assez vif, très rythmé
Variation III. Sans hâte, délicatement
Variation IV. Un peu animé, avec légèreté
Variation V. Lent
Variation VI. Modéré
Variation VII. Assez vif
Variation VIII. Très modéré
Variation IX. Animé
Variation X. Sans lenteur, bien marqué
Variation XI. Sombre, assez lent
Interlude
Finale (Variation XII). Modérément animé – Vif
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Lin Xu-Zhang
London-based Australian pianist Lin Xu-Zhang is sought after as both a soloist and a collaborative artist. Lauded for his remarkable tonal palette and profound expressive depth, he has cultivated a bold and highly individual artistic identity shaped by his exploration of historically informed practices on the modern piano.
As such, the distinctive artistic breadth he brings with his adventurous and inquisitive readings to a vast repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the present day – including more than a dozen concerti – have garnered him widespread acclaim from critics, colleagues and audiences worldwide.
Recent highlights include performances of Arnold Schoenberg’s rarely heard piano concerto as well as his participation in the Royal Academy of Music’s Summer Piano Festival, where he performed selections from György Kurtág’s complete Játékok as part of the Kurtág Project. A devoted advocate for contemporary music, he has also premiered works by several esteemed classical composers such as Gerard Brophy, Alex Pozniak, Ian Munns and Katia Beaugeais. The upcoming season will see him present more than two dozen solo recitals across Europe and Australia.
Lin has recorded as a soloist for the Cranbrook Recording Studio label and is a final-year undergraduate student with Joanna MacGregor CBE at the Royal Academy of Music, London, on a scholarship, receiving additional tutelage from Steven Osborne OBE and Andrew West. A distinguished laureate of several international competitions, Lin is the recipient of the Academy’s Mozart Piano Concerto Prize and the University of Sydney’s Sydney Scholars’ Award. His formative training was shaped by the tutelage of Laurent Boullet, Clemens Leske Jr, and Lina Petkova,
As such, the distinctive artistic breadth he brings with his adventurous and inquisitive readings to a vast repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the present day – including more than a dozen concerti – have garnered him widespread acclaim from critics, colleagues and audiences worldwide.
Recent highlights include performances of Arnold Schoenberg’s rarely heard piano concerto as well as his participation in the Royal Academy of Music’s Summer Piano Festival, where he performed selections from György Kurtág’s complete Játékok as part of the Kurtág Project. A devoted advocate for contemporary music, he has also premiered works by several esteemed classical composers such as Gerard Brophy, Alex Pozniak, Ian Munns and Katia Beaugeais. The upcoming season will see him present more than two dozen solo recitals across Europe and Australia.
Lin has recorded as a soloist for the Cranbrook Recording Studio label and is a final-year undergraduate student with Joanna MacGregor CBE at the Royal Academy of Music, London, on a scholarship, receiving additional tutelage from Steven Osborne OBE and Andrew West. A distinguished laureate of several international competitions, Lin is the recipient of the Academy’s Mozart Piano Concerto Prize and the University of Sydney’s Sydney Scholars’ Award. His formative training was shaped by the tutelage of Laurent Boullet, Clemens Leske Jr, and Lina Petkova,
Recordings of the works in today's concert
NOT UPDATED FOR THIS CONCERT
Andrea Gabrieli (1533–1585)
from Libro primo de Madrigali a 3 voce (1575)
First book of Madrigals for 3 voices
A Caso un Giorno mi guidó la sorte By chance, fate guided me [2:00]
There are two renditions of this piece on YouTube. The first uses electronic sounds for trombones, the other is a choir who don't give much oomph!
For a flavour of Gabrieli's handling of brass instruments, here instead is Ricercar del Duodecimo Tuono - Ricercar of the Twelfth Tone. Ricercar? It's a mostly Italian form that explores fugues and counterpoint.
These unnamed brass players are performing in the Steigerwald Cathedral in Gerölzhofen, Southern Germany, at a special service marking the 400th anniversary of Julius Echter, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg:
from Libro primo de Madrigali a 3 voce (1575)
First book of Madrigals for 3 voices
A Caso un Giorno mi guidó la sorte By chance, fate guided me [2:00]
There are two renditions of this piece on YouTube. The first uses electronic sounds for trombones, the other is a choir who don't give much oomph!
For a flavour of Gabrieli's handling of brass instruments, here instead is Ricercar del Duodecimo Tuono - Ricercar of the Twelfth Tone. Ricercar? It's a mostly Italian form that explores fugues and counterpoint.
These unnamed brass players are performing in the Steigerwald Cathedral in Gerölzhofen, Southern Germany, at a special service marking the 400th anniversary of Julius Echter, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg:
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio in A major, Hob.XI:5 (1765/6) [6:30]
1 Moderato (A major)
2 Minuet (A major) - Trio (D major)
The performers here are the Esterhazy Ensemble. There seem to be no performances on YouTube which show the players:
Oskar Böhme (1870-1938)
Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major Op 28 No 2 (1904) [4:15]
Andante con moto
Allegro moderato
The Birdwood Brass Trio perform on this recording, but Doug Wilson, trumpet, Bradley Tatum, horn, and James Martin, trombone remain unseen as we follow the musical score:
Horn Solo:
Bernhard Krol (1920-2013)
Laudatio (1966) [4:30]
The soloist offering his audience an encore here is the Czech conductor and horn player Radek Baborak. Which orchestra is sitting behind him is not indicated.
Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953)
from The Organ Portfolio vol 15/86 (1951)
arr for brass quartet Dr Jasmine "Jazzie" Pigott (b1997)
Adoration [3:25]
There are several recordings of this piece for different instruments. The historic nature of this performance drew us to it. The Nova Orchester, under William Garfield Walker, are performing a work by Florence Price for the first time in Vienna, by any orchestra. The accompanying video switches bewtween the orchestra and scenes of Vienna and Austria, building on Price's theme of Adoration.
If you enjoy Florence Price's style, there will be a bonus piece at the end of these recordings.
Olof Wilhelm Peterson Berger (1867-1942)
arr Ashley Harper (b1992)
from 8 Sånger, Op 11 8 Songs [18:00]
1 Stemming Mood
2 I Fyrreskoven In the pine forest
3 Ved Havet By the sea
4 På Fjeldesti On a mountain trail
6 Killebukken Kid and Lamb
7 Lokkeleg Beauty
8 “Dans!” ropte Felen “Dance!” cried the fiddle
There are several recordings of this piece for different instruments. The historic nature of this performance drew us to it. The Nova Orchester, under William Garfield Walker, are performing a work by Florence Price for the first time in Vienna, by any orchestra. The accompanying video switches bewtween the orchestra and scenes of Vienna and Austria, building on Price's theme of Adoration.
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover conducted by Jurgen Etzold
Kelly Hall-Tompkins performs with the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Cunningham for the Harry T Burleigh Society.
Composer and opera singer Burleigh was a pupil and friend of Dvorak when the latter was Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York.
Previous concert
22 May 2025 - Radu Kis, violin, with piano accompanist - click here
Next concert
5 June 2025 - under discussion - click here
