Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
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XinRu Chen
piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 6 in F major Op10 No 2 (1796-98)
I Allegro in F major
II Menuetto. Allegretto in F minor
III Presto in F major
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Barcarolle in F# major Op 60 (1845-46)
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 Eusebius - 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
Concert duration approx: 40 minutes
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XinRu Chen
Appearing across Europe and China for her performance and research, XinRu Chen enjoys her life as a concert pianist and music scholar. Acquiring her PhD from the Royal Academy of Music at age 26, XinRu has performed in many prestigious halls in UK, Finland, Ireland, Spain, Italy and China, including St Martin in-the-Fields Cathedral, St James Piccadilly Church, Southwark Cathedral, the RAM's Regent Hall,
Duke’s Hall, and Susie Sainsbury Theatre, and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
Her repertoire covers a wide range of romantic and contemporary music,
recognised by the Janet Duff Greet Prize in the Christian Carpenter Competition.
During the pandemic in 2020, XinRu led a series of experimental concerts at the
Royal Academy of Music, live-streaming on the Academy website.
With her passion about music and piano, XinRu has given performances at many
festivals across Europe, including the Petworth Festival, the Chipping Camden
Music Festival, the Dartington Summer Music Festival, the III Festival International de Piano de Málaga, the Perugia International Piano Festival, and the Royal Academy of Music Summer Festival. As a soloist, she enjoys a broad range of concerto repertoire from early classical to late romantic period, cooperating with many orchestras, such as the Penzance Society Orchestra, the Ashdod Orchestra, and the Royal Academy of Music Student Orchestra.
During her study life, XinRu has worked with many renowned musicians, including
Christopher Elton, Alexander Kobrin, Pascal Devoyon, Imogen Cooper, Dina Parakhina, and Joseph Banowetz, and has been awarded many scholarships — the Leverhulme Trust Undergraduate Scholarship, the American Society for the Royal Academy of Music Scholarship, and the Marjorie McAdams Scholarship. In 2017 and 2018, XinRu was awarded the Arthur Hervey Scholarship and the Franz Reizenstein Prize at the Royal Academy of Music for her excellent academic works.
Meanwhile, XinRu is also an active music scholar, presenting her project
‘Reprogramming Schumann and Contemporary Piano Cycles’ at many conferences in 2022, including the AEC European Platform for Artistic Research in Music, the 12th Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900, and the Perform-Live festival conference at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. She was selected as one of the representatives of the PhD department to present on the PhD open day at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021, and also to participate the Sibelius Academy co-seminar in Helsinki, in which her project and performance has received general acclaims. Currently she is bringing her innovative reprogrammes out to the general public, aiming to provide performers a new way to concert programming, giving audiences a refreshing view of conventional repertoire, as well as making the contemporary repertoire more accessible.
XinRu finished her undergraduate and postgraduate study at the Royal Academy
of Music in 2019, under the tutorage of Professor Joanna MacGregor. In 2023, she acquired her PhD degree at the Academy, supervised by Professor Roderick Chadwick and Professor Christopher Elton.
Duke’s Hall, and Susie Sainsbury Theatre, and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
Her repertoire covers a wide range of romantic and contemporary music,
recognised by the Janet Duff Greet Prize in the Christian Carpenter Competition.
During the pandemic in 2020, XinRu led a series of experimental concerts at the
Royal Academy of Music, live-streaming on the Academy website.
With her passion about music and piano, XinRu has given performances at many
festivals across Europe, including the Petworth Festival, the Chipping Camden
Music Festival, the Dartington Summer Music Festival, the III Festival International de Piano de Málaga, the Perugia International Piano Festival, and the Royal Academy of Music Summer Festival. As a soloist, she enjoys a broad range of concerto repertoire from early classical to late romantic period, cooperating with many orchestras, such as the Penzance Society Orchestra, the Ashdod Orchestra, and the Royal Academy of Music Student Orchestra.
During her study life, XinRu has worked with many renowned musicians, including
Christopher Elton, Alexander Kobrin, Pascal Devoyon, Imogen Cooper, Dina Parakhina, and Joseph Banowetz, and has been awarded many scholarships — the Leverhulme Trust Undergraduate Scholarship, the American Society for the Royal Academy of Music Scholarship, and the Marjorie McAdams Scholarship. In 2017 and 2018, XinRu was awarded the Arthur Hervey Scholarship and the Franz Reizenstein Prize at the Royal Academy of Music for her excellent academic works.
Meanwhile, XinRu is also an active music scholar, presenting her project
‘Reprogramming Schumann and Contemporary Piano Cycles’ at many conferences in 2022, including the AEC European Platform for Artistic Research in Music, the 12th Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900, and the Perform-Live festival conference at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. She was selected as one of the representatives of the PhD department to present on the PhD open day at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021, and also to participate the Sibelius Academy co-seminar in Helsinki, in which her project and performance has received general acclaims. Currently she is bringing her innovative reprogrammes out to the general public, aiming to provide performers a new way to concert programming, giving audiences a refreshing view of conventional repertoire, as well as making the contemporary repertoire more accessible.
XinRu finished her undergraduate and postgraduate study at the Royal Academy
of Music in 2019, under the tutorage of Professor Joanna MacGregor. In 2023, she acquired her PhD degree at the Academy, supervised by Professor Roderick Chadwick and Professor Christopher Elton.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 6 in F major Op10 No 2 (1796-98)
I Allegro in F major
II Menuetto. Allegretto in F minor
III Presto in F major
We have chosen a recording by the Beethoven master of piano performance, Alfred Brendel.
Piano Sonata No 6 in F major Op10 No 2 (1796-98)
I Allegro in F major
II Menuetto. Allegretto in F minor
III Presto in F major
We have chosen a recording by the Beethoven master of piano performance, Alfred Brendel.
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Barcarolle in F# major Op 60 (1845-46)
The pianist here is Daniil Trifonov, playing on a Fazioli piano. He is playing in The XVI International Chopin Piano Competition: Second Stage. He went on to win the third prize in the overall competition.
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carnaval, Op 9 (1834-35)
Scènes mignonnes pour quatre notes
(Little scenes for four notes)
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1 Préambule - Quasi maestoso
2 Pierrot - Moderato 3 Arlequin - Vivo 4 Valse noble - Un poco maestoso 5 Eusebius - 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 |
We have chosen a magical live performance by the great Arthur Rubinstein. If you have never heard him play live before you are in for a real treat:
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