Music on Thursdays at LMC
12.30 lunchtime
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Season Sponsor:
Julie West Solicitor Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society 
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Programme
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Réminiscences des Puritans Op 7 S390 Tempo giusto, Allegro animato Larghetto Vivace Marziale Polacca Allegretto con moto 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: 50 - 55 minutes |
Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after this concert.
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Asagi Nakata was born in 1995 and is currently studying for her Masters at the Royal Academy of Music with Professor Christopher Elton, supported by the Constance Bastard Memorial Scholarship from the Academy. She previously studied with a scholarship at the Junior Department of the Royal College with Professor Ian Jones and with Professor Tatiana Sarkissova.
Asagi has won several competitions including the EPTA Belgian International, Franz Liszt Weimar (2009), the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Junior (2010) and was runner up in the Windsor International Piano Competition in 2015. Other successes include First Prize in the Marlow International Concerto Competition (2007), Third Prize in the James Mottram International Competition (2008), and Fourth Prize in the Ettlingen International Competition (2010). Asagi was recently selected as one of fourteen semi-finalists in the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition which took place in October 2017.
Asagi has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and St. James’s, Piccadilly, and is a regular soloist in the St. Paul’s Bedford Lunchtime Concert Series and the Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge Lunchtime Concert Series. Performances abroad include Japan, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Prague, Germany in the presence of Alfred Brendel and Poland where she was invited as guest performer at the 64th Duszniki International Chopin piano festival. She has performed with the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of South Bohemia, Southbank Sinfonia and Finchley Chamber Orchestra.
Asagi is grateful for support from the Drake Calleja Trust, Talent Unlimited, and The Countess of Munster Musical Trust for their Derek Butler Award. She is also a Concordia Foundation Artist. In her spare time Asagi enjoys cooking and learning German.
In recognition of her high achievements in music at the Royal Academy of Music, Asagi received the Greta Parkinson Prize, Vivian Langrish Prize, the Peter Latham gift and the Nancy Dickinson Award.
Asagi has won several competitions including the EPTA Belgian International, Franz Liszt Weimar (2009), the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Junior (2010) and was runner up in the Windsor International Piano Competition in 2015. Other successes include First Prize in the Marlow International Concerto Competition (2007), Third Prize in the James Mottram International Competition (2008), and Fourth Prize in the Ettlingen International Competition (2010). Asagi was recently selected as one of fourteen semi-finalists in the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition which took place in October 2017.
Asagi has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and St. James’s, Piccadilly, and is a regular soloist in the St. Paul’s Bedford Lunchtime Concert Series and the Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge Lunchtime Concert Series. Performances abroad include Japan, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Prague, Germany in the presence of Alfred Brendel and Poland where she was invited as guest performer at the 64th Duszniki International Chopin piano festival. She has performed with the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of South Bohemia, Southbank Sinfonia and Finchley Chamber Orchestra.
Asagi is grateful for support from the Drake Calleja Trust, Talent Unlimited, and The Countess of Munster Musical Trust for their Derek Butler Award. She is also a Concordia Foundation Artist. In her spare time Asagi enjoys cooking and learning German.
In recognition of her high achievements in music at the Royal Academy of Music, Asagi received the Greta Parkinson Prize, Vivian Langrish Prize, the Peter Latham gift and the Nancy Dickinson Award.
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:
Before we start the concert videos, I thought you might enjoy this wonderful performance by Asagi Nakata in the 2016 Liszt Society International Prize. The works are his Sarabande und Chaconne aus dem Singspiel Almira S181, Années de Pèlerinage - Deuxième année - Italie, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca S161/6 and Trois Etudes de concert, No. 2 La leggierezza S144/2. This first video runs for 26 minutes.
The first part of our concert today features Liszt's Fantasia on themes from Bellini's opera I Puritani.
The pianist here is the Hungarian Endre Hegedus:
The pianist here is the Hungarian Endre Hegedus:
We last heard Robert Schumann's Carnaval, two years ago, when Greta Åstedt stood in for Asagi who had returned to Japan for recital engagements. Carnaval is a set of pieces representing the masked revellers at the Carnival which precedes Lent in Catholic countries.
Some of the 21 movements represent Schumann's friends and colleagues, others the characters like Pierrot and Columbine which come 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 watch the pianist, here is an excellent performance from Émile Naumoff:
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home.
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