Music on Thursdays
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2015 Season Sponsor: Patricia Morgan Optician Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society |
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Partita No 2 in C Minor BWV 826 Sinfonia, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Rondeaux, Capriccio Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op. 54 (1841) Theme and 17 variations Theme – Variation 1: Andante sostenuto Un poco più animato Più animato – Agitato A tempo Con fuoco Allegro vivace – Moderato Cantabile Tempo di tema Sempre assai leggiero Adagio Poco a poco più agitato Allegro vivace –, Presto Franz Liszt (1811-1886) from Études d'exécution transcendante Transcendental Étude No 10 in F Minor (1852) Allegro agitato molto |
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Leyla Cemiloglu (born 1998) started playing the piano at the age of five. After numerous successes in local music festivals, she gained a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music in Stoke d’Abernon, and moved with her family from Kent to Cobham. She is now in her seventh year at the School, where she is taught by Professor Ruth Nye MBE, close friend and pupil of the great pianist Claudio Arrau.
In her time at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Leyla has had masterclasses with Victor Rosenbaum, Andrew Ball and Emile Naumoff, and works frequently with internationally-renowned Turkish pianist Idil Biret.
Leyla has performed, as both a soloist and a chamber musician, in places as far and near as The Music Room at Champs Hill, the Riverside Barn in Weybridge, The Wimbledon Festival, The Swiss Ambassador’s London Residence, the Mercer’s Hall in London, Neve Shalom Cultural Centre in Istanbul and the Royal Over-Seas League in Edinburgh.
In her time at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Leyla has had masterclasses with Victor Rosenbaum, Andrew Ball and Emile Naumoff, and works frequently with internationally-renowned Turkish pianist Idil Biret.
Leyla has performed, as both a soloist and a chamber musician, in places as far and near as The Music Room at Champs Hill, the Riverside Barn in Weybridge, The Wimbledon Festival, The Swiss Ambassador’s London Residence, the Mercer’s Hall in London, Neve Shalom Cultural Centre in Istanbul and the Royal Over-Seas League in Edinburgh.
Concert at Home
If you are unable to come along to today's concert, here instead is a selection of links to recordings of the same or similar works for your listening enjoyment.
We open with the Bach Partita in C minor, No 2, played here by French Canadian pianist Maxim Bernard:
We open with the Bach Partita in C minor, No 2, played here by French Canadian pianist Maxim Bernard:
Alfred Brendel is the pianist in this recording of Mendelssohn's Variations Sérieuses:
We move to New York's Carnegie Hall for this performance of No 10 from Liszt's Études Transcendentales,
the tempo is Presto molto agitato, and our soloist is Daniil Trifonov:
the tempo is Presto molto agitato, and our soloist is Daniil Trifonov:
You will find links to each of the Etudes, played by Daniil Trifonov, on the youtube site.
We hope you have enjoyed your "Concert at Home"
We hope you have enjoyed your "Concert at Home"
