Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
8th September 2022
12.30 lunchtime
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Programme
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
from Myrthen no 1 of 26 songs Op 25 (1840)
piano transcription by Franz Liszt
Widmung S566, LW A133 (1848)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sonetto No 104 del Petrarca S161/5, LW A55/5 (1846)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI:34 L 53 (late 1770s)
1 Presto
2 Adagio
3 Molto Vivace
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Promenade B♭ major Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
1 Gnomus The Gnome E♭ minor Vivo and Meno mosso, pesante
Promenade A♭ major Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
2 Il vecchio castello The Old Castle G♯ minor Andante molto cantabile e con dolore
Promenade B major Moderato non tanto, pesamente
3 Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux) Tuileries (Children's Quarrel after Games)
B major Allegretto non troppo, capriccioso
4 Bydło Cattle G♯ minor Sempre moderato, pesante
Promenade D minor Tranquillo
5 Балет невылупившихся птенцов Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
F major Scherzino
6 "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle" "Samuel" Goldenberg and "Schmuÿle"
B♭ minor Andante. Grave energico and Andantino
Promenade B♭ major Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto
7 Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle) Limoges. The Market (The Great News)
E♭ major Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando
8 Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) Catacombs (Roman Tomb) B minor Largo
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua With the Dead in a Dead Language
B minor Andante non troppo con lamento
9 Избушка на курьих ножках (Баба-Яга) Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yaga)
The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga) C minor Allegro con brio, feroce and Andante mosso
10 Богатырские ворота (В стольном городе во Киеве) Bogatyrskiye vorota (V stolnom gorode vo Kiyeve)
The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kiev) ("The Great Gate of Kiev" or "The Heroes' Gate at Kiev")
E♭ major Allegro alla breve. Maestoso, con grandezza
Concert duration approx: 60 minutes
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Kenny Fu
From his early solo debut at the Wigmore Hall to his attainment of the prestigious Sir Elton John Scholarship, Kenny Fu holds much potential and promise for a bright future.
He has given concerts on three continents and performed extensively throughout the UK in distinguished halls such as St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place and Fazioli Concert Hall.
His repertoire choices gravitate toward the late Classical and Romantic Eras where he brings an intense and captivating temperament to the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninov.
Recently, Kenny has been awarded First Prize at the Norah Sande International Awards and Third prize
at the Fifth Vigo International Piano Competition. During his earlier years, he was the winner of the Solihull Young Musician of the Year and a silver medallist at the Cyprus International Piano Competition.
He has received guidance from numerous esteemed musicians such as Dimitri Alexeev, Evgeny Sudbin, Pascal Devoyon, Imogen Cooper and Angela Hewitt during his studies at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
Kenny is currently in the Postgraduate program at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Prof Tatiana Sarkissova. He is generously sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust and the Warwick Arts fund.
He has given concerts on three continents and performed extensively throughout the UK in distinguished halls such as St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place and Fazioli Concert Hall.
His repertoire choices gravitate toward the late Classical and Romantic Eras where he brings an intense and captivating temperament to the works of Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninov.
Recently, Kenny has been awarded First Prize at the Norah Sande International Awards and Third prize
at the Fifth Vigo International Piano Competition. During his earlier years, he was the winner of the Solihull Young Musician of the Year and a silver medallist at the Cyprus International Piano Competition.
He has received guidance from numerous esteemed musicians such as Dimitri Alexeev, Evgeny Sudbin, Pascal Devoyon, Imogen Cooper and Angela Hewitt during his studies at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
Kenny is currently in the Postgraduate program at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Prof Tatiana Sarkissova. He is generously sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust and the Warwick Arts fund.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Robert Schumann
from Myrthen no 1 of 26 songs Op 25
piano transcription by Franz Liszt
Widmung S566, LW A133
We have chosen this 2010 performance by Evgeny Kissin, from the Verbier Festival, Switzerland:
from Myrthen no 1 of 26 songs Op 25
piano transcription by Franz Liszt
Widmung S566, LW A133
We have chosen this 2010 performance by Evgeny Kissin, from the Verbier Festival, Switzerland:
Franz Liszt
Sonetto No 104 del Petrarca S161/5, LW A55/5
Here is Vladimiar Horowitz, performing in the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, in 1986:
Sonetto No 104 del Petrarca S161/5, LW A55/5
Here is Vladimiar Horowitz, performing in the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, in 1986:
In the original programme this Prokofiev work was planned to follow. Kenny Fu has changed the programme, and instead will be performing the Haydn sonata that you will find after this piece. We have left the planned Prokofiev here as a bonus for your listening pleasure.
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
from Ten Small Pieces for piano Op12
1 March - Allegro
2 Gavotte - Allegretto
7 Prelude - Vivo e delicato
9 Humoresque scherzo - Allegro
10 Scherzo - Vivacissimo Very very lively
For the Prokofiev we are offering you two options. We have a close match to the selections we will hear in the concert. Prokofiev himself plays Nos 1, 2, 3, 7, and 10. Listening to the composer always adds something to the performance.
Or, perhaps you would prefer to hear the full set of 10 Pieces. The pianist in this recent recording is Varvara Kutuzova, performing in the Small Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire:
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
from Ten Small Pieces for piano Op12
1 March - Allegro
2 Gavotte - Allegretto
7 Prelude - Vivo e delicato
9 Humoresque scherzo - Allegro
10 Scherzo - Vivacissimo Very very lively
For the Prokofiev we are offering you two options. We have a close match to the selections we will hear in the concert. Prokofiev himself plays Nos 1, 2, 3, 7, and 10. Listening to the composer always adds something to the performance.
Or, perhaps you would prefer to hear the full set of 10 Pieces. The pianist in this recent recording is Varvara Kutuzova, performing in the Small Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire:
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI:34 L 53 (late 1770s)
1 Presto 2 Adagio 3 Molto Vivace
For the Haydn Sonata we have chosen this brilliant performance by the 15-year old Tiffany Poon, performing in the Paul Hall of the Juilliard School in October 2012.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
If you'd like to follow the movements, please scroll up to the complete list, with translations, keys and tempi, which is at the end of the programme listing.
The recording here is of Wilson Chu, at his Masters Final Concert in the Stevenson Hall of the Royal Scottish Conservatoire in Edinburgh, in June 2018.
Previous concert
Gabriel Bilbao, violin, & Jeffery Macsim, piano - click here
Next Thursday's concert
Catriona Borne-Swinton-Hunter, flute, & Raymond Yiu, piano - click here
