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1st March - 5th March - 23:00 |
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On BBC Radio 3, Piers Lane presented a series of essays looking at five aspects of Chopin’s life and music to celebrate two hundred years since the composer’s birth.
Piers Lane looks at five aspects of Frederic Chopin's life and music to celebrate 200 years since the composer's birth.
Drawing on extracts from Chopin's own writing, and those who have written about him over the past two centuries, Piers looks at the myths, interpretations and veneration surrounding one of the most universally adored pianist/composers.
Chopin's name is synonymous with ideas of romance and melancholy. In this first programme, Piers explores how, despite being labelled as the archetypal Romantic pianist, Chopin resisted much of what is now associated with 19th-century Romantic piano music – the overt scene painting and descriptive title of his contemporaries such as Liszt, Berlioz or Schumann.
Later in the week, Piers looks at how the composer innovated form and style on the piano, the instrument on which he focused so exclusively; Chopin's often overlooked role as one of the most sought-after teachers in Paris; his composing process and interpretations of his music; and the veneration from audiences and other composers that has always surrounded him.
Listen Again to the third episode this week here: |
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Piers playing in Townsville before the start of the Festival (Townsville Bulletin video) |
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Piers recently went to Hamburg to visit the Steinway Showrooms. Here are photos just received from the Steinway selection day in Hamburg last week, which was filmed for the Arte tv channel. Piers was selecting a piano for the ABC in Melbourne, and one for the Steinway dealers in Melbourne for a private sale.
Click here to view photos. |
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Downloads - also available as podcast from Radio New Zealand ( Click Here ) |
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Interview on June 9th 2008
Radio NZ Concert FM |
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Piers talks about his recent New Zealand tour and future plans (21min) 9.8MB
Listen to / or Download |
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ABC Classic FM |
...Friday 30th July 2010 - 20:00 |
click logo |
Direct broadcast from the Townsville Civic Theatre
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC, TOWNSVILLE, 2010
Opening Concert
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5 - Australian String Quartet
Brahms Sonta in F minor for Two Pianos, Op 34b - Bernadene Blaha, Piers Lane, p
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 - Goldner String Quartet; Michael Collins, cl
Sound engineer: Jim Ussher
Producer: Haig Burnell |
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...Wednesday 4th August 2010 - 20:00 |
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Direct broadcast from the Townsville Civic Theatre
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC, TOWNSVILLE, 2010
Camarata of St John's, Goldner String Quartet and all other string players in the Festival
Tavener Eternal Memory - Camerata of St John's; Louise Hopkins; vc
Mahler Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movt (Adagietto) - Camerata of St John's
Murray Elegy in memoriam Yonty Solomon - Camerata of St John's; Piers Lane, p
Achron Hebrew Melody - Piers Lane, p; Jack Liebeck, v
Tavener Song of the Angel - Camerata of St John's; Suzanne Shakespeare, s
Frederick Septimus Kelly Elegy for string orchestra - Camerata of St John's
Britten Lachrymae, Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op 48a - Camerata of St John's; Philip Dukes, va
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - Camerata of St John's; Goldner String Quartet; James Cuddeford, v; Anne Horton, v; Jack Liebeck, v; Ji Eun (Jenny) Lim, v; Young-Chang Cho, vc; Sophie Rowell, v; Victoria Sayles, v; Young-Chan Cho, vc; Louise Hopkins, vc; Rachel Johnston, vc; Sally Boud, va; Philip Dukes, va; Simon Oswell, va; Andrew Rootes, db
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ABC Classic FM |
...Saturday 7th August 2010 - 20:00 |
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Direct broadcast from the Townsville Civic Theatre
AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC, TOWNSVILLE, 2010
Caplet Conte fantastique (after Poe's The Masque of the Red Death) - Goldner String Quartet; Alice Giles, h
Schickele Serenade for Three - Bernadene Blaha, p; James Cuddeford, v; Michael Collins, cl
Horovitz Jazz Piano Concerto - Camerata of St John's; Julian Jacobson, p
Tchaikovsky Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 19 No 4 - Camerata of St John's; Young-Chang Cho, vc
Copland Rodeo: Hoedown - Camerata of St John's
Bartók arr Willner Romanian Folk Dances - Camerata of St John's
Bartók Breaza (trad Romanian) - Camerata of St John's
Trad Mexican Four Mariachi - Camerata of St John's; Anna Steiger, ms; Karin Schaupp, g
Arthur Benjamin From San Domingo - Bernadene Blaha, p; Piers Lane, p
Arthur Benjamin Jamaicalypso - Bernadene Blaha, p; Piers Lane, p
Arthur Benjamin Jamaican Rumba - Camerata of St John's |
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The British Library in London has made over 1000 fine recordings prior to 1956 available on their website for visitors to listen to.
Each week we'll provide a link to their piano catalogue which you can listen to while you browse.
Enjoy this wonderful facility. This week we have Robert Goldsand playing
Chopin: Etude no. 1, op. 10, no. 1, C major
recorded: 1951 - Just click the BL logo!
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View Artwork & sleeve notes HERE . (Top Left, below CD pic) |
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BLOCH CD NOMINATED FOR
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARDS
Ernest Bloch
Piano Quintets Nos 1 & 2,
Two Pieces, Paysages, Night.
Goldner Quartet & Piers Lane (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67638 |
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Winners were announced on 7 April 2009 |
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As part of a worldwide celebration of Ernest Bloch's work to commemorate 50 years since his death, the International Ernest Bloch Society (IEBS) is promoting two chamber concerts at the Wigmore Hall on 20 April and 15 July 2009.
Click on the Flyer (left) to read further information and access the On-Line Booking facilities at the Wigmore Hall. |
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Piers and Tasmin Little (violin)
celebrated MYRA HESS DAY Wednesday night - National Gallery London
(nicely flagged on music journalist and author Jessica Duchen's blog ... here)
they gave a wonderful performance ... here they are after the concert
Nice clip on Jessica's Blog last Thursday re: the performance
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February 2009 - Opening of the new Melbourne Recital Centre
The Melbourne Recital Centre will be Melbourne's second largest auditorium for classical music after the Arts Centre's Hamer Hall. It is on the corner of Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, and it extends the arts precinct which includes the Arts Centre, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Victorian College of the Arts.
Piers played four concerts during the Opening Festival, one of which was broadcast LIVE on ABC Classic FM. |
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September 2008 - Classic FM Magazine CD |
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for Classic FM Magazine - September 2008 - has Piers playing |
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Details and musical
excerpts from the cover CD:
"The Spirit of Russia" are here.
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Scriabin: Prelude for the Left Hand in C sharp minor Op.9
Piers Lane (pf)
(Track 7) - from The Complete Preludes of Alexander Scriabin
Hyperion CDA67057/8 |
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June 22nd 2008 - Eileen Joyce Centenary |
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On Sunday June 22nd Piers played a recital at the Boulder Town Hall in memory of Eileen Joyce, one of Australia's most famous exports. It's the centenary year of both the Town Hall and Eileen Joyce's birth. Though she was born in Tasmania, she grew up in Boulder Kalgoorlie, from where she was sent to Perth to study with the nuns. It was in Perth that Percy Grainger heard her and advised that she should be sent overseas to study - that she was a phenomenal prodigy. For the concert Piers will include three rarities - transcriptions of concerto movements by Grainger - Tchaikovsky 1, Schumann and Rachmaninoff 2. Eileen Joyce was renowned for these concertos among others, which she played frequently at the Proms. She was also famous for playing more than one concerto in an evening and changing her dress to suit each composer! She played the Rachmaninoff Second as the sound track to the classic film 'Brief Encounter'. Intriguing that it was another Australian, David Helfgott, who brought the 'Rach 3' to a larger public through another hit film - 'Shine'. |
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Further information about Eileen Joyce on this Tasmanian page. |
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November 25th 2008 - Dame Myra Hess Day - National Gallery - London |
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Piers was delighted that earlier this year, the National Gallery in London agreed, after the success of two similar events in 2006 and 2007, to institute an annual Myra Hess Day in honour of her wartime concert series, which famously ran from October 1939 through until April 1946. The idea originally came from Carmel Hart, who asked Piers to help with the artistic direction of the first event. He been asked to continue as Artistic Director of the annual Day. This year's series will took place on November 25th, in the Barry Rooms, where the original series took place.
HERE is a LINK to all events that took place on 25 November 2008.
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... and here is the great lady herself playing Beethoven 'Appassionata', 1st mvt (1945) |
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April 20th 2009 - Ernest Bloch |
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Piers has also been asked to direct two concerts at the Wigmore Hall in 2009, in honour of the Swiss composer Ernest Bloch, who died fifty years ago next year. The first concert will take place on April 20th 2009 at 19:30, and will feature the Goldner Quartet from Australia, with whom he recorded Bloch's Piano Quintets for Hyperion. The second concert, July 15th 2009 at 19:30, will feature the violinist Jack Liebeck with Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg. Piers has also been asked to be a Vice President of the newly reformed Bloch Society. The Bloch CD, Gramophone Editor's Choice for December 2007, may be purchased either from Crotchet or Amazon. More details about Bloch's Piano Quintets can be found on Piers' Discography page.
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Bloch: Sonata for violin and piano (1920) / mov.3 (Moderato) |
Jascha Heifetz (violin) - Emanuel Bay (piano) ? |
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Celebrated musicians awarded Doctors of Griffith University |
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