Benjamin Grosvenor – from the romantics to jazz
Watch 20-year-old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor talks about his new CD Rhapsody in Blue – his debut concerto recording which features music from the French Romantics through to the swing of jazz.
Watch 20-year-old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor talks about his new CD Rhapsody in Blue – his debut concerto recording which features music from the French Romantics through to the swing of jazz.
This is a very engaging video of Maestro Daniel Barenboim passing on his brilliant pianistic skills in a masterclass with pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar, presently touring with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The work being studied is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, Waldstein.
Feel the calm! Willoughby Council presents J S Bach’s The sheep may safely graze in an arrangement for two flutes, violin and continuo, starring the Live at Lunch Artistic Director Jane Rutter (flute), Katrina Kelvin (flute), David Saffir (Violin) and Monika Kornel (Harpsichord). Jane Rutter also gives us a short intro on how Bach included…
The Scherzo from Brahms’ Trio in E flat major for piano, violin and horn, opus 40. The melody is thought to have been used by him 12 years earlier in his newly discovered Albumblatt in A minor for piano which will receive its world premiere performance this weekend on BBC Radio 3
The style is possibly as difficult to define as the English meaning of their name – “Arrebato”, variously translated as “fury”, “something that rises rapidly” or “a wave of emotion”. It’s fair to say that any and all of these describe the music of this ensemble. Arrebato release their second CD “Absolucion” in June 2011….
Joss Stone features on STVDIO’s Friday night 8.30 broadcast of the closing night concert from the 2011 Melbourne Festival. (See our post for more information.) In this video clip she delivers an unforgettable rendition of People Get Ready.
Check out this video recording of a recent performance of the 4th movement from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony by the Omega Ensemble with soprano Lee Abrahmsen. Click here to read our review of the concert.