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Messages - 4candles

#1
Are you aware of the Dresden Philharmonic's current efforts with 'Gloria'? I discovered this interesting article which sounds somewhat hopeful.
#2
And a superb job you do, too, Alan!
#3
Quote from: Gareth Vaughan on Wednesday 04 September 2024, 15:11... Roberto Prosseda has an interest in piano concertos by Italian composers one could always write to him suggesting repertoire.
Very true!
#4
It does indeed, Gareth. In fact it has been digitized (all parts) by the Library of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan. Here's a direct link.

4c
#5
Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Nicodé Piano Music on Toccata
Thursday 05 September 2024, 09:45
Still an unsung composer though!  ;)
#6
Another important recording forthcoming from Toccata (not yet on their Pipeline, but imminent), including:

  • Per Aspera ad Astra, Op. 79a
  • Two Roads to Victory, Op. 79b
  • Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 81

4c
#7
Recordings & Broadcasts / Nicodé Piano Music on Toccata
Wednesday 04 September 2024, 14:37
Some members will be delighted to hear that a series of recordings of piano music by Jean-Louis Nicodé is forthcoming from Toccata Classics. The first volume has just been added to their Pipeline page and includes the following, in first recordings:

  • Piano Sonata, Op. 19
  • Scherzo, Op. 19a
  • Italienische Volkstänze und Lieder, Op. 13

Pianist: Muen Vanessa Chen

4c
#8
This is highly unlikely to be the case in the thread being discussed here, but I would like to see the piano concertos of the Fumagalli brothers recorded. From memory only Adolfo and Disma composed piano concertos, but I may be wrong. I'm aware they are likely to be showpieces rather than betraying anything more serious, but the Fumagallis were important Italian musicians of the time and it would be interesting to hear something more large scale from them, other than their salon works.
#9
Even to my relatively novice ears, this sounds like a strong, confident work - finely crafted and orchestrated. As Alan and Reverie have suggested, the finale in particular stands out with a rousing, strident voice.

It makes one ponder the quality of the other 38 works that were submitted for this competition!
#10
Composers & Music / Re: 2024 Unsung Concerts
Tuesday 30 July 2024, 17:15
Very pleased to say I will be attending a rare concert outing of Charles Stanford's Piano Concerto No.2 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Friday evening, given by the Ulster Orchestra and Irish pianist Finghin Collins. Also included in this concert - part of the BBC Radio 3 Summer Invitation series - is Chausson's symphonic poem Viviane, Op.5.

Other unsung works coming up in Belfast include Erich Korgold's Märchenbilder, Op.3 (August), Busoni's Concertino for Clarinet and Small Orchestra (November), Louise Farrenc's Overture No.2 (January 2025), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Ballade (February '25), and Arensky's Variations on a Theme By Tchaikovsky (May '25).

4c
#11
Composers & Music / Re: 2024 Unsung Concerts
Tuesday 30 July 2024, 15:23
Although this concert is now in the very recent past, I am delighted, indeed excited, to see that the Belgian composer Juliette Folville's Concertstück pour violoncelle et orchestre has been programmed in Saint-Irénée, Canada, and will be again in May 2025 in Italy.
#12
Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Bru Zane future plans
Tuesday 30 July 2024, 15:15
Following some of the recent posts at UC on Bru Zane recordings, worth noting are some forthcoming recordings, not yet mentioned on this forum I believe, which will tickle some members' fancies. You can find out more towards the end of their 2024-25 season booklet (from pages 94-99).

Recordings include:

  • Offenbach: La vie parisienne
  • Massenet: Grisélidis
  • Bizet: Djamileh
  • 'The Unknown Bizet' (including: Vasco de Gama; La mort s'avance; Le retour de Virginie; Le Golfe de Baïa; etc)

Other recordings mentioned in the booklet (with no official release dates, as yet, as far as I can tell) include works for cello and orchestra by Franchomme, Ropartz, Dubois, Caplet, Widor, Schmitt, etc - see page 11 of the booket.

What a fantastic institution this is!

4c
#13
That was my post FBerwald. I've known about the Conservatoire de Liège holding for some time. The scant description given on their catalogue does suggest full orchestral parts (Mike Spring told me some years ago that full orchestral scores from that period are not always available and in any case he enquired about the full score from Schott who said they never actually published it). So there is hope!

4c
#14
I know what my two front-runners are, but I wouldn't presume that anyone here would second them!  ;D
#15
Like many, I'm sure, I have only recently come to appreciate Czerny's compositional gift, particularly when talking about his piano music. In my younger years I loathed mention of Czerny because of the dearth of creativity and anything interesting to say that I immaturely 'perceived' in his studies.

Well, just today, my ears and eyes have been opened by a live recital of 24 selected 'Etudes' by the composer, performed by one of the UK's best young pianists, Tyler Hay.

In a clever little move, sadly not more widely practised, Hay chose not to reveal the composer until just before he played (before which he asked whether the door was firmly locked!).

What followed was a brilliant and musically highly rewarding recital of real clarity and panache.

Some of the pieces he played may be familiar to Czerny lovers, but I was a willing new recruit and I'm glad I hung around to hear the full concert.


Enjoy!

4c