Second half of 2018
Scroll down for a record of the first half of the year.
September 2018
Evgeny thrilled the audience playing Rzewski's 'People United' at Eelswamp last year
Evgeny Starodubtsev and Alexandra Lotova, piano solo and four hands
Friday 14th September
- Evgeny and Alexandra
Bach: Toccata in F Sharp Minor performed by Evgeny
- Evgeny and Alexandra
Bach: Toccata in F Sharp Minor performed by Evgeny
Mozart: Sonata no.12 in F major, K332 and Sonata no.13 in B flat, K333, performed by Alexandra Lotova
Mendelssohn: Octet op.20, arranged for four hands by the composer, performed by Evgeny and Alexandra.
Sunday 16th September - Evgeny solo
Mendelssohn: Octet op.20, arranged for four hands by the composer, performed by Evgeny and Alexandra.
Sunday 16th September - Evgeny solo
Olivier Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
Evgeny thrilled the audience last year with two performances of Rzewski's, "The People United". There is another epic masterpiece of the 20th century, Messian's 'Vingt Regards', or 'Twenty Visions of the Infant Jesus', written in Paris in 1944 (the time of the liberation from Nazi occupation). This remarkable work was inspired by religion. But it goes much further than a religious title would suggest, inspired by Liszt's late works, incorporating organic rhythms alluding to Stravinsky and a structure similar to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. We are very fortunate to have a performance by a true artist of this grand inspiration.
October 2018
A Discovery
Yevheny Hepliuk, piano
Friday 19th October, 6pm
Bach: English Suite, no.6 in G Minor BWV 808
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K545
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, No. 14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, op. 143
Sunday 21st October, 5pm - Mostly Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux, op. 16
Hepliuk: Variations on La Folia This is the theme used by Handel in his Suite in D minor, which features in Stanly Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon'.
Toccata
Vesnianka
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux op.33 no. 7, 8, 9, op.39 no.1
Yevheniy Hepliuk is a Ukrainian pianist and composer. He was educated at the National Tchaikovsky Acadamy of Music in Kiev. Yevheniy won First Prize in the Ukrainian New Names Competition and First Prize in the National Competition, 'Con Amore Festum'. He is a member of the Ukraine National Composer's Union and is virtually unknown outside his home country. I was recently reminded that one of the original functions of Eelswamp was to discover unknown talent. Indeed, Mr Gugnin, our first international visitor to Eelswamp, was virtually unknown outside Russia when I discovered him. I hope you will find Yevheniy Hepliuk just as satisfying.
November 2018
Sunday 11th November, 7pm
Indian Celebration
Anupama Bhagwat, sitar
Ist Prize, All India Radio Competition
"Bhagwat impressed the audience with her stunning mastery of the Sitar and gave an hour's worth of Indian music at its best" The Guardian
Rahul Pophali, tabla
One of India's finest contemporary sitar players, Anupama will be returning to Eelswamp for her second orbit in celebration of the Diwali festival.
https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/09/indian-celebration-anupama-bhagwat.html
https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/09/indian-celebration-anupama-bhagwat.html
Late November
Veteran Canadian pianist, Corey Hamm
Friday, 23rd November
"This is one of the finest piano performances I've heard of any music at any time, a magnificent performance beautifully recorded." Fanfare Magazine
Sunday, 25th November
Nikolai Kapustin: Sonata no. 2, op. 54 (1989) - the most popular of the Ukraine composer's jazzy works in sonata form.
Prokofiev: Sonata no. 8 in B flat major ("War Sonata 3"), Op. 84. Prokofiev's masterpiece in sonata form. This is one of the most musically and technically challenging works in the 20th century repertoire.
Corey Hamm is a veteran Canadian pianist. He has performed Rzewski's 'People United' more than 80 times and has commissioned, premiered and recorded over 200 works in his illustrious career. It is only by virtue of the Canadian government's generous sponsorship of the arts that we are fortunate to have the privilege of hearing such a distinguished musician.
https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/10/winner-of-spotifys-best-classical-cd.html
https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/10/winner-of-spotifys-best-classical-cd.html
December 2018
Friday 14th December, 6pm - All Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 6 Op. 10 n. 2 in F major
Piano Sonata no. 17 Op. 31 n. 2 “The Tempest” in D minor
Piano Sonata no. 32 Op. 111 in C minor
Sunday 16th December, 5pm - All Chopin
Two Nocturnes op. 55 (n. 1 in F minor, n. 2 in E-flat major) (10’)
Piano Sonata n. 2 op. 35 in B-flat minor (25’)
Barcarolle op. 60 in F-sharp major (9’)
Ballade n. 4 op. 52 in F minor (11’)
Scherzo n. 4 op. 54 in E major (12’)
Concerts held during the first half of 2018 appear below
January 2018
Sobolev: Romantic Variations and Scriabin
Sergey Sobolev, piano
Winner of Berliner International Music Competition, 2017
Student of the celebrated Russian Scriabin expert, Mikhail Voskresensky
Romantic Variations
Haydn's almost-romantic Variations in F minor
Beethoven's triumphal 'Eroica Variations'
Schumann's virtuosic set of variations: Etudes Symphoniques
Beethoven's triumphal 'Eroica Variations'
Schumann's virtuosic set of variations: Etudes Symphoniques
Sunday, 21st January, 5pm
Six sonatas of Alexander Scriabin
Numbers 2, 6 and 10 and 4, 9 and 5, in that order.
February
Chamber music: Beethoven, Schubert and Bach
Dimitri Papadopoulos, Alexandre Vay and Tasana Nagavajara
Friday 9th, 6pm:
Beethoven Cello and Piano works
Sonatas nos. 3,4 and 5 and Handel Variations
Alexandre Vay, cello
Dimitri Papadopoulos, piano
Sunday 11, 5pm
The Schubert Trios
Tasana Nagavajara, violin
Alexandre Vay, cello
Dimitri Papodopoulos, piano
Trio no. 1 op.99 in B flat and
Trio no. 2 op.100 in E flat
These are two masterpieces of Schubert's late output. We heard these two trios in October 2015. They were originally scheduled for performance in Bangkok but the performance was cancelled due to the passing of His Majesty the Late King. At Tasana's request, the trios are being rescheduled in Bangkok. I couldn't resist having a performance at Eelswamp as well.
Thursday 15th, 6pm
Bach Cello in G and D
Dimitri Papadopoulos, piano
Alexandre Vay, cello
Two Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard
No. 1 G Major BWV 1027
No. 2 in D Major BWV 1028
Bach Cello Suites
No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007
No. 6 in D Major BWV 1012
March
Gugnin and B, B, B and B
Andrey Gugnin, piano
Winner of 2015 Gina Bachauer Competition
Winner of 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition
Friday 9th, 6pm
Gugnin Solo performance
Shostakovich Piano Sonata no. 1
Shostakovich 24 Preludes, op 34
Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka
Chopin Sonata no. 3 in B minor op. 58
Sunday 11th, 5pm
B, B, B and B
Gugnin with Tasana Nagavajara, violin
Brahms Violin Sonata in D minor
Brahms Scherzo from Sonata FAE
Beethoven Sonata no. 28 op. 101
Bach-Busoni Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532.
Full program details here: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/02/andrey-gugnin-winner-of-syndey.html
April
Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 8 Op. 30 no. 3
Wieniawsky: Polonaise brilliant, Op. 21
Sunday, 8th April, 5pm *
Kanae Furomoto, piano
Godowsky: From ‘Java Suite’
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
Barber: Excursions Op.20 .
Albeniz: Asturias and Castilla, from Suite Española No.1 Op.47
Debussy: "La soiree dans Grenade"
Symanowski: Isle of the Sirens, Calypso and Nausicaa from Metopes Op.29
Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy "Islamey"
Kanae gave a very fine performance of works inspired by Shakespear, in December 2015. She plays well an has interesting themes for her programs.
*1,000 baht per person
May
Sunday 6th, 5pm*
From the Passionate to the Inferno
HyoungWuk Kim, piano
Beethoven, Sonata in F minor, op.57, Appassionata
http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/03/from-passionate-to-inferno.html
Sergey is a student of one of the great Scriabin interpreters, Mikhail Voskresensky. Sergey gave a wonderful all-Scriabin recital on his first visit to Eelswamp in 2014. He has compiled a new all-Scriabin program featuring early and late works of the mad Russian genius.
February
Chamber music: Beethoven, Schubert and Bach
Dimitri Papadopoulos, Alexandre Vay and Tasana Nagavajara
Friday 9th, 6pm:
Beethoven Cello and Piano worksSonatas nos. 3,4 and 5 and Handel Variations
Alexandre Vay, cello
Dimitri Papadopoulos, piano
Sunday 11, 5pm
The Schubert Trios
Tasana Nagavajara, violin
Alexandre Vay, cello
Dimitri Papodopoulos, piano
Trio no. 1 op.99 in B flat and Trio no. 2 op.100 in E flat
These are two masterpieces of Schubert's late output. We heard these two trios in October 2015. They were originally scheduled for performance in Bangkok but the performance was cancelled due to the passing of His Majesty the Late King. At Tasana's request, the trios are being rescheduled in Bangkok. I couldn't resist having a performance at Eelswamp as well.
Thursday 15th, 6pm
Bach Cello in G and D
Dimitri Papadopoulos, piano
Alexandre Vay, cello
No. 1 G Major BWV 1027
No. 2 in D Major BWV 1028
Bach Cello Suites
No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007
No. 6 in D Major BWV 1012
Gugnin and B, B, B and B
Andrey Gugnin, piano
Winner of 2015 Gina Bachauer Competition
Winner of 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition
Friday 9th, 6pm
Gugnin Solo performance
Shostakovich Piano Sonata no. 1
Shostakovich 24 Preludes, op 34
Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka
Chopin Sonata no. 3 in B minor op. 58
Sunday 11th, 5pm
B, B, B and B
Gugnin with Tasana Nagavajara, violin
Brahms Violin Sonata in D minor
Brahms Scherzo from Sonata FAE
Beethoven Sonata no. 28 op. 101
Bach-Busoni Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532.
Full program details here: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/02/andrey-gugnin-winner-of-syndey.html
April
Friday, 6th April, 7pm
Kristine Balanas, violin and Ilan Rechtman, piano
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (violin and piano version)
Kristine Balanas, violin and Ilan Rechtman, piano
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (violin and piano version)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 8 Op. 30 no. 3 Wieniawsky: Polonaise brilliant, Op. 21
Sunday, 8th April, 5pm *
Kanae Furomoto, piano
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| Second visit to Eelswamp |
Exotic
Journey
Godowsky: From ‘Java Suite’
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
Barber: Excursions Op.20 .
Albeniz: Asturias and Castilla, from Suite Española No.1 Op.47
Debussy: "La soiree dans Grenade"
Symanowski: Isle of the Sirens, Calypso and Nausicaa from Metopes Op.29
Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy "Islamey"
Kanae gave a very fine performance of works inspired by Shakespear, in December 2015. She plays well an has interesting themes for her programs.
*1,000 baht per person
May
Sunday 6th, 5pm*
From the Passionate to the Inferno
HyoungWuk Kim, piano
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| Ligeti, from the Eelswamp portrait gallery |
Beethoven, Sonata in F minor, op.57, Appassionata
Ligeti, Musica Ricercata. This is the highlight of the program. It was completed in 1953 by Hungarian composer Gyorgi Ligeti.
The work has eleven movements, each of which becomes progressively more tonally complex. The first movement starts with two notes albeit in different octaves, the second movement three notes and so on... until the 11th movement, which uses all 12 notes of the scale. The work is one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. It appealed to Stanley Kubrick, who used one of the movements for his movie, 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
Scriabin, Preludes op.11 nos 1, 6 , 10, 14, 16
Liszt, Dante Sonata- the descent into the Inferno
http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/03/from-passionate-to-inferno.html
HyoungWuk Kim teaches at the Eastman School of Music, one of the top music acadamies in the United States.
*1,000 baht per person
Friday 11th, 6pm*
Pro Musica Sextet
Leo Phillips and Tasana Nagavajara, violins
Born Lau and Omporn Kowintha, violas
Leslie Tan and Panyaphat Wongwechwiwat, cellos
Mozart: Grand Sextet Concertante
A transcription of the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat K 364
Dvorak: String Sextet in A major op. 48
http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/03/mozart-and-dvorak-for-string-sextet.html
*1000 baht per person
June
Friday 22nd, 6pm*
Tra Nguyen, piano
Schubert: The Darkening Landscape
Three sonatas from the beginning of the late period of Schubert's life, starting in 1823, when the composer became seriously ill, yet still managed to compose 'magical music'.
Sonata no. 14 in A minor, D.784,(1823)
Sonata no. 15 in C major, D.840 (1825)
Sonata no. 16 in A minor, D.845 (1825)
Tra Nguyen is a British-Vietnamese pianist. She has performed the complete Schubert piano sonatas in London, described by Musicweb as a,
“... top-class performance by Nguyen, her technical prowess augmented once again by an intuitive sense of expression and phrasing that brings this magical music to life.” MusicWeb International
Tra Nguyen is a graduate of the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow, the Moscow Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has performed in Wigmore Hall, one of the most prestigious solo venues in London, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and Kennedy Center, among others. She has recorded for Sterling Records and Naxos.
*1000 baht per person
Blog post here: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/05/schubert-darkening-landscape.html
Saturday 30th, 5pm*
Carles and Sofia, Piano Duo from Spain
Carles Lama and Sofia Cabruja have been performing together for more than thirty years. Their career has taken them around the world, with performances in the Americas, Asia and Europe. They have recorded ten CDs and collaborated with ABC FM in Australia, Radio France and Prague Radio.
Program
Transcriptions of works by Schubert, Brahms and Manuel de Falla, comprising
Schubert: Five Songs
Brahms: Six Songs
De Falla: selections from The Three Cornered Hat and El Amor Brujo
Full program on the blog post: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-lighter-note.html
*1000 baht per person
Second half of the year to be confirmed:
January
February: 15th to 17th, Ilya and Erzhan: Liszt Anne de Pelerinage Book 2, "Italy" complete, Prokofiev violin sonatas nos 1 and 2 and Paganini 24 Caprices for Solo Violin.
March, early: Gugnin
June: 14, 15th, Dimitri and Alexandre with Tasana: Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Chopin and Rachmaninov.
Reservations: 1,200 baht for one concert. 2,000 baht for two in the same series. 1,000 baht for concerts marked with '*'.
Email asiachart@hotmail.com or call 038 069681 office hours. Due to limited number of places payment must be received before the day.
Tickets: No tickets will be issued for concerts. Admission to the music room on the day of the concert will be in accordance with the sequence of receipt of payment (ie, who pays first goes in first and can select their desired seat).
Cancellations and credits: Credit will be allowed for future concerts in the event of cancellation provided that the concert for which the original booking was made breaks even.
Directions to Eelswamp: search for 'Eelswamp' on google maps. Directions can be found at the bottom of this page: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-music-room-at-eelswamp.html
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*1,000 baht per person
Friday 11th, 6pm*
Pro Musica Sextet
Leo Phillips and Tasana Nagavajara, violins
Born Lau and Omporn Kowintha, violas
Leslie Tan and Panyaphat Wongwechwiwat, cellos
Mozart: Grand Sextet Concertante
A transcription of the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat K 364
Dvorak: String Sextet in A major op. 48
http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/03/mozart-and-dvorak-for-string-sextet.html
*1000 baht per person
June
Friday 22nd, 6pm*
Tra Nguyen, piano
Schubert: The Darkening Landscape
Three sonatas from the beginning of the late period of Schubert's life, starting in 1823, when the composer became seriously ill, yet still managed to compose 'magical music'.
Sonata no. 14 in A minor, D.784,(1823)
Sonata no. 15 in C major, D.840 (1825)
Sonata no. 16 in A minor, D.845 (1825)
Tra Nguyen is a British-Vietnamese pianist. She has performed the complete Schubert piano sonatas in London, described by Musicweb as a,
“... top-class performance by Nguyen, her technical prowess augmented once again by an intuitive sense of expression and phrasing that brings this magical music to life.” MusicWeb International
Tra Nguyen is a graduate of the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow, the Moscow Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has performed in Wigmore Hall, one of the most prestigious solo venues in London, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and Kennedy Center, among others. She has recorded for Sterling Records and Naxos.
*1000 baht per person
Blog post here: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/05/schubert-darkening-landscape.html
Saturday 30th, 5pm*
Carles and Sofia, Piano Duo from Spain
Carles Lama and Sofia Cabruja have been performing together for more than thirty years. Their career has taken them around the world, with performances in the Americas, Asia and Europe. They have recorded ten CDs and collaborated with ABC FM in Australia, Radio France and Prague Radio.
Program
Transcriptions of works by Schubert, Brahms and Manuel de Falla, comprising
Schubert: Five Songs
Brahms: Six Songs
De Falla: selections from The Three Cornered Hat and El Amor Brujo
Full program on the blog post: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-lighter-note.html
January
February: 15th to 17th, Ilya and Erzhan: Liszt Anne de Pelerinage Book 2, "Italy" complete, Prokofiev violin sonatas nos 1 and 2 and Paganini 24 Caprices for Solo Violin.
March, early: Gugnin
June: 14, 15th, Dimitri and Alexandre with Tasana: Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Chopin and Rachmaninov.
Reservations: 1,200 baht for one concert. 2,000 baht for two in the same series. 1,000 baht for concerts marked with '*'.
Email asiachart@hotmail.com or call 038 069681 office hours. Due to limited number of places payment must be received before the day.
Tickets: No tickets will be issued for concerts. Admission to the music room on the day of the concert will be in accordance with the sequence of receipt of payment (ie, who pays first goes in first and can select their desired seat).
Cancellations and credits: Credit will be allowed for future concerts in the event of cancellation provided that the concert for which the original booking was made breaks even.
Directions to Eelswamp: search for 'Eelswamp' on google maps. Directions can be found at the bottom of this page: http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-music-room-at-eelswamp.html
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