Eelswamp Calendar 2019

Calendar 2019

Dates for the first three months:

January: Sergey Sobolev, piano  

Friday 25th: Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin Liszt

Sunday 27th: All Russian - Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Medtner, Prokofiev

Details: https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2018/11/sobolev-2019.html

Book now: email asiachart@hotmail.com 

February - Ilya Kondratiev, piano,  Erzhan Kulibaev, violin

Friday 15th - Paganini 24 Caprices for solo violin

Saturday 16th - Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Book 2 complete and Schubert Impromptus op.90

Sunday 17th: Both Prokofiev Violin Sonatas and 2 Mozart Violin Sonatas K378 and K403

Full program and bios: https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2019/01/three-journeys-3-concerts-in-february.html

Book now: email asiachart@hotmail.com 

March - Andrey Gugnin, piano

Friday 8th: Bach-Rachmaninov Violin Partita, Bach-Busoni Organ Prelude and Fugue BWV 532, Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata and Shostakovich's 2nd Sonata.

Sunday 10th: Russian-Polish: Tchaikovsky's Dumka, Stravinsky Firebird Transcription, Chopin Mazurkas op. 17 and Prokofiev 7th.

Book now: email asiachart@hotmail.com 

https://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2019/01/gugnin-2019.html

June - Tasana, Dimitri and Alexandre piano trio

Tasana Nagavajara, violin

Dimitri Papadopoulos, piano

Alexandre Vay, cello

Friday 14th, 6pm: Mendelssohn Trio no. 1 and Chopin Cello Sonata

Saturday 15th, 5pm: Shostakovich Trio no. 2 and Rachmaninov Cello Sonata

(Note: there will be no Sunday program)

September - Starodubtsev plays Beethoven Ninth

Friday, 13th Beethoven-Liszt, Symphony no. 9 for four hands: Evgeny Starodubtsev and Alexandra Lotova, piano

Sunday, 15th The Fabulous Samuil Feinberg and Friends: Vivaldi, Bach, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky

A celebration of one of the finest Russian pianist-pedagogue-composers of the 20th Century, Samuil Feinberg, and a bit of Rachmaninov for good measure.

Vivaldi-Bach-Feinberg transcription of a transcription: Vivaldi Concerto in A minor BWV 593 - absolutely fabulous!
Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux op 33 nos 1-6
Tchaikovsky-Feinberg transcription of the Scherzo from Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 6 - absolutely fabulous!
Samuil Feinberg Sonatas number 7, 8 and 9. These are, in my opinion, the finest of the much neglected sonatas of Feinberg.

October 
The Complete Mr Hepluk 

Yevheny Hepluk returns to play five complete sets of music.

Friday October 11th, 6pm: 

Rachmaninov Preludes op.32 (complete!!), 

Chopin Preludes op.28 (complete!!), 

Sunday October 13th, 5pm: 

Tchaikovsky Seasons (complete !!) 

Brahms - 4 Ballades op. 10, complete and Two Rhapsodies op. 79 

November 
Ekaterina Derzhavina 

Friday 8th: Bach Goldberg Variations

Sunday 10th: 'Il Maestro e lo Scolare' - works of the master, Haydn and his disciple, Beethoven.

November

Michaele Benuzzi, harpsichord Bach, Handel and someone I've never heard of

Friday 29th, 6pm

JC Graupner: Partita in C major Gwv 127

Händel: Prelude in D minor Hwv 563

Händel: Capriccio in F major Hwv 481

Händel: Chaconne in F major  Hwv 485

JS Bach: Partita no.4 in D Major Bwv 828

2020

January: Sobolov All Beethoven: Symphony no. 7, Eroica Variations, Bagatelles op. 126

Dream music: Prok 8, Stanchinsky and Chopin

February: Ilya and Erzhan

Erzhan solo: Ysaye six violin sonatas

Ilya solo: Schubert Sonata in A minor D.845 and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Together: Beethoven Violin Concerto and Korngold Violin Concerto.

March: (6th -15th) Andrey Gugnin, piano 

complete Mazurkas of Scriabin and Beethoven Hammerklavier and Chopin Preludes op. 28

Sunday 9th and Friday 14th 

March 21st Bennet Lerner 76th Birthday recital and party.

Bach and Handel on Harpsichord

Bach, Handel and Graupner

Friday, November 29th, 6pm

Michele Benuzzi, playing the Sassman Spinet

small instrument - big sound - great acoustics

Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)

Partita in C major Gwv 127



A lesser known contemporary of Bach and Handel. But surprisingly good! 


Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Prelude in D minor Hwv 563

Capriccio in F Major Hwv 481

Chaconne in F Major Hwv 485


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Partita IV in D Major Bwv 828  - a major work by Bach

Michele Benuzzi is an Italian harpsichord player. He studied at the University of Pavia and Royal College of Music in London and is a prize winner in the Yamanashi International Harpsichord Competition in Japan. Michele gives concerts throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand and the UK. Among his recordings, a collection of works of JW Haessler was described by Christopher Brodersen, of Fanfare, as deserving "... the absolute highest recommendation".



Reservations: 1,000 baht 

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 may select their desired seat).

Etiquette: No photos allowed during the main performance. But photos may be taken during encore. Please do not upload videos to Youtube.

Children: Children aged six years and older may attend the concert except where otherwise advised. Smaller children may be left with the nanny on the premises. 

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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Derzhavina

Ekaterina Derzhavina

plays Bach, Haydn and Beethoven

November 8th and 10th

First Prize, International Piano Competition “JS Bach” Würzburg

" ... a complete revelation, beautifully performed."

"The pure musicality which Derzhavina displays in these recordings is enough to transport one almost magically to a transcendental state."

"... her touch, musicality, and flawless technique impress mightily."

"Prepare to have your life enhanced. You could strain the vocabulary of delight simply trying to describe Haydn's piano sonatas being played by anyone, anywhere."

"... a rare example of pianistic excellence." -- MusicWeb International

Friday, November 8th, 6pm

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Bach's iconic set of thirty variations based on an aria has been described as 'a monument of Western music'. This is one of the composer's greatest hits, recorded at least 180 times (counting the list on Wiki) the most celebrated of which are the two sets by Glenn Gould.

Sunday, November 10th, 5pm

 'Il Maestro e lo Scolare' - works of the master, Haydn and his disciple, Beethoven

Haydn
Variations F-Minor Hob.XVII:6
Capriccio G-Major Hob.XVII:1
Sonata D-Major Hob.XVI:37
Sonata B-Minor Hob.XVI:32
Sonata E-flat-Major Hob.XVI:49


Beethoven: Seven Bagatelles op.33

Andante grazioso quasi allegretto (E♭ major)

Scherzo - Allegro (C major)

Allegretto (F major)

Andante (A major)

Allegro ma non troppo (C major)

Allegretto quasi andante (D major)

Presto (A♭ major)

Ekaterina Derzhavina is a Moscow-born pianist. She studied at Gnessin Russian Music Academy. Her professors included Vladimir Tropp. In 1992 she won First Prize in the JS Bach Competition, Würzburg. She has performed around the world and has recorded numerous CDs, including an award-winning complete piano sonatas of Haydn and the Goldberg variations. Both of these recordings received rave reviews on Amazon. Links to the reviews, below.

Reach the Bach reviews

Read the Haydn reviews

Reservations: 1,200 baht for one concert. 2,000 baht for two in the same series. 

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 may select their desired seat).

Etiquette: No photos allowed during the main performance. But photos may be taken during encore. Please do not upload videos to Youtube.

Children: Children aged six years and older may attend the concert except where otherwise advised. Smaller children may be left with the nanny on the premises. 

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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The Complete Mr Hepliuk

Five complete collections of miniatures by

Rachmaninov, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Brahms

Yevheny Hepliuk, piano

Friday 11th October, 6pm

Preludes

Chopin Preludes op.28 and Rachmaninov Preludes op.32

The 'prelude' began in the early 18th century, most famously with Bach's Well Tempered Clavier. Bach created the pattern of writing one prelude as an introduction to a fugue in each of the major and minor keys. Chopin developed the idea by omitting the fugue and writing a short, 'miniature' in each of the 24 keys. They range in mood from short and charming to powerful and profound. Op.28 is one of Chopin's finest works for solo piano.

In the early 20th Century, Scriabin, Debussy and Rachmaninov adopted Chopin's model, writing preludes for all of the major and minor keys. Rachmaninov's 24 preludes are spread out among 3 opuses (op.3 no.2, op.23 and op.32). We will hear the final set, op.32, comprising thirteen miniatures and being one of Rachmaninov's most soulful compositions for solo piano. 

Sunday 13th October, 5pm

Tchaikovsky 'The Seasons' op. 37a

This is a brilliant suite of twelve miniatures, each representing a month of the year. The suite was written shortly after the First Piano Concerto and just before Swan Lake in 1875. This was period of great inspiration for Tchaikovsky, as this collection of melodic masterpieces represents.

Watch Vadim Chaimovich playing, "June - Barcarolle"

Brahms - Four Ballades op. 10,  and Two Rhapsodies op. 79

The Ballades op. 10 were written when the composer was a mere 21 years old. I'm not a fan of early Brahms, but these works are an exception. They display an astounding maturity and are brilliantly crafted. The Two Rhapsodies are mature works and are very popular encore pieces. 

Here is a beautiful performance of Ballade no. 2 by Sylvia Theresa:

Yevheny 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. Yevheny and is virtually unknown outside his home country. He came to visit us last year for the first time and did such a fine job that I am happy to welcome him back with such a wonderful program. 

Reservations: 1,200 baht for one concert. 2,000 baht for two in the same series. 

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).

Etiquette: No photos allowed during the main performance. But photos may be taken during encore. Please do not upload videos to Youtube.

Children: Children aged six years and older may attend the concert except where otherwise advised. Smaller children may be left with the nanny on the premises. 

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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Ode to Joy

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

and works by Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Feinberg

Evgeny Starodubtsev, piano

Friday, September 13th, 6pm

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, "Ode to Joy"

Transcribed for piano four hands

With Alexandra Lotova, piano

Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony transcribed for piano retains all the majestic drama of the original orchestral version. 

"This is amazing. ... the piano transcription brings out lines and details that are not so audible in the orchestral version."

"To be able to pull it together like this, musically and technically, is nothing short of astonishing." 

"It seemed that I was listening to the orchestra itself!" 

(Comments from Cyprien Katsaris's version of the Liszt transcription on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ja7ZkvP8Nrk)

Sunday, September 15th, 5pm

The Fabulous Feinberg

with music of Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov  

A celebration of one of the most neglected musical geniuses of the 20th century

Vivaldi-Bach-Feinberg transcription of a transcription: Vivaldi Concerto in A minor BWV 593 - absolutely fabulous!

Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux op 33 nos 1-6

Tchaikovsky-Feinberg transcription of the Scherzo from Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 6 - absolutely fabulous!

Feinberg  Sonatas number 7, 8 and 9. These are, in my opinion, the finest of the composer's set of 12 sonatas. They are each quite different, no. 7 is jazzy and mysterious, no. 8 is mystical and profound while no 9 is technically brilliant and spectacular. They were written in the 1920's and 30's when Soviet composers enjoyed more freedom than the following decades.

Samuil Feinberg (1890 - 1962) was a successful concert pianist and respected professor at Moscow Conservatory. He was also a composer,  (12 piano sonatas), and a transcriber ( he transcribed 15 works of Bach). Feinberg won the Stalin Prize and the Order of Lenin for his contributions to music. He toured Europe extensively in the 1920's, attending festivals and recording for Deutsche Grammaphon. But he was grounded in the 1930's on the pretext that his music did not reflect 'socialist realism'. He stopped performing his earlier works and kept a low profile in his composing. According to Christophe Sirodeau, Feinberg was  "... a very cultured man, spiritual, modest, and with a profound dislike of self-promotion." His modesty assigned his legacy to undeserved obscurity. Yet to those who know him, he is one of the most respected composers of the 20th century.

 Evgeny Starodubtsev is a graduate of piano and composition from Moscow Conservatory. According to the Arlink-Argerich Foundation database, he holds the record for number of first prizes at international piano competitions. The current count is around thirty wins.
Here are a few from recent years:

First Prize, International Competition La Palma d'Oro 2018

First Prize, International Piano Competition Maria Herrero, 2017

First Prize, Pietro Argento Competition, Italy, July 2016

First Prize, 21st International Competition, Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize, Italy, 2016 

First Prize, 10th Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Competition, May 2016

First Prize, 24th Ennio Porrino International Piano Competition, Italy November 2015

First Prize, Palma d'Oro Competition, July 2015

First Prize, Nuova Coppa Pianisti Prize, 2015

First Prize, Roma International Piano Competition, 2015

Evgeny has performed at top venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Evgeny has recently recorded works of Messiaen, Scriabin, Ravel, Chopin and Mozart. He is planning to record the complete solo piano works of Feinberg, which has never been done.

Evgeny is a regular visitor to Eelswamp. He loves a challenge. In 2017 he performed Rzewski's 'People United' Variations. Last year he performed Messiaen's 'Vingt Regards'. We are very fortunate to have Evgeny and Alexandra play Beethoven's Ninth, which is supremely difficult on all levels.

Alexandra Lotova is a graduate from Central Musical School of Moscow in 2000. In 2005 Alexandra graduated from Gnesin music academy of Moscow, one of the top music academies in Russia. Her teacher was Professor S. Margaritov. Alexandra has played frequently with Yuri Bashmet's orchestra “Novaya Rossiya”. Especially successful she was her interpretation the Third Concerto of Rachmaninov in St. Petersburg in 2011. She frequently performs solo recitals in Russia as well as chamber music and works for four hands and two pianos. For example, she gave a wonderful performance of Mendelssohn's Octet and Schubert's F minor Fantasy for four hands at Eelswamp with Evgeny. She has also performed in Finland, Serbia, Germany, Greece and Italy. Alexandra’s repertoire is extremely wide and includes music of all styles from early Baroque to the middle XX century.

Reservations:  One concert for 1,200 baht or 2,000 baht for both. 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).

Etiquette: No photos allowed during the main performance. But photos may be taken during encore. Please do not upload videos to Youtube.

Children: Children aged six years and older may attend the concert. Smaller children may be left with the nanny on the premises. 

Cancellations and credits: Credit will be allowed for future concerts in the event of cancellation in certain cases.

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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