Bach Trio Sonatas and Mozart's, Beethoven's and Schubert's last

Bach's Trio Sonatas
and the last sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert

Two programs

Friday March 31st and Sunday 2nd April

Michael Tsalka, piano 

Second Prize, Nikolai Rubenstein Comeptition, Paris 

"...exemplary interpretations, flexible and with subtle nuances" Musicalpointers

"Tsalka showed almost incredible virtuosity throughout...” (Berkshire Review, Boston and New York)

Friday, March 31st, 6pm 

J.S. Bach, The Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525- 530, transcribed for piano. 

These delightful, chirpy, works were originally written for organ but their popularity has inpsired many musicians to transcribe them for other instruments and groups of instruments, for example, for wind ensemble and for guitar and harpsichord. Bach's biographer, JN Forkel, said of the trio sonatas:

"One cannot say enough of their beauty. They were composed when the author was in his most mature period and may be considered as his chief work of that description."

Sunday, April 2nd, 5pm

The last sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert

Mozart, Sonata no. 14 in C minor, K457
Beethoven, Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111
Schubert, Sonata no 21 in B flat major, D. 960

Each of these works is the final statement of each composer in the piano sonata form. They are all mature and iconic works.

Michael Tsalka is an Israeli pianist and early keyboard performer. He graduated from Tel Aviv University, Scuola Superiore del Trio di Trieste, Italy and Temple University, Philadelphia. Tsalka has won numerous prizes, awards and fellowships in Rome, Bayreuth, Bonn, Paris, Genoa, Calabria, Sardinia, Tel-Aviv, Chicago, Red Wing in Minnesota, Berlin, Mexico City, Kuopio and Philadelphia.

He performs throughout Europe, the USA, Canada, Asia, Russia, and Latin America. Previous engagements include performances for the Boston Early Music Festival, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Bellas Artes Theater in Mexico City, the Hermitage Festival in St. Petersburg, Konserhuset in Stockholm, St. Denis Festival in Paris, the Filharmonika Orchestra in Manila, the Trinity series in New York, and interviews and performances for radio stations in Hong Kong, Chicago, Buenos Aires, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and Jerusalem.

Michael has recorded 15 CDs on Naxos, Grand Piano, Ljud & Bild (Stockholm), Brilliant Classics (Amsterdam) Paladino (Vienna), and IMI (Israel), including a recording of the Goldberg Variations.

Reservations: 1,200 baht for one concert. 2,000 baht for two. Email asiachart@hotmail.com or call 038 069681 office hours. Due to limited number of places payment must be received before the day.

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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1685

Sunday, 12th March, 5pm

Michele Benuzzi, harpsichord

"a level of tonal beauty that is unsurpassed...quite simply, phenomenal." Tomkins Forum

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1685: The Three Baroque Greats

Sunday, 12th March, 5pm

Three great Baroque composers, Handel, Bach and Scarlatti, were born in the same year, 1685. Renown harpsichord player, Michele Benuzzi, will return to Eelswamp with a program of great works by these three composers. He will play the Sassman spinet, which has a wonderful, lusturous tone and fills the music room at Eelswamp.

Bach: Partita No.1 in B flat, Bwv 825

Handel: Suite in D minor, Hwv 837 (theme used in Barry Lyndon)

Bach: Partita No. 3 in A minor

D. Scarlatti: Sonata in A, K208 and Sonata in A, K209

Bach: Lute Suite in E minor, Bwv 996

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 per person.

Email asiachart@hotmail.com for reservations. For more information call 038 069681 during office hours. Due to limited number of places payment must be received before the day.

Directions to Eelswamp: can be found at the bottom of this page:http://eelswamp.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-music-room-at-eelswamp.html. If you haven't been to Eelswamp before I strongly urge you to find the venue before the day of the concert.

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"A Formidable Achievement"

Maria Lettberg

plays Scriabin - Beethoven - Chopin - Liszt

One of the top Scriabin specialists in the world

"... a formidable achievement finely recorded." Bryce Morrison, Gramophone

"...total identification with Scriabin’s idiom deserve(s) nothing less than our highest rating." Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Maria Lettberg is a Swedish pianist who lives in Berlin. She eschewed the traditional gladiatorial road to fame by competition and instead devoted herself to producing unique recordings. She is one of two people to have recorded the complete solo works of Alexander Scriabin. 

Her 8-CD boxed set was described by Gramaphone as 'a formidable achievement'. It is rated 4.5/5 on Amazon. Some of the review comments:

"...as close to a gold standard for this music that you're going to get."

"Her range and color is extraordinary!"

"Lettberg's interpretations are without peer"

 "...this wonderful pianist has come to release his (Scriabin's) full genius! All the voices are finally clear."

Friday March 3rd, 6pm

Pan Scriabin: A Tour of Scriabin from early to late

Sonata No.1 Op.6 f-Moll
Vers la flamme“ Op. 72

Etüde C sharp minor Op.2 Nr.1,

Sonata-Fantasie G sharp minor (Op. Posth.),

Waltz in D flat major (Op. Posth.)

Mazurka E minor Op.25 Nr.3

Rêverie Op.49 no. 3

Prélude Op. 51 no.2

Sonata No.9 Op.68

Etude Op.8 no.11 B minor

Etude Op.8 no.12 D sharp minor

Sunday, March 5th, 5pm

Beethoven-Liszt-Chopin

Beethoven, Sonata No.17, Op.31 No.2 in D minor, The Tempest

Chopin, Ballade No. 1 g-Moll Op. 23

Franz Liszt

Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Sonetto 123 del Petrarca

La Lugubre Gondola No. 2

Vallée d'Obermann

Reservations: 1,200 baht for one concert. 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.

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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