Camille Saint-Saëns – foto Wikipedia
Always with the Christian holiday of the’ birth of Jesus’, there is music which is often only heard once a year and this is unfortunate because along with many great Christmas songs there are classical pieces like Georg Friedrich Handel’s Oratorio Messiah and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio which musically are always welcome.
One not so oft played piece, but more [...] Continue Reading…
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn on December 16th 1770.
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon Christofori,
On Thursday, December 29th . at 2030hrs, Michael Abramovich, will play two great Beethoven works – the Waldstein and Hammerklavier sonatas.
He will play on the salon’s latest Erard piano addition – built in 1909, with the [...] Continue Reading…
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn on December 16th 1770.
Even though no actual authenticated record of the date of his birth exists, the registry of his baptism, in a Roman Catholic service at the Parish of St. Regius in Bonn made on 17 December, 1770 survives.
Infants born in Northern Germany at this time were traditionally [...] Continue Reading…
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon Chirstofori concert series,
Next week I can invite you to 2 ‘Romantic’ Music recitals, the first will be next Tuesday evening, the 13th December 12th at 2030 hrs.
‘The Chopin Project’ with Eugene Mursky, a world-class pianist, is the complete recording of all of Chopin’s piano work played over 12 evenings at [...] Continue Reading…
What a fabulous concert!
Benjamin Moser playing Beethoven, Bach and then again Beethoven yesterday evening in another superlative concert at the new premises of the ‘Piano Salon Christofori’ in the Berlin district of Wedding.
It was a great pleasure to be involved with an enthusiastic Piano Salon Christophori audience yesterday evening, which included some ‘Benjamin Moser’ groupies or the Berlin section of the Ben [...] Continue Reading…
Der besondere Klavierabend mit Benjamin Moser spielt -
J.Brahms: Klavierstücke Op.118 Nr.1,2,3 und 6
L.v.Beethoven: Sonate d-moll Op.31,2 “Sturmsonate”
F.Liszt: Isoldens Liebestod
L.v.Beethoven: Sonate F-Dur Op.10,2
S.v.Eckardstein: aus “12 Benjamin-Miniaturen” (2006)
Beim Asia-Imbiss; Charme und Drang
S.Prokofiev: Aus Romeo und Julia Op.75
Montagues and Capulets
Mercutio
The departure of Romeo and Juliet
Sonate Nr.7 B-Dur Op.83
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon concerts, -we have two concerts lined up this week – at the beginning [...] Continue Reading…
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon recitals,
It is with the greatest pleasure that I send out this invitation for an exceptional and not-yet well known pianist.
Both technically and musically they will play the very demanding Liszt programs – so it promises to be two truely notworthy musical celebrations.
This coming Wednesday, the 23rd at 2030hrs a Japanese pianist Emi Munakata will give her [...] Continue Reading…
Concert Review – ‘clair-obscur’ at Watergate Club – Irritatingly banal and Steve Reich composition cannot stop successful Concert!
‘clair-obscur’…………..are/ is………
Jan Schulte -Bunert / Soprano Sax
Maike Krullmann / Alt Sax
Christoph Enzel / Tenor Sax
Kathi Wagner / Bariton Sax
Every so often one goes to a concert and thinks – what am I doing here!?
So this evening when a fabulously talented saxophone quartet decided to play [...] Continue Reading…
Sergey Prokofiev – OTA-Berlin
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon Christophori!
I want to invite you all to some chamber music this coming Friday the 18th at 2030hrs.
This concert promises to be a sensation, because Natalia Prischepienko is simply one of the best violinists in the world!
She is the first violinist of one of the most important String Quartets, [...] Continue Reading…
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon Christophori!
An invitation to some very special and at the same time unusual chamber music this Sunday the 13th November, at 20.30 hrs – namely 2 cellos [celli?] and one piano!
This concert idea came up at very short notice -quite short-term planning in fact – after speaking with the American cellist Angela Park .
Joan Bach, currently active [...] Continue Reading…
Dear Friends of the Piano Salon -
I would like to invite you to the following concerts this week.
This Saturday, 05th November at 20.30hrs, we will continue after a long pause with a song recital, a very special one: One of the most renowned young German baritone, Peter Schöne will be accompanied by the beautiful Ukrainian piano virtuoso Olga Monakh [...] Continue Reading…
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