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Best way to bring in the New Year in Berlin? With Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis of course! – by contributor Mr Filip v d Plas

Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Missa Solemnis - Beethoven - www.ota-berlin.de

 

RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – Det Norske Solistkor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis D-Dur op. 123
Christiane Iven, Sopran
Gerhild Romberger, Alt
Steve Davislim, Tenor
Alfred Reiter, Bass
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
‘Det Norske Solistkor’
Musicial Director and Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann
While it has become popular to play Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on January 1st as a way to bring in the new year – last night’s [...] Continue Reading…

Piano Recital for 2 pianos + 4 hands – Isabel Engelmann & Jong-Eun Lee, Piano Live Classical Piano in Berlin Thursday – January 5th 2012 at 2030 hrs– Piano Salon Christophori

Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Jong-Eun Lee +  Isabel Engelmann, Music for 2 Pianos Berlin

Programm
A. Messager (1853-1929): 3 valses I.
Albéniz (1860-1909): Tango op.165,
Nr.2
Pavana-Capricho
op.12
G. Fauré (1845-1924): Dolly                                                                                                           Aragón-Fantasia
op.47, Nr.6

Programm
A. Messager (1853-1929): 3 valses I. Albéniz (1860-1909): Tango op.165, Nr.2
Pavana-Capricho op.12
G. Fauré (1845-1924): Dolly Aragón-Fantasia op.47, Nr.6

C. Debussy (1862-1918): Petite Suite M. de Falla (1876-1946): Deux danses espagnoles
Aus 3 Nocturnes: Fêtes aus „La vida breve“

PAUSE

French lightness and Spanish passion [...] Continue Reading…

Merry Christmas and best wishes from ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributors – What is the best Classical Christmas music ever written – could it be the Saint-Saëns’s ‘Oratorio de Noël ? by Filip v d Plas

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

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…

End of Year concert at Piano Salon Christofori – Thursday December 29th at 2030 hrs – Ludwig van Beethoven ‘Waldstein’ & ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonatas – Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Michael Abramovich, piano – Piano Salon Christophori

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Beethoven - www.ota-berlin.de

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…

December 16th – Happy Birthday Ludwig van Beethoven ! Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Beatrice Berrut piano and Camille Thomas on cello playing Beethoven and Brahms Monday 19th Dec. at 2030 hrs– Piano Salon Christophori

Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Beethoven - www.ota-berlin.de

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…

Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Eugene Mursky piano playing part of his ‘Chopin Project’ Chopin – Tuesday 13th Dec. and Michael Abramovich Piano playing Shubert on Thursday 15th Dec. at 2030 hrs– Piano Salon Christophori

Thursday, December 8th, 2011
chopin OTA-Berlin

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…

Benjamin Moser entertains at Piano Salon Christophori ! – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog music critic Mr Filip van der Plas

Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Beethoven - www.ota-berlin.de

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…

Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Benjamin Moser piano – Monday 28th Nov. 2030 hrs– Piano Salon Christophori

Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Sergey Prokofiev - OTA-Berlin

 

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…

Live Classical Piano Concert this Wednesday Nov. 23rd at 2030 hrs Japanese pianist Emi Munakata plays Franz Liszt – Piano Salon Christophori

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Natalia Prischepienko takes a bow after last Wednesday

 

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 & annoying Steve Reich composition cannot stop successfull evening – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog music critic Mr Filip van der Plas

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Philip Glass - foto Wikipedia by Pasquale Salerno

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…

Friday Live Classical Piano in Berlin with Natalia Prischepienko violin & Ulugbek Palvanov piano – Friday 18th Nov. 2030 hrs– Piano Salon Christophori

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Sergey Prokofiev - OTA-Berlin

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…

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