Archive for the ‘Live Music’ Category
Monday, January 9th, 2012
Isaac Albéniz i Pascual’
Piano evening with Michio Nishihara Toro
Schubert Impromptu Des D 899
Chopin Polonaise cis moll nr 1
Chopin Polonaise Nr 5 fis moll Op. 44
Beethoven Sonata “Appassionata”
Debussy L Isle Joyeuse
Debussy Reverie
Albeniz El Albaicin
Villa-Lobos Lenda do Caboclo
Liszt Soneto de Petrarca Nr 104
Liszt Mephisto Valse
http://www.nishiharatoro.com/
For an OTA-Berlin Mini-Composer biography of Isaac Albéniz i Pascual’ - http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/04/10/ota-berlin-constituency-blog-mini-composer-bios-spanish-composers-issac-albeniz/
Friends of the Piano Salon Christophori concerts -I [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Mozart Violinsonate K. 454 B-Dur
Brahms Violinsonate Nr. 3 d-moll
Ysaÿe Solo Violinsonate Nr. 2 ‘Obsession’
Saint-Saëns Havanaise
Saint-Saëns Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Tomorrow, Saturday evening January the 7th at 2030hrs , the first Chamber Music concert of the group ‘Musica Litorali’s series continues with pianist Julien Quentin – all musicians of international renown. http://www.julienquentin.com/
Julien is one of the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: AUGUST FÖRSTER, August Forster Piano, Australian Ray Chen, Australian violinist Ray Chen, Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 3, Erard and Pleyel pianos berlin, Mozart Violin Sonata K. 454, ota-berlin piano salon, Piano Salon Christophori, Ray Chen, Ray Chen in Berlin, Stradivari, ‘the McMillan’ from 1721.
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012

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…
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Sunday, December 25th, 2011

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…
Tags: Erard and Pleyel pianos berlin, Isabel Engelmann & Jong-Eun Lee, ota-berlin piano salon, Piano, Piano for 4 hands Berlin, Piano Recital for 2 pianos + 4 hands, Piano Salon Christophori
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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…
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
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…
Tags: also known as the Waldstein, December 16th - Happy Birthday Ludwig van Beethoven, Erard and Pleyel pianos berlin, Op. 53, ota-berlin piano salon, Piano Salon Christophori, Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011

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…
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
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…
Tags: AUGUST FÖRSTER, August Forster Piano, Das Chopin Projekt - Eugene Mursky, Erard and Pleyel pianos berlin, Eugene Mursky, ota-berlin piano salon, Piano Salon Christophori
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Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

A few of the OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributors are en route thru Berlin nightlife every week. In my case, I’m only in Berlin clubs when something really special is happening, like “Yellow Lounge”, a club night organised by Deutsche Grammophon, where DJs and Artists play classical music.
One of these special cases occurred yesterday but this time, not with classical music, but [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011

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…
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011

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…
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