OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog » Composers http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in Berlin during their stay. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:53:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Live Chamber Music in Berlin – Violin + Piano – The sisters Birringer, Lea and Esther – this coming Thursday the 19th at 2030 hrs – Piano Salon Christophori http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/01/31/live-chamber-music-in-berlin-violin-piano-the-sisters-birringer-lea-and-esther-this-coming-thursday-the-19th-at-2030-hrs-%e2%80%93-piano-salon-christophori/ http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/01/31/live-chamber-music-in-berlin-violin-piano-the-sisters-birringer-lea-and-esther-this-coming-thursday-the-19th-at-2030-hrs-%e2%80%93-piano-salon-christophori/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:15:48 +0000 OTA-Berlin birringer leabirringer hindemith hindemith estherbirringer esther respighi sisters http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/01/31/live-chamber-music-in-berlin-violin-piano-the-sisters-birringer-lea-and-esther-this-coming-thursday-the-19th-at-2030-hrs-%e2%80%93-piano-salon-christophori/
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Chamber Music on a grande scale with……
Lea Birringer – Violin
Esther Birringer – Piano
Mozart:    Sonate KV 305 A-Dur
Beethoven: Sonate op.12 Nr.3 Es-Dur
Hindemith:     Sonate op.11 Nr.1 Es-Dur
Respighi:      Sonate h-moll

Ottorino Respighi [1879 - 1936] – foto from Wikipedia

Lea will play a Violine  made by  Gianbattista Ceruti,
Cremona, circa 1800.
www.leabirringer.com
www.estherbirringer.com
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WA Mozart - OTA-Berlin

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – baptized as – wait for it – Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on the 27th January 1756 in Salzburg Austria – so Happy Birthday to Mister Mozart.

Below I have written a short account of Mozart’s journey late in his life to Berlin and follow that with the major part of a short biography of hime as [...] Continue Reading…

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The Chopin Projekt with Eugene Mursky

Played on historical instruments made by Erard und Pleyel

* Rondo c-moll, op. 1 (1825)
* Sonate Nr. 1 c-moll, op. 4 (1828)
Allegro Maestoso
Menuetto
Larghetto
Finale – Presto
* Drei Nocturnes op. 9 (b-moll, Es-Dur, H-Dur) (1830 – 32)
* Vier Mazurken op. 6 (fis-moll, cis-moll, E-Dur, es-moll) (1830 – 32)
* Polonaise As-Dur (1821)
* Polonaise As-Dur, op. 53 “Heroique” [...] Continue Reading…

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Missa Solemnis - Beethoven - www.ota-berlin.de

Georgy Gromov
Plays the Piano music of Ludwig van Beethovens

The Sonata for  Cello  and Piano number II
Cellist Nikolai Solonovich - First violinist of the  ’Moscow Soloists’
and  Pianist Georgy Gromov

Dear Friends of the salon concerts, I would like to invite for the next week to an extraordinary concert this coming Thursday January the 19th at 2030 hrs – Beethoven Live in [...] Continue Reading…

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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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W A Mozart - www.ota-berlin.de

 
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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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