A Pianist For All Seasons katharine durran A pianist for all seasons. The ubiquitous . multitalentedpianist, katharine durran . Unswerving control and finesse . http://www.katharinedurran.org.uk/
Extractions: "Durran's piano playing is faultless" The Singer "Katharine Durran gave a Queen's Hall recital which was wide-ranging, quick-changing, the art of the miniature more prominently celebrated than that of the large-scale masterpiece. Luciano Berio's Sequenza IV formed the heart of the programme, a dramatic monologue as gripping today as it was at the Edinburgh Festival performance of the entire sequence of
Alison Smart's Homepage Alison's CD and recital partner, pianist katharine durran. Songs for Connoisseurs (for details of Alison's recordings http://www.long-lane.demon.co.uk/
Extractions: Alison Smart Soprano I am a classically trained singer based in London. I sing a wide repertoire of oratorio, opera and song, from the Baroque to the latest compositions. My sound is a clear, silvery high soprano with strength and agility. I come from a musical family, and am proud to have sung vocals on my twin brother's recently released rock album. I studied Classics at Clare College, Cambridge, where I was Senior Choral Scholar. I trained with Teresa Cahill and took postgraduate diplomas at the Royal Northern College of Music in 1995 and at Trinity College of Music, London in 1996. I now study with Marie Hayward Segal, and my coach is Mary Hill. I won the Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Competition (1996) and was a finalist in the Great Elm Vocal competition (1996). I was appointed to the staff of the BBC Singers in 1996 (just in time to sing at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales!) and appear regularly as soloist with the group, including with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis in the Festival Hall, London and with Ensemble Moderne under Pierre Boulez in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. I have a busy diary of oratorio engagements in the UK. Recent highlights include Tippett's
Alison Smart Alison's partner in recitals is the pianist katharine durran. Their debut solo album is entitled 'Peripheral Visions http://www.chameleon-arts.co.uk/Pages/Singers/Sopranos/Alisonsmart.html
Extractions: Alison Smart Alison Smart Soprano Alison Smart studied Classics at Clare College, Cambridge, where she was Senior Choral Scholar. She took postgraduate diplomas at the Royal Northern College of Music in 1995 and at Trinity College of Music, London in 1996. She won the Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Competition (1996) and was a finalist in the Great Elm Vocal competition (1996). Alison has performed with many of the best British ensembles and conductors. In Feb. 1999 she was the soprano soloist in Tippett's oratorio The Vision of St Augustine with the BBC Symphony Orchestra directed by Sir Andrew Davis. Later that year she sang the J. S. Bach Magnificat at St John's Smith Square with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment directed by Sir Roger Norrington; in the summer of 2001 she sang the Third Herd Girl in Grieg's Peer Gynt for the Proms, BBC TV and at the Salzburg Festival. In October 2001 she sang the role of Tiny in Britten's opera Paul Bunyan at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in a concert performance with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. Work abroad includes a lecture recital in Canberra and a live broadast of unaccompanied music by Nono for Swiss radio.
Katharine Durran, Bach Toccatas pieces are a delight; they are immediately likable, and katharine durran's performanceof in all, this is a wonderful disc, introducing a Bach pianist of rare http://www.katharinedurran.org.uk/Museyroom Review of Bach Toccatas.htm
Extractions: J. S. Bach, Toccatas Katharine Durran , piano Duration: 1.0519 Metier Records MSV CD2001 When I received this CD, I must admit I'd never heard of Katharine Durran, and the music too, the Toccatas of Bach, were only vaguely known to me. They are not often heard today, which is a pity for the breadth and freedom of Bach's musical thought is inspirational, as is the sheer delight of the virtuosic, improvisatory character of these beautiful pieces. They are entertaining without being superficial, and free without being pointless and shambolic; in the Toccatas, Bach allows his imagination to roam free while at the same time his intellect retains full structural control: there is no hint, at least to my ears, of any disunity. In a recent television interview, Alfred Brendel has defined the masterpiece as a piece "which combines the incombineable", and while I have one or two reservations about that idea, I can certainly see what he means, and by that definition the Toccatas are indeed masterpieces in their own right. Performing them presents many problems. The juxtaposition of ideas sometimes diametrically opposed within a single piece requires very sharp musical reflexes, and the emotional range of the pieces is enormous. They strike the listener as being composed of a series of musical sections, or movements, which oscillate between free passages - often pathetic - and stricter contrapuntal or fugal sections, contrasts which require careful handling.
Katharine Durran, Bach Toccatas I must admit I'd never heard of katharine durran, and the music too, the Toccatas of Bach, refreshes our spirits before the pianist leaves in a blaze of glory http://www.katharinedurran.org.uk/Museyroom%20Review%20of%20Bach%20Toccatas.htm
Extractions: J. S. Bach, Toccatas Katharine Durran , piano Duration: 1.0519 Metier Records MSV CD2001 When I received this CD, I must admit I'd never heard of Katharine Durran, and the music too, the Toccatas of Bach, were only vaguely known to me. They are not often heard today, which is a pity for the breadth and freedom of Bach's musical thought is inspirational, as is the sheer delight of the virtuosic, improvisatory character of these beautiful pieces. They are entertaining without being superficial, and free without being pointless and shambolic; in the Toccatas, Bach allows his imagination to roam free while at the same time his intellect retains full structural control: there is no hint, at least to my ears, of any disunity. In a recent television interview, Alfred Brendel has defined the masterpiece as a piece "which combines the incombineable", and while I have one or two reservations about that idea, I can certainly see what he means, and by that definition the Toccatas are indeed masterpieces in their own right. Performing them presents many problems. The juxtaposition of ideas sometimes diametrically opposed within a single piece requires very sharp musical reflexes, and the emotional range of the pieces is enormous. They strike the listener as being composed of a series of musical sections, or movements, which oscillate between free passages - often pathetic - and stricter contrapuntal or fugal sections, contrasts which require careful handling.
BACH TOCCATAS katharine durran belongs to a modern tradition of piano playing in which virtuosityand D major toccata refreshes our spirits before the pianist leaves in a http://www.metierrecords.co.uk/text/2001.htm
Extractions: Katharine Durran piano MSV CD2001 FP ORDER THIS CD RETURN TO CATALOGUE AUDIO CLIP Toccata in G minor These beautiful works, often overlooked within the repertoire, contain many of the quintessential elements of Bach's work. Dramatic and moving, they have been described as a celebration of, and insight into, the composer's spirit, capturing a maelstrom of elation and stillness. The CD sleeve includes an illuminating essay by John Butt, one of the world's leading academic authorities on Bach. Katharine Durran enjoys a divergent career in both the intellectually and technically complex world of new music pianism and the sensitive and intimate sphere of the song recital accompanist. Her performance of Bach brings elements of both and makes for an interpretation of energy and grace. A CD of compelling listening which is not to be missed. Daniel Stearns, Piano
Untitled given yesterday by mezzo soprano Jane Irwin with pianist katharine durran pointed to the fact that the poems of http://www.theherald.co.uk/arts/archive/4-11-1998-20-23-48.html
Extractions: Music Jane Irwin, Hutchesons' Hall, Glasgow Michael Tumelty THE idea was good. A little essay, issued at the recital - given yesterday by mezzo soprano Jane Irwin with pianist Katharine Durran - pointed to the fact that the poems of Friedrich Ruckert would largely have been overwhelmed by his more illustrious nineteenth-century contemporaries Goethe, Eichendorf, and Heine, but for one thing: a raft of the century's greatest composers - including Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Mahler - elected to lavish upon Ruckert's verse some of their most inspired melodies. Drawing together a lieder recital comprised of these composers' settings of some of Ruckert's texts thus produced an intelligent - if slightly unvaried - programme. And, basically, Jane Irwin's creamy mezzo voice was well-suited to the music. The plus factors in her performance were her expressions of ardour and, especially at the two climactic points of Schubert's Du Bist die Ruh , her steady generation of tonal intensity.
Herald AV Publications - HAVP184 classical Spanish songs. katharine durran is a British pianist of greatversatility. Partnering many distinguished instrumentalists http://www.heraldav.co.uk/havp184.htm
Music Society Events 2001 Ksenia Nosikova (piano) Russianborn American pianist performing Brahms's Variationson Mezzo soprano and piano duo Alison Wells and katharine durran present a http://www.strath.ac.uk/music/events/2002.htm
George Nicholson As a pianist, he is a member of the chamber groups Nomos and Triple Echo, and alsoregularly Alison Smart, soprano; katharine durran, piano (Metier MSV 92025). http://composers21.com/compdocs/nicholsg.htm
Extractions: he Living Composers Project Nicholson George (b. 1949, County Durham, Ireland). British composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been successfully performed in Europe and the USA; he is also active as a conductor and pianist. Dr. Nicholson studied composition at York University with David Blake and Bernard Rands , receiving his DMus in 1979. For ten years, he pursued a free-lance career in London, and then was Lecturer in Music and Director of Composition at Keele University from 1988-95. In 1996, he took up the post of Senior Lecturer in Composition at Sheffield University. As a pianist, he is a member of the chamber groups Nomos and Triple Echo, and also regularly gives recitals with his wife, soprano Jane Ginsborg, for whom he has written many works. CONTACT INFORMATION E-mail address: G.Nicholson@sheffield.ac.uk SELECT LIST OF WORKS STAGE The Arrival of the Poet in the City (melodrama, text by Christopher Logue), speaker, small ensemble (7 players), 1982-83 ORCHESTRAL The Convergence of the Twain Chamber Concerto , small orchestra (13 players), 1979-80;
GEORGE NICHOLSON As pianist he is a member of the chamber groups Triple Echo and Nomos Performedby Alison Smart, soprano; katharine durran, piano METIER RECORDS MSV CD92025. http://www.uymp.co.uk/text/nicholson.html
Extractions: George Nicholson George Nicholson was born in County Durham in 1949 and studied at the University of York with David Blake and Bernard Rands, receiving his doctorate in 1979. For ten years he pursued a freelance career in London before being appointed Lecturer in Music and Director of Composition at Keele University in 1988. In January 1996 he took up the post of Senior Lecturer in Composition at Sheffield University. As pianist he is a member of the chamber groups Triple Echo and Nomos, and also gives regular recitals with his wife, the soprano Jane Ginsborg. George Nicholson, Letters to the World
Classical pianist/Composer/Anything Repertoire from baroque to present day withpianists Maurice Hodges, Murray McLachlan and katharine durran. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/walk/yls17/classical.html
Extractions: Directed by Alan Rochford, this is an informal, one day workshop (9.15am - 5.15pm) open to any musician, including those who do not necessarily play regularly in anorchestra, or those who may not have had previous orchestral experience. A minimum grade 5 (ABRSM) is required, but interest and enthusiasm is equally as important. This workshop will tackle :Copeland - Rodeo (*3 *3 *32 4331 T Perc Xyl Pf Str); Berlioz - Trojan March (2222 4431 T Perc 2Hp Str); Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon Overture (3d1332+1 4331 T Perc Hp Str). The music will be available in advance. Local teachers (eg. Julian Jarvis, Jenny Sewell, Roger Bond, Roz Chalmers, Caroline Hopkins and Andy Green) tutor thesectional sessions, and the full orchestral session is conducted by Alan Rochford. At the end of the day, the prepared programme is presented to anaudience of family and friends. Lunch is provided and refreshments are available throughout the day. (Grant supported by ADeC and South Cambs District Council)
Juni Juni 2001 Index Augustus 2001augustus Dagprogrammering / katharine durran, piano. Samenstelling Hans Straman 21.00 Moanin' the Blues De laatsteopnamen van pianist Jimmy Yancey Samenstelling Hans Vergeer 22.00 The http://www.omroep.nl/concertzender/200107/dag20010724.html
Wellesley College Library - New In The Music Library - January 2002 Britten song cycles, including Our hunting fathers and others, with tenor Peter Pearsand the composer as pianist; Alison Smart, soprano; katharine durran, piano http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/Music/Jan2002.html
Extractions: For new sound recordings and videos, please ask at the circulation desk. Boldface indicates Wellesley College faculty, staff, students, or alumnae. Items acquired this month via faculty, student, or staff request include: Beethoven's Moonlight and Appassionata sonatas, recorded by Peter Serkin Elegiac works for violin by Vitali, Gluck, Brahms, Lalo, Vieuxtemps, and others, recorded by Sarah Chang Benjamin Britten song cycles, including Our hunting fathers and others, with tenor Peter Pears and the composer as pianist C omposizioni da camera by Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini, performed by Cecilia Bartoli and James Lev ine The Art of Violin, a DVD featuring Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Fritz Kreisler, Arthur Grumiaux, Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, and a host of other extraordinary violin virtuosi
Untitled Document Talked with katharine durran who has talked to John Mercer (Riverrun) this weekabout the the time I'm 70 I should be quite a reasonable pianist, although by http://www.andrewkeeling.ukf.net/dgmdiaryarchives13.htm
Extractions: Practising the Cooke and the Taffenel for this afternoon. My piano skills are improving...after 25 years they should be! More done on Larks' yesterday. Looked at number symbolism as applied to the work, and found some interesting structural details reinforced by Fibonacci number sequences. Beginning to tidy up the text, making sure that it fits together. Writing this sort of analytical essay is a little like composing music: things have to fit together as a consequence of something else. In other words there has to formal logic to the overall design. I feel like KC are the dinosaurs and I am the one digging their bones. Maybe I was an archaeologist in another life? The transcription of Robert's solo begins when I've finished this and had a cup of coffee to propel me into action. Drove to hospital last evening to see my father. We called in on my mother first, picked up my dad's clean washing and then drove on. When we arrived he was asleep and were advised not to disturb him. The nurse tells us his health is improving. My mother also feels more rested. Answered Jacob's questions re Black Sun, and received a phone call from Stuart King, artistic director of Chroma who have just recorded their first album. Stuart has asked for score/parts of my little piece 'Quaternaries'. They hope to perform the piece in June and again in 2002. This is good news. 'Quaternaries' was only the second piece that I considered to be a 'piece', written in 1990. Stuart has also asked to see 'Deadfall'. Ian McDonald also e-mailed with details of the tambourine in 'If I Was' from Drivers Eyes. Apparently, it is the same instrument played by George Harrison on 'We Can Work It Out' (I think it's 'We Can Work It Out'). I will listen to 'If I Was' with different ears from now on...
Untitled Document This pianist has played worldwide and lived, mainly, in Denmark and Norway This morningwill be spent looking briefly at the katharine durran commission to see http://www.andrewkeeling.ukf.net/dgmdiaryarchives9.htm
Extractions: I write this to the accompaniment of Tallis' 'If ye Love Me', closely followed by Farrant's 'Hide not thou thy face'. I've no doubt that the Vicar if, by chance he is affiliated to one of the larger southern cathedrals - perhaps as a Prebendary - has the chance of hearing first-class choirs sing these works. It may be that these shorter anthems are perfectly within the scope of his own church choir. It's doubtful that a smaller parish church choir could tackle Gibbons' 'O clap your hands' which is playing now. To sing these pieces as part of a really good choir remains in my memory like it were yesterday. I have decided to remain away from inferior chocolate. Peter Sinfield sent a concerned E-mail saying that it is a cause of migraine. So, I have taken to calling in at our local health-food shop and getting 'Hikers Mix' which has all sorts of natural things included. As a result the migrains do seem to have lessened. But I sinned yesterday: ate a Time Out bar yesterday (the temptation...the temptation...) and woke up this morning with a headache which has now passed. William Byrd's 'Bow thine ear' has just begun, flooded with lots of false-relations. Perhaps this music is here to remind me that an act of contrition is required for so serious a misdemeanour. In my case 'the wages of sin is...migrains caused by Time Out bars'. 2 07/30/2001 The other day I came across some papers that hadn't moved since 1989. I'd written things - plans for pieces, really - which had been forgotten about. During summer hols I usually try and study something. In 1989 I became very interested in T.S. Eliot's work. This is not remarkable in itself, but very remarkable in the way it connects with my current thinking. It may be something that The Vicar will be able to comment on more successfully than I? He/she could use it for Sunday sermon material, maybe? Anyway, this is what I wrote, which I owe to unidentified sources, except those found in Eliot's work and a paper I have by Genevieve W. Foster:
Concerts Fri 6 Dec, Alison Wells (mezzosoprano) katharine durran (piano Russian-born pianistAlexander Tselyakov, now living in Canada, has had ecstatic reviews from all http://www.hull.ac.uk/music/concerts/
Extractions: All concerts are held in the Middleton Hall, unless otherwise indicated Fri 27 Sept Re:Percussion! Thu 3 Oct Seventh William Black Masterclass: James O'Donnell (organ) Fri 4 Oct Blake Fischer (tenor) Martyn Parkes (piano) Fri 4 Oct Seventh William Black Recital: James O'Donnell (organ) Fri 11 Oct Chris Swann ( saxophones) Ian Buckle (piano) Sat 12 Oct Zephyr Winds Fri 18 Oct Marcus Wibberley (organ) Fri 25 Oct Iva Fleischhansova (baroque violin) Douglas Hollick (harpsichord) Sat 26 Oct Florilegium Fri 1 Nov Performance Course Recital Fri 8 Nov Zhang Quartet Fri 15 Nov Performance Course Recital Sat 16 Nov Severin von Eckardstein (piano) Fri 22 Nov Alexander Tselyakov (piano) Sat 23 Nov University Orchestra and Choir Wed 27 Nov Hull University Singers and Players (including Chamber Choir) Fri 29 Nov Florian Kitt (cello) Rita Medjimorec (piano) Wed 4 Dec Early Music Ensemble Fri 6 Dec Alison Wells (mezzo-soprano) Katharine Durran (piano) Sun 8 Dec University Carol Service Wed 11 Dec University Wind Band and Ensembles FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1.15
New Labels: Alison Smart, soprano; katharine durran, piano. NEW WORLD RECORDS USA. PianistGiorgio Gaslini is the grand old man of progressive jazz in Italy. http://www.vergemusic.com/old/0999.htm
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