Three Goldbergs Variations in my hands last night Sergey Schepkin on Ongaku, Maria Yudina on Philips,and peter serkin on RCA. serkin is a superb pianist and does a http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NonVocal/Klavier-Goldberg-X3.htm
Extractions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Sergey Schepkin, Maria Yudina, Peter Serkin (Piano) Three Goldbergs Goldberg Variations Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Sergey Schepkin (piano) Ongaku Goldberg Variations Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Maria Yudina (piano) Philips CD / TT: 70:55 Goldberg Variations Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Peter Serkin (piano) RCA CD / TT:44:30 Donald Satz wrote (June 19, 1999): Largely through coincidence, I had three piano versions of the Goldberg Variations in my hands last night: Sergey Schepkin on Ongaku, Maria Yudina on Philips, and Peter Serkin on RCA. The most obvious note I made to myself before listening was that the Serkin was only 44 minutes long; that means "forget the repeats." I also figured that I would not be agreeable to the lack of repeats. After listening to the three versions, my conclusions are: a. Yudina's aria and the other "slow" variations are superb. She presents them beautifully with a high level of emotion and even a sense of urgency which I found compelling. However, the faster variations were very routine. The sound has some hiss and breaks now and then. That's no problem when her interpretation is excellent, but it was bothersome in the fast variations. b. Based on Schepkin's excellent discs of the partitas, I expected much from him in the Goldbergs. Expectations were dashed as Schepkin was on an embellishment kick which annoyed me significantly. His recording is not recommended.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features Jan. 1617 pianist peter serkin performs Brahms' Concerto No. 2 in B flat. March5 and 7 pianist Awadagin Pratt performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. http://starbulletin.com/1999/03/18/features/story5.html
Extractions: centennial International artists, orchestral fireworks and several world premieres will highlight the Honolulu Symphony's 100th anniversary season Classical, Pops and Ohana programs beginning Sept. 10 with celebrated mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne. Symphony music director Samuel Wong and executive director Michael Tiknis unveiled the upcoming season last night at the sold-out Yo-Yo Ma concert. "The symphony's draw of top international artists has matured and next season reads like an industry's who's who," Wong said. "This roster would look proud for any major orchestra." Some of the other major artists featured in the Halekulani Classical Masterworks include pianists Andre Watts and Peter Serkin, violinist Sarah Chang and guitarist Christopher Parkening. The symphony will present 14 pairs of Halekulani Classical Masterworks, seven pairs of United Airlines Pops performances and five Tesoro Ohana programs for the entire family during the year-long celebration of a century of music making by the orchestra. Wong, in his fourth season as the symphony's music director, will conduct 10 classical programs, in addition to the season opening with Horne.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features That said, pianist peter serkin played with a sensitivity and understandingcrucial for Brahms. He highlighted Brahms' brilliance http://starbulletin.com/2000/01/17/features/story3.html
Extractions: Special to the Star-Bulletin Peter Serkin in recital: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Mamiya Theate, with music of Wolpe, Stravinsky, Beethoven and Mozart. Tickets $30. Call 792-2000. MIX-UPS happen. As when the orchestra prepares one concerto (Brahms' Concerto No. 2 in B-flat) and the guest soloist prepares another (No. 1 in D minor). No one's fault exactly, but clearly one or the other has to make some concessions. The Honolulu Symphony's management accepted responsibility, and the orchestra graciously switched concertos. "We prepared both concertos, so we could play the second as an encore," maestro Samuel Wong quipped, "It will be the longest encore in history, 47 minutes." Brahms completed his first piano concerto in 1858, when he was 25 and in love with Schumann's wife, Clara, possibly the finest pianist of her generation. Clearly an early work (its orchestration is remarkably unremarkable), the concerto is ungrateful to performers. It is difficult without being impressive and, worse, the soloist rarely has a clear melody: most melodies are built into chords or integrated with the orchestra. That said, pianist Peter Serkin played with a sensitivity and understanding crucial for Brahms. He highlighted Brahms' brilliance and managed to make the unimpressive more noteworthy. It was not an especially clean performance, but the goal of live performance is not an absence of wrong notes, and Serkin took risks that paid off, from his powerful octaves opening the recapitulation of the first movement, to a magical transformation of trills in the second movement.
University Of Chicago Presents reopening featured concerts by the Contemporary Chamber Players conducted by RalphShapey, the University's own student orchestras and pianist peter serkin. http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/history.html
Extractions: Professional classical music performance began at the University of Chicago with the opening of Mandel Hall, a gift from Chicago merchant and philanthropist Leon Mandel. The celebration of Mandel Hall's formal opening took place on December 21, 1903. It was marked by the first performance at the University of Chicago by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Theodore Thomas Orchestra). The program consisted of works by Mozart, Beethoven (the Leonore Overture No. 3), Wagner and Strauss (Death and Transfiguration). The Chicago Symphony Orchestra continued its association with the University until the mid-1970s, performing in both its full-size incarnation, and in the form of smaller wind and string ensembles. In the mid-1940s, professional classical music performance at the university was organized under the auspices of the "University Concerts" series, numbering a dozen or more concerts each year. It was this organization that presented a twenty-four-year-old violinist Isaac Stern in March of 1944 (and twice more in the 1940s), the Chicago debut of classical guitarist Andrea Segovia and the Juilliard String Quartet's Chicago debut thirteen months after the ensemble's creation. Other noteworthy performances were given by the Budapest String Quartet, pianists Grant Johannesen, Eugene Istomin, Artur Schnabel, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick.
Steve Brady, Head Piano Technician He recalls one occasion when pianist peter serkin checked the tuning and regulationof the piano before a performance, testing each key with painstaking care http://www.artsci.washington.edu/newsletter/Summer02/Brady.htm
Extractions: Forget the BMW, Try the Bösendorfer [This is one section of the article, " Behind the Scenes in Arts and Sciences." Steve Brady maintains a UW collection of a different sort. As head piano technician for the School of Music , he keeps the schools 130 keyboard instrumentspianos, harpsichords, and fortepianosin working order. Brady shares the job with Susan Cady, each working half time. They are constantly kept busy with everything from simple piano tunings to rebuilding pianos that have deteriorated through heavy use. His office has the appearance of a piano operating room, with a half-assembled keyboard on a table, strings on the counter, and a gutted piano frame hovering nearby. Using traditional methods and materials, Steve Brady bolsters a wippen heel cushionpart of a worn pad on a School of Music piano. Photo by Mary Levin. Pianos are extremely complex instruments, says Brady. They have about 12,000 parts. A BMW, in comparison, has about 4,000 parts. To complicate things, pianos are made of materialswood, felt, leatherthat react to humidity, so they are always in a state of flux. People think of them as inanimate objects, like rocks or tables, but they do wear out. Especially in the School of Music. The schools classroom and studio pianos are frequently in use, and the practice room pianos are played up to 12 hours a day. Thats a punishing schedule for such a delicate instrument.
Extractions: VOC= vocals, voice Roger Sessions Leo Sowerby Satie, Erik Genevieve de Brabant NEW TONE RI-NT6752-CD ($20.00 CD) Paolo Poli, narrator; Andrea Tedesco, P; Mariella Devia, soprano; Davide Bassino, baritone; Chorus: Fausta Truffa, Corallina Da Maria, Mauro Ginestrone. Recently discovered, this is the premiere recording of the unknown and previously thought lost Satie Scarmolin, Anthony Louis
Conductors Retreat At Medomak piece written by librettist Langston Hughes and stridepianist James P twenty yearscollaborated with prominent artists including peter serkin, Lorin Hollander http://www.conductorsretreat.org/ken.php
Extractions: Conductor Kenneth Kiesler is Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the School of Music of the University of Michigan. There he has conducted orchestras, choral/orchestral works and opera productions, and headed the orchestral conducting program since 1995. The graduate conducting programs attract applicants world-wide and have been consistently ranked first in the nation by US News and World Report . His former students hold prominent positions with major symphony orchestras, opera companies and educational institutions, and have won major international competitions. Mr. Kiesler regularly leads conductors' master classes for the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Conductors' Guild, the Conductors' Institute, the Manhattan School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, and Oxford University. Kiesler has appeared as guest conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall, the Utah, Detroit, New Jersey, Florida, Indianapolis, Memphis, and San Diego Symphonies; the orchestras of Albany, Virginia, Omaha, Fresno, Long Beach, Long Island and Portland, the Texas Chamber Orchestra, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Festivals of Meadowbrook, Skaneateles, Sewanee, Breckenridge, and Aspen. Kiesler has appeared several times with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Haifa Symphony in Israel, the Osaka Philharmonic in Japan, the Puerto Rico Symphony in San Juan, the New Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the Pusan Symphony among others in Korea.
University Of Alabama News TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The School of Music on The University of Alabama campuswelcomes pianist peter serkin as part of the 2002 Celebrity Series. http://uanews.ua.edu/nov02/serkin110402.htm
Extractions: The University of Alabama School of Music's Celebrity Series Welcomes Peter Serkin to UA TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The School of Music on The University of Alabama campus welcomes pianist Peter Serkin as part of the 2002 Celebrity Series. Serkin will delight audiences with his piano virtuosity on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall. His repertoire spans four centuries, and Serkin is as equally masterful in concerto performances with major symphony orchestras as he is with the intimacy of the chamber music stage. His keyboard technique extracts what is essential in the music he plays and his choice of program is simple. Individual tickets are $22 and $15. For ticket information or an immediate credit card purchase, call the School of Music Box Office at 205/348-7111. Visit the web site at
Tobias Picker - Three Pieces For Piano - Press And Program Notes New York Newsday Tim Page. peter serkin, a great pianist at the peak of his powers,has had the splendid audactity to devote an entire program to new music http://www.tobiaspicker.com/threepiecespress.html
Extractions: Three Pieces for Piano Three Pieces for Piano was premiered by Peter Serkin at the 92nd Street Y on November 11, 1989. It was commissioned for him by the 92nd Street Y with funds provided in part by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the NY State Council on the Arts. Three Pieces for Piano Tim Page "Peter Serkin, a great pianist at the peak of his powers, has had the splendid audactity to devote an entire program to new music...he has commissioned short works from 11 composers... Serkin chose his composers carefully; they have rewarded him with miinatures of unusually high quality. "Tobias Picker provided three interrelated pieces: the outer two shot by quickly and brilliantly, the central movement was serious and sumptuous." The New York Times Bernard Holland "Peter Serkin joined the early-music movement...by offering one of the most authentic of 18th-century practices: programs consisting of all new music. "One recurring impression throughout the evening...was of composers who care for Mr. Serkin's chosen instrument, who have written music that flatters the piano, exploits its pleasures and bathes in its most attractive qualities.
Encyclopædia Britannica View Article Index Entry Tables. serkin, peter American pianist noted for hisperformances of classical and contemporary works. View Article Index Entry. http://search.britannica.com/search?query=peter weir&fuzzy=N&ct=eb&start=8&show=
Iclassics.com - Classical Music And More and premiering in April 2002; Six Realms (2000), a cello concerto for YoYo Ma andthe Toronto Symphony; Red Garuda, (1999) for pianist peter serkin and the http://www.iclassics.com/iclassics/artists_bio.jsp?entityId=14688
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Classical Music Ligeti's Ramifications, Vivier's Zipangu and Messaien's Trois petites Liturgiesde la Présence Divine, with pianist peter serkin, conductor Reinbert de http://www.startribune.com/stories/457/3618785.html
Extractions: MSS 55, The Horowitz Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University Title: Register to the Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz. Dates: Created by: Wladimir Horowitz and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Call number: MSS 55 Repository: Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University Quantity: 65 linear ft. (132 archival boxes, 33 folio boxes) Abstract: In 9 series as follows: I. Correspondence. II. Programs and Program Notes. III. Photographs. IV. Clippings. V. Scrapbooks. VI. Contracts, Royalty and Box Office Statements, Expenses. VII. Items from the Library of Vladimir Horowitz. VIII. Awards. IX. Miscellaneous Items. Access Restrictions: The Papers are open to qualified researchers by appointment. There are no restricted materials in the collection. Please contact Suzanne Eggleston (telephone: 203-432-0497; E-mail: suzanne.eggleston@yale.edu) or Richard Boursy (telephone: 203-432-7883; E-mail: richard.boursy@yale.edu) to schedule an appointment. Acquisition Information: The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz are the generous gift of Mr. and Mrs. Horowitz. The collection was presented to the Music Library in twelve installments: 1986 August 25, 1986 September 14, 1987 February 3, 1988 March 28, 1988 April 12, 1988 September 14, 1988 December 14, 1990 July 5, 1990 October 22, 1991 March 22, 1991 November 7, and 1992 March 6. Inventories of these installments are located in the Horowitz reference files in the Music Library. In view of Mr. Horowitz's ties to Yale - he enjoyed playing at Woolsey Hall and was an Associate Fellow at Silliman College - it is fitting that the Music Library be the repository for this great pianist's papers.
Royal Festival Hall INTERVAL Ludwig Van Beethoven 33 Variations on a waltz by Diabelli, Op.120 peterserkin piano The American pianist peter serkin an artist very different from http://www.rfh.org.uk/main/events/62685.html?section=classical&file=index
Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society > Orion String Quartet > Biography In the 2001 season alone they will be enriching their connection to pianist peterserkin when they are featured in Carnegie Hall's Perspectives peter serkin http://trfn.clpgh.org/pcms/2000-01_season_pages/Bio_Orion.shtml
Extractions: Hailed for its exquisite artistry, technical mastery, and astute approach to concert programming, the Orion String Quartet is one of the most admired chamber ensembles on the international music scene. Now in its second decade of exceptional music-making, the Orion continues to perform in the leading concert halls of the world and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at New York's Mannes College of Music. The Orion's unusual seating configuration, where the two violins face each other, with the cello behind the first and the viola behind the second, was commonly used by quartets of the early 20th Century. This, along with the way brothers Daniel and Todd Phillips share the trials and glories of the first violin chair, underscores the ensemble's signature qualities of collaboration and innovation. Since its inception, the Orion String Quartet has been consistently praised for the fresh perspective and individuality it brings to performances. The group offers diverse programs that juxtapose classic works of the standard quartet literature with masterworks by living composers; the Quartet's three recordings on Sony Classical and Arabesque Recordings reflect this diversity. For Sony Classical, the Orion recorded Wynton Marsalis's first classical composition for strings, "At the Octoroon Balls" (String Quartet No. 1). Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the work was written for and premiered by the ensemble. Other critically-acclaimed recordings include Dvorak's "American" String Quartet and Piano Quintet with Peter Serkin, and Mendelssohn's Octet with the Guarneri String Quartet (which was also performed for PCMS in the 1999-2000 season), both on Arabesque.
Classical Piano Links Links to websites of Classical pianists and other relevant pages on Classical piano.Category Arts Music Keyboard Piano pianists Directories Alexis Alexander Ffrench pianist, peter Feuchtwanger pianist (UK/DE). pianist (NL),András Schiff pianist (HU Rudolf serkin pianist (d. 1991), Dimitris Sgouros http://classicalmus.hispeed.com/pianolinks.html
Boston Globe Online / Living Arts / Luminaries Light Up Van Cliburn, Nelson Freire, Richard Goode, Garrick Ohlsson, peter serkin, and Jean LorraineHunt Lieberson in joint recital with pianist serkin (anticipating a http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/029/living/Luminaries_light_up_Tanglewood .sht
Naropa University - Interarts BA - Music Faculty a bassoonist, he has played with the Toronto and New Haven Symphonies, and has recordedthree RCA albums with peter serkin and Tashi. As a jazz pianist, he has http://www.naropa.edu/interarts/music/faculty.html
Extractions: M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts Mark directs InterArts Studies at Naropa University. He has toured and recorded with Art Lande, Paul McCandless, Peter Kater, R. Carlos Nakai, David Friesen, Tom Grant, and Bill Douglas. With jazz pianist Art Lande, he has recorded three albums of improvised duets, The Story of Ba-Ku, Prayers, Germs and Obsessions, and World Without Cars, as well as two award-winning children's albums featuring Meg Ryan and Holly Hunter. With pianist Peter Kater, he has recorded seven albums including Migration, Honorable Sky, and Rooftops, as well as sound tracks for television and Off-Broadway. Adjunct Faculty Bill Douglas
