Defiant Voices, Free Spirits

• Frederic Rzewski – Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”

• Frederic Chopin – Mazurkas n.4 Op. 24, Op. 30 (complete), and Nos. 1 & 2 from Op. 33

• Alexey Kurbatov – Nirvana Song Transcriptions: “Blew,” “Something in the Way,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Maya returns back to Rugby to teach and perform in a wonderful Piano Week festival.

ELKS III Kamermūzikas koncerts

PROGRAMME

Three Miniatures for piano​​​         Helmuts Feldmanis (*1971)

​Panaretos Kyriatzidis, piano

Songs by Alberts Jērums, Helmers Pavasars, Jānis Mediņš.

Mārtiņš Šmaukstelis, tenor; Panaretos Kyriatzidis, piano

Andante Sostenuto​​​​               Helmers Pavasars (1903-1998)

Valentín Sánchez Piñero, violin; Maya Irgalina, piano

Fantasia​​​​               ​                              Helmers Pavasars

Ben Tarlton, cello; Maya Irgalina, piano

Meditācijas Dievmātei (Meditations on OurLady)​Renāte Stivriņa (*1985)

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Cerības pilnā (Full of Hope – for the Virgin ofBebrene)​​​

Milestības pārpilnā (The Abundance of Love)

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Ilze Paegle-Torrisi, soprano;

Liene Barons,  violin; Maksim Liakh, organ

Baltā ainava (White Scenery – Winter)​​​          Pēteris Vasks (*1946)

Maya Irgalina, piano

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Songs by Alberts Jērums, Helmers Pavasars, Jānis Mediņš.

Mārtiņš Šmaukstelis, tenor; Panaretos Kyriatzidis, piano

Romantiskā mūzika​​​​​         Pēteris Plakidis (1947-2017)

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Valentín Sánchez Piñero, violin;

Ben Tarlton, cello; Maya Irgalina, piano

Programme:

Mozart – Sonata for violin and piano in E minor, K304/300c

Allegro – Tempo di Menuetto

Beethoven  – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13, “Pathétique”

Grave – Adagio Cantabile – Rondo

Chopin – Selected Mazurkas:

Op. 24 No. 4 – Op. 30 – Op.33. Nos. 1 and 2

Brahms – Scherzo for violin and piano from F-A-E Sonata

Anna Ovsyanikova is a classical violinist and the founder of central London concert series “Hidden Gems”. As a recitalist and chamber musicians she has performed in venues including Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Room, Embassy of Russia in the UK, Birmingham Symphony and Birmingham Town Hall. Anna has established a reputation as a soloist, having won several concerto competitions in the UK and performing concertos with Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the City, Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic in Romania amongst many others. Anna appears as a freelance player with different orchestras including the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Contemporary Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra and many others.

One more concert in the memory of Pavel Kushnir, where Maya will perform the arrangements of Nirvana songs made by Alexey Kurbatov and Preludes of Rachmaninov along with Sasha Gryniuk, Mikhail Shilyaev, and Elena Toponogova.

Schumann Lieder (sel)     18”

Maya will join Julia Morneweg to perform for Tickhill Music Society. The programme will feature Brahms 1st Cello and Piano Sonata, Barber Sonata and Martinu Variations on a Slovak Theme.

Bach E Minor Toccata 

Three pieces from Silvestrov’s Kitsch Music 

Rachmaninov’s Second Sonata 

Debussy’s Images

Ravel’s Miroirs

•Programme:

Handel “O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? “

Bach Toccata

Korngold Mariettta’s lied from “Die tote Stadt”

Chopin Mazurkas

Bizet “Je dis Que rien” from Carmen

Ravel Miroirs Une Barque sur l’Ocean

Dvorak Song to the
Moon from “Rusalka”

Ravel Alborada del gracioso

Dvorak “Songs my Mother Taught Me”

Puccini O mio babbino Caro

Norwegian Songs with Alex Aldren

“Songs from my Motherland”

December 21, 19.00

Swiss Church, 79 Endell St. 

CHOPIN’s MAZURKAS 

performed by

Maya Irgalina

Elena Toponogova

Petr Limonov