As the new year emerges, we welcome you to a refreshing selection of Operatic Arias.

Scarlatti Three Sonatas G Minor K. 121 and G Major K. 146, in D Major K534 

Haydn Sonata G Major Hob: XVI/39 

Chopin Barcarolle 

Shubert-Liszt Song Transcriptions: “Ave Maria”, “Auf dem wasser zu singer”, “Der Doppelgaenger”, “Erlkönig”

Mompou El Lago from Paisajes 

Maya will lead a seminar for the London Piano Institute, her talk will be about nuancing and phrasing on the piano.

“The simple rules for making your playing expressive: nuancing and phrasing on the piano”

Veronica Chacón (mezzo soprano) and Maya Irgalina (piano) will be performing the selection of some favourite and some the obscure French and Spanish melodies.

Programme:

Bach (arr. Kempff) Siciliano
Bach (arr. Busoni) Chaconne from Partita No. 2 D Minor, BWV 1004
Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Chopin Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
Rachmaninov (arr. Volodos) Melodia
Kreisler (arr. Rachmaninov) Liebesleid

International Festival & Summer School PIANO WEEK returns to Rugby School, for the third time in the summer of 2022 after a two-year pause caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread disruption to international travel. Headed by British concert pianist Samantha Ward (founder and artistic director) and Polish concert pianist Maciej Raginia (creative director), the summer school is based at the modern and brilliantly equipped music department, offering residential and non-residential participants an opportunity to study with a distinguished faculty of concert artists, pedagogues and educators in the most stimulating environment. The festival’s high-calibre performances, including a recital by world-renowned Leslie Howard, will be held in the stunning Memorial Chapel and will accompany the course, which is open to pianists of any age and ability. Other UK residencies in July 2022 include London (Dulwich College) and Banbury (Tudor Hall School).

In response to the growing crisis currently unfolding in Ukraine, PIANO WEEK will donate £100 for every participant attending this year’s summer school to United Help Ukraine, a charity providing medical supplies and humanitarian aid and raising awareness of the conflict.

Piano Week at Tudor Hall School, Oxfordshire

International artists in music performance and entertaining conversation.

PROGRAMME

• Ludwig van Beethoven Andante cantabile ma però con moto. Poco piu adagio from Archduke Trio in B-flat Major, op. 97 (Limani Piano Trio: Anna Ziman, violin; Ricardo Tauber, cello: Maya Irgalina, piano)
• Ludwig van Beethoven “Pathetique” Sonata no 8
• Frederic Chopin Selected Mazurkas op. 50 (Simone Tavoni, piano)
• Leos Janacek “Pohadka” (A Fairytale) (Sarah Gait, cello; Frederic Bager, piano)
• Claude Debussy ”Estampes” (Frederic Bager, piano)
  • I. Pagodes
  • II. La soirée dans Grenade
  • III. Jardins sous la pluie
• Myroslav Skoryk “Melody”
• Edward Grieg Sonata no 2 for violin and piano, op.13, 1st movement Lento doloroso — Poco allegro — Allegro vivace — Presto (Yuliya Ostapchuk, violin; Elena Toponogova, piano)
• Alban Berg “Im Zimmer”, “Die Nachtigall” (Eleanor Penfold, soprano)
• M.Lysenko “A prayer for Ukraine” (Eleanor Penfold, soprano)

Organised by Elena Toponogova