Grads to be Honored Thursday Aug 13, 2008
The student speaker will be Jessie Leatham Wirkus, an English major graduating with university honors, and Sarah Inouye, a senior graduating magna cum laude in music performance, will present a piano solo, "Allegro de Concierto" by Enrique Granados. The event will be broadcast live on KBYU-FM (98. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Sunshine And Smiles Apr 16, 2008
Some of the same double-edged appeal ran through Royal's opening selections, Rodrigo's "Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios" - Renaissance songs arranged with deft contemporary colorings - and "Laments, or the Maiden and the Nightingale," an extended dramatic scene by Enrique Granados. In the latter work, with its ripely sketched dialogue between a young lover and a bird, Royal caught perfectly the balance between the formalism of this familiar trope and the music's romantic ardor. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Lion King' opens Apr 7, 2008
Their opening set of Spanish songs, by Joaquin Rodrigo (his Four Love Madrigals ) and Enrique Granados ( The Maiden and the Nightingale ), set the mood for the evening: Royal s phrasing is shapely and always lovely. Her acting helped communicate the message, whether by clenching a fist in fury at her cheating lover or by gently swaying as she remembers the poplars in the breeze in Seville. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
American Pianist Grace Nikae Mar 15, 2008
This recording features piano works by Alexander Scriabin, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla and Franz Liszt. Nikae's interests are educational as well: she regularly gives workshops, masterclasses, recital lectures and interdisciplinary lectures connecting music to other fields in the arts (such as French Impressionism or German Romantic Poetry). (Suite101.com)
More of this story Mar 1, 2008
17; Los Requiebros from Enrique Granados' Goyescas; and two pieces by Liszt - Isolde's Liebestod transcribed for piano from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6. At 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
MECA Presents 'Los Majos in Love' Apr 19, 2007
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA) and its Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Concert Series will host a concert of work by 19th century Spanish neo-romantic composer Enrique Granados on Friday, April 20, at 8 p.m., at MECA's Auditorium, 1900 Kane Street. Performers include renowned pianist Alejandro Vela with cellist Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, both graduates of the Juilliard School in New York. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Classical Notes: Rapturous days in Spivey heaven Mar 7, 2007
Enrique Granados set of Desolate Maiden songs are characterized by big stone-block chords in the piano, with the singer high above, suffering or raging at her fate. Here DiDonato took off: her bright mezzo (with a tinge of husky contralto at the low end) exploded in opulence, the last word in radiant, bejeweled singing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia Guitar Quartet Mar 7, 2007
Among other works on the program are: Four dances by Michael Praetorius; Quartet in D by Georg Philipp Telemann; "Anitra's Dance" from "Peer Gynt" by Edvard Grieg; three Argentinian dances by Alberto Ginastera; "Linus and Lucy" by Vince Guraldi, the jazzy theme from the "Charlie Brown" cartoons; and "Oriental Dance" by Enrique Granados. Works by members of the Georgia Guitar Quartet are also on the program: "Sketches" by Brian Smith and "Flight" by Kyle Dawkins. (The Ledger)
Agility, but not enough heart Mar 6, 2007
Set to the piano music of composer Enrique Granados , it's cracked into four parts and offset by two props: a square panel that serves as much as backdrop as jungle gym, and a single rose, plopped in a vase, grasped in a hand or behind a knee, and even clenched between teeth. Geometry prevails in this playground of duets and trios. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Pianist Lang Lang's road to maturity Jan 20, 2007
Sunday's performance includes works by Liszt, a longtime favorite, as well as traditional Chinese music and pieces by Mozart, Schumann and the late Spanish composer Enrique Granados, a new addition to his recital programs. Young as he is, Lang Lang is feeling some pressure to memorize additional compositions. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
