Doubling and tripling up Nov 22, 2008
The Tupelo Symphony Orchestras Pianoforte Society will present Two or More, part of the We Love the Piano Steinway Series at 3 p.m. today in the Link Centre Concert Hall ... Tickets are $10/at the door, and proceeds will benefit TSOs Pianoforte Societys scholarship fund. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Recording artists concert to benefit Oaken Acres Sep 15, 2008
Winston will perform on a handmade Italian Fazioli concert grand piano, courtesy of Pianoforte Chicago Inc., which is donating its use for this concert only to help Oaken Acres. The charitable organization has cared for more than 7,500 injured and orphaned wildlife since its inception in rural DeKalb County in 1984. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Gilmore unveils six more Rising Stars in new season of recitals Jul 27, 2008
He won first prize at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition in 2000. v 7 p.m. Dec. 7: Juilliard School graduate Stephen Beus will play works by Mendelssohn, Barber and Griffes. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
10 things to do this weekend Jun 27, 2008
LISTEN. Hear a combination of international modernist, American vernacular and Georgian folk music at the Pianoforte Salon Series. Marjorie M. Rusche's 18-minute "MODERN MIXTURES: PIANO SONATA" will be performed at the Fine Arts Building. (Crain's Chicago Business)
A Grand Love Jun 26, 2008
It's ironic that the pianoforte, as the instrument had been named because it could play both soft and loud, is now known as a piano: Virtuosi from Liszt to Lang Lang have mostly exploited the forte. But Gould wanted a piano that would sound, as he put it, "a little like an emasculated harpsichord." He detested the Romantics, and once said his favorite composer was the 16th century Englishman Orlando Gibbons. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS Gong for EastEnders legend Jun 14, 2008
In music, a CBE goes to cofounder of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition Marion Thorpe, wife of former Liberal party leader Jeremy. There is a knighthood for Mark Elder, conductor and music director of Manchester's Halle Orchestra. (Mirror.co.uk)
'We Love the Piano' series to feature Latin flair May 12, 2008
That means the $10 entry fee will go straight to the Pianoforte Society Scholarship Fund for young musicians. "Come to an enjoyable afternoon of Latin American music played by a native," Murphey said. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
YESTERDAYS: Fashionable set attends breakfast Mar 28, 2008
Kimberly Reis, a student of Mrs. Randolph Doe of Eastgage Lane, recently participated in a recital presented by the New England Pianoforte Teachers Association, Boston. Miss Reis was presented a ribbon for outstanding achievement. (Hingham Journal, MA)
YESTERDAYS: Norfolks top Hingham at Wompatuck Club Mar 21, 2008
RUTH J. MORSE , Pianoforte Teacher, announces removal of her studio to the residence of Mr. W. R. Lawton, Main street, opposite Clark road, Hingham Centre. Lessons at Hingham will be given at the home of the pupils. (Hingham Journal, MA)
The Hyers Sisters Feb 21, 2008
The girls received pianoforte lessons and vocal training and were soon performing at private parties in order to gain experience in front of an audience. On April 22, 1867, the Hyers Sisters, 9 and 11, made their professional stage debut at Sacramento's Metropolitan Theater before a reported audience of 800. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Verily, it is written that Apple will selleth you the Air Jan 21, 2008
Many of the faithful swooned, while others waved their wallets in an orgy of technolust and were only quieted by the appearance of Randy Newman, Musician to the Court of Steve, who sang two ditties and accompanied himself on the pianoforte. There is no parallel with the annual Jobs Keynote Address in any other industry that I can think of. (The Observer)
The 'Beethoven Journal' site Aug 29, 2007
"Beethoven's Early Works for Violoncello and Pianoforte: Innovation in Context." ... "Concert Review. The United Kingdom Premiere of a Beethoven Pianoforte Concerto? Mill Hill Music Club, London, April 22, 2001." (p ... " (pp. 54-68). 2. Malcolm Frager. "Some Thoughts on the Tempos of the Beethoven Pianoforte Concertos. (USA Today -- Tech)
Italian quintet lends romance to Independence Aug 23, 2007
per pianoforte e orchestra and Ersione cameristica by Franz Joseph Haydn. It was a bold decision to challenge the spectators, but the unusual selection revealed the care they took in setting up the program. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Comedies, concerts for independence celebration Aug 10, 2007
The quintet will perform Concerto in Re magg, Per pianoforte e orchestra and Ersione cameristica by Franz Joseph Haydn, and Concerto Grosso op. 6 n. 8 by Arcangelo Corelli, a Baroque composer and violinist from Italy. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Musical with a message Jul 30, 2007
She has performed as a pianoforte soloist as well as an accompanist in concerts, recitals, festivals and workshops in England, China, Hong Kong, North Korea and Singapore. She also plays the harpsichord, violin, flute, er hu and other instruments. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Sherry Kloss Jun 17, 2007
Faculty members will include Don Freund, Pittsburgh native and professor of composition at Indiana University; Sidney Harth, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne University faculty member; Gerald Robbins, co-founder of the Lyric Piano Quartet and artist in residence at Queens College; Roy Sonne, former Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra violinist; and Liz Seidel, founder of Pianoforte Inc.. Voices tend to get hushed, almost reverential, when speaking of Heifetz. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Stalins of sound May 2, 2007
The final evolution of the concert hall in the 19th century, along with the steel-stringed cello and the pianoforte action to fill the hall with sound, were the triumph of bourgeois capitalism. Liberated, at last, was music from religious limitations on melody and harmony, delivered to a new breed of impresario, manipulated by a new type of star performer, and amplified by the new technology of sound, so that the largest possible number of paying ears could be accommodated in a single space. (Asia Times Online)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Apr 18, 2007
In 1856, he entered the Corps of Naval Cadets in St. Petersburg but while at sea he had pianoforte lessons, he even composed a symphony. He also attended opera and concerts. (Suite101.com)
Johann Sebastian Bach Apr 16, 2007
His keyboard music for pianoforte and organ, fugues, and choral music are of equal importance to him. Bach was a devoted German Protestant. (Suite101.com)
Handel and Haydn Society offer an intriguing mix of the familiar and obscure Mar 6, 2007
At the other end of the affective spectrum is the finale, not only brilliantly constructed but full of Haydn's renowned musical wit, including a tinkly duet at the end for the first violins and the pianoforte, which has hitherto been hiding within the musical fabric. The Mozart performances were good, the Haydn superb. (Boston Globe)
Music and Technology Mar 4, 2007
Technology and music are constantly interacting: the invention of the sustain pedal on the pianoforte birthed the entire repertoire of Chopin. Perhaps less dramatically obvious is the steadily growing influence of computer-or-electronically-generated music. (Suite101.com)
