Monthly Archives: August 2014

Summer School honours Alice Herz-Sommer

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Christine Stevenson

Well, it’s all over for another year. The eagerly-anticipated Summer School for Pianists 2014 finished yesterday, and what a fabulous week! A terrific group of piano-loving participants, 5 tutors working flat out giving recitals as well as masterclasses, private lessons … Continue reading →

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Night Pieces – Peter Sculthorpe (1929 – 2014)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Christine Stevenson

A sad day for Australian music; composer Peter Sculthorpe has died, aged 85. It seems an appropriate day to continue my investigation of music with nocturnal associations by writing about his ‘Night Pieces’ of 1971. The suite of  consists of … Continue reading →

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Nocturnes by Schumann and Mendelssohn. But not the usual suspects …

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Christine Stevenson

Some years ago, the Promenade Concerts in London  were criticized for not programming any works by women composers. Lest I be tarred with the same brush, here are nocturnes by Clara Schumann, from her 6 Soirées musicales, Op. 6 of  1836, … Continue reading →

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