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SUMMARY:Piano Greats – Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Beethoven
DESCRIPTION:Mysterious. Transcendent. Songfully\, with utmost feeling. \nWho’s on stage\nLegendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. She wowed us with Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ piano concerto alongside Royal Northern Sinfonia in September 2023. We’re ecstatic she’s back. \nWhat they’re playing\nBeethoven’s final three sonatas for piano. An unmissable trio. \nWhat you’ll hear\n\nLudwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 30 (21′)\nLudwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 31 (20′)\nLudwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 32 (27′) \nWho’s playing it\n\nElisabeth Leonskaja piano \n\nWhat’s happening in the music?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese pieces were written in a frenzy of creativity\, each an experiment. ranging from the tender and transcendent to the enigmatic and quirky. On the surface No.30 is calm\, but peek beyond that surface and it’s dark and brooding. No.31 is tender and transcendent\, while Beethoven’s very last Sonata\, No.32\, is something of an enigma. Turning convention on its head\, it only has 2 movements\, and contains music that’s serene\, angst-ridden and quirky\, with a lopsided rhythm in one spot that almost sounds like jazz \n \nA legend\n\nHere’s Elisabeth Leonskaja in action\, playing exactly the same line up you’ll enjoy in Gateshead. YouTubers are definitely fans\, describing her performance as ‘Spellbinding’\, ‘Sublime’ and describing her as ‘a Legend!!!!’\, though we don’t escape one of the staples of grumpy audience members\, with one person describing someone coughing as ‘a crime against humanity and music’. Bit over the top maybe? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Fauré’s Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Peace. Serenity. Simply Divine.\nWho’s on stage\nRoyal Northern Sinfonia and the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia are headed up by choral specialist conductor Sofi Jeannin. \nWhat they’re playing\nA feast of Fauré\, with his ever-popular Requiem alongside the melancholy Pavane\, the suite from his opera Pelléas et Mélisande and Cantique de Jean Racine. \nWhat’s happening in the music?\nUnlike other Requiems\, Fauré’s isn’t about hell\, retribution and damnation. It’s more about comfort and serenity in the face of death rather than about the terror of judgement. It’s a piece full of powerful choral melodies and simply beautiful solos\, not least the famous Pie Jesu (pious Jesus). Fauré was also a church organist and listening to the piece you can easily conjure up the atmosphere of an ancient\, tranquil\, incense filled cathedral. Unmissable. \nPresenter – Alexander Armstrong \nThe Faure concert on Sunday 16th Feb is going to be sublime. A 3pm start and beautiful mellow programme. The Cantique de Jean Racine\, the entire Requiem (it’s a relatively short Requiem and yet packs in so many glorious tunes) and then the Pavane and Pelléas et Mélisande Suite. A really spoiling feast of Faure. Fabulous soloists too. I’d travel a long way to hear Roddy Williams and Hilary Cronin! \n\n\n \n\n\nGrab a cuppa\, hop in your favourite comfy chair\, sit back and relax with a performance of Fauré’s Pavane with none other than conductor Sir Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmoniker.
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