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2007
So 11. Nov 2007  20 Uhr - Philharmonie Berlin 

Elena Firsova »Garten der Träume«
Sergej Rachmaninoff Symphonische Tänze Dmitri Schostakowitsch Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 2 G-Dur 
Sokhiev, Mork 
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 

Sa 10. Nov 2007  20 Uhr - Philharmonie Berlin 

Elena Firsova »Garten der Träume« 
Sergej Rachmaninoff Symphonische Tänze Dmitri Schostakowitsch Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 2 G-Dur 
Sokhiev, Mork 
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 
 

27 oktober 2007 - Reizen met Liszt - Amsterdam, Concertgebouw
20:15
Amsterdam, Concertgebouw - Kleine Zaal 
Reizen met Liszt

Nederlands Blazers Ensemble 

13-10-07 20.15 uur Haarlem, Philharmonie
0900- 5111222    Kaarten

27-10-07 20.15 uur Amsterdam, Concertgebouw - Kleine Zaal
020-6718345 

28-10-07 14.30 uur Den Haag, Nieuwe Kerk
070-8800333   Kaarten

30-10-07 20.15 uur Arnhem, Musis Sacrum
026-4437343

Liszt /Smirnov DS152a   St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots. by Liszt transcription for Chamber Orchestra 2007 9'
Liszt /Smirnov DS152b   La Lugubre Gondola No. 2. by Liszt transcription for Chamber Orchestra, 2007 8' 
 

Saturday 20th October 2007 Recital by Alissa Firsova
Venue: King's College : 3-6 £   4-6pm

Mozart        Fantasie and Sonata in C minor K475/457   24' 
A. Firsova     Lune Rouge Op. 13   7'
Smirnov  Sunlight Sonata Op. 129    10' 
Beethoven  "Moonlight" Sonata Op. 27 No.2   13'

INTERVAL

Tchaikovsky  Dumka Op. 59    9'
E. Firsova    "For Alissa" Op. 102   7' 
Beethoven    Sonata in A flat Op.110   22'

 

4 October  2007 7.30pm The Warehouse, London 
13 Theed Street London SE1 8ST Nearest tube Waterloo

Elena Firsova— Winter Songs
Sarah Leonard / Robin Michael

3 October  2007  FINLANDIA Hall, Helsinki

Elena Firsova: Garden of Dreams
Finlandia Hall Finish Radio Orchestra 
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

Also Live Broadcast

 5th September 2007 St. Cuthbert's Music Festival 2007

The Parish Church of St.Cuthbert, Wells, Somerset

Wednesday, 5th September 7.30pm

Mozart        Fantasie and Sonata in C minor K475/457   24' 
Smirnov  Sunlight Sonata Op. 129    10' 
Beethoven  "Moonlight" Sonata Op. 27 No.2   13'

INTERVAL

E. Firsova    "For Alissa" Op. 102   7' 
Tchaikovsky  Dumka Op. 59    9'
A. Firsova     Lune Rouge Op. 13   7'
Beethoven    Sonata in A flat Op.110   22'

13 August 2007,  Dartington Great Hall 5pm 

13 August 2007  Great Hall
Elena Firsova: For Slava (WP)

Karina Georgian, cello

4 August 2007,  Skalholt (Island) 

4 August 2007  in Skalholt (Island) 
Smirnov: Elegy in memory of Edison Denisov for 16 players 

Isafold Ensemble under Daniel Bjarnason. 
 

4 July 2007, Tartu, Estonia

Toimumiskoht: TARTU JAANI KIRIK 
Saksofonikvartett SAXEST 
Saksofonikvartett SAXEST

IVO LILLE (sopransaksofon)
VIRGO VELDI (altsaksofon, muusikaline juht)
LAURI SEPP (tenorsaksofon)
SULEV SOMMER (baritonsaksofon)
Kaastegev KÄTLIN VÄRTON (sopran) (NB! ei osale Jõhvi kontserdil)

Kavas:
Pascal “Quatuor”, H.Tulve “Öö”, Firsova “La nuit”,Planel “Burlesque”, Nyman “Songs for Tony”, H.Villa-Lobos “Bachianas Brasileras”, Daquin “Le CouCou” 
 

http://www.concert.ee 
 

04.07.2007     20:00:00 Saksofonikvartett SAXEST TARTU JAANI KIRIK 
 

27 June 2007  Corsham Festival

27 June 2007, Hartham Church, 10 p.m.

Elena Firsova: Winter Songs
Sarah Leonard: Robin Michael

Spitalfields Festival

14 June 2007, Shoreditch Church, 18.30 Spitalfields Festival

Alfred Schnittke:   Concerto Grosso No 1 
Clio Gould & Maria Oldak, solo violins 
Alissa Firsova, piano

Nigel Osborne: Taw-Raw solo violin (Marta Deak) 
Iannis Xenakis: Aroura  strings
 

Alissa Firsova @ Duke's Hall RAM
 (Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd)

Monday 11th June 2007 20.00, Academy Orchestra

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
The Isle of the Dead

Alissa Firsova piano
Kevin Griffiths conductor

SWALEDALE FESTIVAL

29 May  2007 5 pm Wensley

29 Vfy 2007 at the Holy Trinity Church
Elena Firsova: Crucifixion
Oliver Coats, cello

Alissa Firsova @ Duke's Hall RAM 
(Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd)

Monday 14th May 2007 18.00, Academy Ensemble

Alissa Firsova piano
Kevin Griffiths conductor

Smirnov/Firsovas: Family Concerto 

Dmitri Smirnov Red Bells
Elena Firsova Black Bells
Alissa Firsova Blue Bells

Stravinsky: Septet

Alissa Firsova @ Duke's Hall RAM
 (Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd)

Thursday 3rd May 2007 16.30, Academy Symphony Orchestra

Alissa Firsova piano
Kevin Griffiths conductor

Tchaikovsky arr. Dmitri Smirnov: Dumka
 

Alissa Firsova @ St Peter's Church, St Peter's Street, St Albans 

Wednesday 25th April 2007, 13.00

Mozart: Fantasie and Sonata in C minor
Liszt: Paganini Etude No.2
Chopin: Etude Op.25 No.11 "Winter Wind"
Beethoven Sonata Op.110 in A flat major

Alissa Firsova piano

Alissa Firsova @ Duke's Hall RAM 
(Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd)

Friday 20th April 2007 13.05, Academy Concert Orchestra

Franck: Symphonic Variations

Alissa Firsova  piano
Kevin Griffiths conductor

Fidelio Piano Trio at Bromsgrove

Friday 13 April 2007 at 8pm, Artrix, School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 1AX

Ed Bennett New work (Bromsgrove Concerts commission)
Donnacha Dennehy Bulb
Deirdre Gribbin How to Make the Water Sound
Salvatore Sciarrino Trio No. 1
Edison Denisov Trio
Elena Firsova: Mad Visions, Piano Trio

Darragh Morgan violin • Mary Dullea piano • Robin Michael cello

22 maart 2007 RADIO MONALISA  Amsterdam 
Broadcast

Elena Firsova: Elegy (1979); 
Elena Firsova: Hymn to Spring (1993) 

Hull University

9 February 2007

9 February 2007 at Hull University 
Elena Firsova: Winter Songs
Sarah Leonard: Robin Michael

Southampton University 

5 February 2007

5 February 2007 at Southampton University 
Elena Firsova: Winter Songs
Sarah Leonard: Robin Michael

Chateaux de Canisy, Normandy

4 February 2007

4 February 2007 at Canisy
ALISSA FIRSOVA piano
Smirnov: Sunlight Sonata (Sonata No.5) op129
Elena Firsova: For Alissa op102
Alissa Firsova: Lune Rouge op13

2006
Utrecht (NL)

1 December 2006

1 December 2006 at Music Centre Vredenburg in Utrecht and will be a live radio broadcast
Shostakovich/Smirnov:  Viola Sonata op147 
Daniel Raiskin and  NBE

Munchen, Germany

24 November 2006

24.11.2006, 19.30 , Musikinstrumentenmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum St. Jakobspl. Ensemble Ivan Wyschnegradsky),
 (Musikinstrumentenmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum)  Verband Münchner Tonkünstler e.V. 
Dmitri Smirnov: Elegy. 
Philipp von Morgen (cello)
Information on http://eiw.derklang.net

St James’s Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL

8 November, Wednesday, at 1.10pm

Park Lane Group Recital 
Alissa Firsova, pf

Mozart: Fantasia C Minor Sonata C minor
Smirnov: Sunlight Sonata (Sonata no5)
Balakirev: Islamey

Moscow Autumn, Russia

4 November 2006, Maly Hall of Conservatory

Dmitri Smirnov: Diptych for Organ. 
Marianna Vysotskaya (organ)
 

Gronigen (NL)

21 October 2006 Lutherse Kirk, Haddingestraat 19, Gronigen (NL)

Smirnov: Elegy in memory Edison Denisov
Alexander Ivashkin, cello

Leighton House, London W14 8LZ
Leighton House Museum 12 Holland Park Road

12 October 2006 Thursday    at 7.30 pm   £12(£5)
Duos in Exile
Paul Pellay-Giochi/Scontri/Duelli World Premiere
Honegger-Sonatine
Prokofiev-Sonata Op.56
Viotti-Sonatas Op. 5
Smirnov-DSCH Antiphon Op.118 Philippa Mo and Peter Sheppard Skærved - violins

Guildhall, Londonderry Northern Ireland

6 October 2006, Friday  8pm
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.7
ELENA FIRSOVA: Quartet No.12 “Farewell”
BEETHOVEN Quartet No.11 in F minor, op. 95
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet

BRODSKY QUARTET ALEXANDER MELNIKOV - PIANO
 

St George’s Bristol

29 September 2006

29 September 7.30pm at St George’s Bristol. The Shostakovich Quartet Cycle 
with the Brodsky Quartet
Adagio and Polka
Elena Firsova:  Quartet No.12  “Farewell” In Memorium Shostakovich 
String Quartet No 15 in E flat minor
http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/georges.dll?jump=1076

Kunstmuseum Bonn 

10 September 2006

10 September 2006,  K U N S T M U S E U M   B O N N, 1 8 U H R
»Konstruierte Klänge« „Contrived sounds“
Beethoven , Shostakovich and the Russian Modern Age
Brodsky Quartet, Endellion String Quartet, Lydia Kavina - Theremin
Programm: Streichquartette von Schostakowitsch, Strawinski, Schönberg, Beethoven, Firsova, Smirnov
Elena FIRSOVA: Quartet No.10 played by the Brodsky Quartet
Dmitri SMIRNOV: Quartet No.6 played by the Brodsky Quartet
In den Konzertpausen werden Einführungsgespräche und Führungen durch die Ausstellung angeboten.Introductory talks and guided tours for the exhibition will be offered during the concert breaks. € 22
In Kooperation mit dem Kunstmuseum Bonn.Gefördert im Rahmen von »Schostakowitsch 2006« des NRW KULTURsekretariats.
Internationale Beethovenfeste Bonn gGmbH  Poppelsdorfer Allee 17 D-53115 Bonn Informationen für Gruppen und Reiseveranstalter: Telefon:+49-228-2010 342 www.beethovenfest.de/besuchergruppen   Fax: +49-228-20 10 344   Information for groups and tour operators:Email: mailto:schauerte@beethovenfest.defile:///C|/My%20Documents/public_html/www.beethovenfest.de/groups Internet: www.beethovenfest.de   (English, Français, Japanese, Chinese) Beethovenfest Bonn  31.08.2006 – 01.10.2006

Dartington Summer School

Monday 21 August

8:15pm 21 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £15 reserved, £10 unreserved
Stephen Kovacevich piano Alissa Firsova piano Joby Burgess percussion
Stephen Hiscock percussion
Berg Piano Sonata op 1
Schubert Piano Sonata in A major D959
Bartók Sonata for two pianos and percussion

Friday 18 August

5:00pm 18 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall
Advanced Composition
Elena Firsova director
Dmitri Smirnov director
Bergonzi Quartet
Performances of works by students
on the Advanced Composition course.

Thursday 17 August

8:15pm 17 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £15 reserved, £10 unreserved
Tippett Quartet, John Mills violin Jeremy Isaac violin  Maxine Moore viola
Bozidar Vukotick cello
Elena Firsova Quartet no 10 ‘La Malinconia’
Zemlinsky Quartet no 3
Janachek Quartet no 2 ‘Intimate Letters’

Tuesday 15 August

5:00pm 15 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £7.50 unreserved
Meridian Penelope Roskell piano
Anna Noakes flute
Andrew Knights oboe
Victoria Soames Samek clarinet
Laurence Perkins bassoon
Programme to include works for wind and piano by Poulenc, Guastavino, Villa Lobos, Milhaud and 
Dmitri Smirnov: Job's Studies for solo clarinet.

Saturday 12 August

8:15pm 12 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £15 reserved, £10 unreserved
Karine Georgian cello
Jeremy Young piano
Beethoven Cello Sonata no 4 in
C Major op 102
Smirnov DSCH Antiphone for two violoncelli op 118b (In Memory of Dmitry Shostakovich)
Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor op 40
Beethoven Variations in F on Mozart’s “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”
Elena Firsova The Rest is Silence
Britten Cello Sonata in C op 65

Thursday 10 August

10:30pm 10 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall
Susan Bickley mezzo soprano, Helen Yorke piano
Smirnov Wonderful Stories
Britten A Charm of Lullabies
Bernstein I Hate Music
Ives A song selection to include
The Children’s Hour, The Greatest Man and Songs My Mother Taught Me

Thursday 10 August

8:15pm 10 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £15 reserved, £10 unreserved
Encounters with Shostakovich
Dante Quartet Sarah Thurlow clarinet Alissa Firsova piano Nika Shoot piano Stephen Stirling horn Michelle Hiley percussion Kevin Griffiths conductor
Dmitri Smirnov Red Bells*
Elena Firsova Black Bells*
Alissa Firsova Blue Bells*
Vladislav Shoot Three Encounters with Shostakovich*
Eli Shoot The Winter of Demeter*
Shostakovich Quartet no 3 op 73
Shostakovich Preludes op 34
Shoot Silhouettes
* world première
In his centenary year, this concert is given in tribute to Shostakovich, friend and mentor to the families of the Russian artists in residence at Dartington. The new works have been commissioned by Dartington Summer School.

Wednesday 09 August

5:00pm 9 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £7.50 unreserved
Trinity College of Music Chamber Orchestra, Darko Brlek clarinet, Nicholas Pendlebury conductor
Mozart Divertimento in F K138
Dimitri Smirnov Trinity Music
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K622

Tuesday 08 August

5:00pm 8 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £7.50 unreserved
Trinity College of Music Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Pendlebury conductor, Massimo Mercelli flute, Maria Chiossi harp
Mozart Symphony no 1 in Eb
‘The London’ K16
Dmitri Smirnov Mozart Variations
Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299

Monday 07 August

5:00pm 7 August 2006, Dartington Summer School, Great Hall  £7.50 unreserved
Trinity College of Music Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Pendlebury conductor Lana Trotovsek violin
Mozart Violin Concerto no 5 in A K219
Dmitri Smirnov Two Ricercares
Mozart Symphony no 17 in G K129

 

Holland

Sunday  06 August a church in Oosterbeek, festival  in Holland.
Monday 07 August Sprengenhorst', in Wenum-Wiesel, at 20.15h

Filip David and Naomi Tamura
Dmitri Smirnov:  12 melancholic waltzes and the Ballade for saxophone and piano

David Oistrakh Festival, Tallin

20.07.2006 Thursday 20:00

St. Elizabeth Church in Pärnu
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet (Ireland)
Patricia Rozario, soprano (India/United Kingdom)

Dmitri Smirnov (1948) 
Smirnov: Quartet No.7 (WP)  Tribut to Shostakovich (2006) 15', Vanbrugh Quartet

Cheltenham Festival 

13 July 2006

13 July 2006, Pittvile Pump Room, 11am Cheltenham Festival
Smirnov: Quartet No.7 (WP) Vanbrugh Quartet 

 

Bad Doberan Festival

12 July 2006 Bad Doberan Festival

Shostakovich/Smirnov: Viola Sonata op147 Concerto Orchestra, Barbara Buntrock, viola

West Cork Festival

27 June 2006

27 June 2006, 20.00 West Cork Festival, Main Evening Concert - Celebrating Shostakovich 1906-2006
Smirnov: Quartet No.7 Tribute to Dmitri Shostakovich [World Premiere]  RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet 
Shostakovich Sonata for violin and piano Op.134 
Schnittke Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich 
Shostakovich From Jewish Folk Poetry Op.79 

Duke’s Hall, RAM, London

27 June 2006

27 June 2006, 7.30 Duke’s Hall, RAM, London
Bartok, Sonata for 2 pianos and Percussion
Stephen Kovacevich and Alissa Firsova

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

23 & 24 June 2006

23 & 24 June 2006, Koncertgebouw
Pre-concert talk with
Elena Firsova:For Alissa played by Alissa Firsova
Recommended Adventure at the RCO, Holland Festival, Sjostakovitsj+ 
Tughan Sokhiev, conductor Truls Mork, violoncello 
Elena Firsova: The Garden of Dreams (commissioned work - world premiere)
Sjostakovitsj: Cello Concerto No. 2
Prokofjev: Symphonie No. 7 (RCO premiere)
Friday, 23 June 2006 8.15 p.m. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
€ 30 Single category € 25 Single category Students/Friends
Saturday, 24 June 2006 8.15 p.m. 
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
€ 30 Single category € 25 Single category Students/Friends

22 June 2006 Radio Mona Lisa Amsterdam
Ruth Zechlin (Germany, 1926): pour la fl?te (1977)
Saoud Massi (Algeria): tracks from Heart broken 
Cheikha Rimitti (Algeria, 1923): tracks from Nouar
Elena Firsova (Russia, 1950): Night (1978) for soprano and saxophone quartet
http://www.monalisa.dds.nl/index.htm

Amsterdam Radio 4 19-23 June
Elena Firsova - Composer of the Week

23 June 2006 

Vrijdag 19.30 – 20.00 uur    Componist van de week
23 juni 2006      Elena Firsova
Samenstelling: Thea Derks
Presentatie: Peter Bree

Elena Firsova: Elegie opus 21    6’30

Génia, piano
cd ‘Génia: unveiled’ tr. 2
Black Box (geen labelnummer!!)
fon cd 110085

Elena Firsova: Uit ‘Requiem’ opus 100   19’52 

De schreeuw (3’17); Aan de dood (4’33); Epiloog (12’00)
Berlijns Radio Symfonie Orkest en Koor / Vasili Sinaiski; Claudia Barainsky, sopraan
Opname van de wereldpremièreop 6-9-2003, in Konzerthaus Berlin door DeutschlandRadio Berlin 
privé-cdr-r tr. 12 t/m 14

22 June 2006 

Donderdag 19.30 – 20.00 uur   Componist van de week
22 juni 2006      Elena Firsova
Samenstelling: Thea Derks
Presentatie: Peter Bree

Elena Firsova: Hymne aan de lente opus 63  3’25

Génia, piano
cd ‘Génia: unveiled’ tr. 7
Black Box (geen labelnummer!!)
fon cd 110085

Elena Firsova: Uit ‘Voor het onweer’ opus 70:   10’32

deel 4, con moto (2’28) en deel 6, largo (8’04) 
Jekaterina Kitsjigina, sopraan; Studio voor Nieuwe Muziek Moskou / Igor Dronov 
cd ‘The Mandelstam Cantatas’ tr. 11+13
Megadisc DC 7816
fon cd 148281

Elena Firsova: Bevroren tijd opus 90   6’28

Schubert Ensemble
cd ‘A White Room’ tr. 8
Chamber Music 2000, geen labelnummr
fon-cd 117356

Elena Firsova: Geur van afwezigheid opus 88  4’25

Tim Mirfin, bas; Emma Williams, fluit; Ruth Potter, harp
cd ‘Elena Firsova: Misterioso’ tr. 5+6
Meladina Record MRCD 00002
privé-cd-r

21 June 2006 

Woensdag 19.30 – 20.00 uur   Componist van de week
21 juni 2006      Elena Firsova
Samenstelling: Thea Derks
Presentatie: Peter Bree

Elena Firsova: Music for 12 opus 34   10’17

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble / Vladimir Ponkin
cd ‘Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble’ tr. 1
Mezjdoenarodnaja Kniga MK 417036
fon cd 33348

Elena Firsova: Cassandra opus 60    14’33

BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka; Christopher Green, piccolo; John Senter, cello 
cd ‘Gubaidulina, Firsova’ tr. 4
BIS CD 668
fon cd 55515

20 June 2006 

Dinsdag 19.30 – 20.00 uur   Componist van de week
20 juni 2006  Elena Firsova

Elena Firsova: Misterioso, in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, Strijkkwartet nr. 3 opus 24     9’40

The Lydian String Quartet
cd ‘Elena Firsova, Misterioso’ 
Meladina Record MRCD 00002
privé-cd-r, tr. 1

Elena Firsova: Aards Leven opus 31   15’42 

Jekaterina Kitsjigina, sopraan; Studio voor Nieuwe Muziek Moskou / Igor Dronov
cd ‘The Mandelstam Cantatas’ tr. 7
Megadisc Classics MDC 7816
fon cd 148281

19 June 2006 

Maandag 19.30 – 20.00 uur   Componist van de week
19 juni 2006      Elena Firsova

Elena Firsova: Altvioolsuite opus 2   8’24

Thomas Oepen, altviool
cd ‘Sofia Gubaidulina, Jelena Firssowa, Galina Ustwolskaja’ tr. 6 t/m 10
Koch Schwann 3-1170-2
fon cd 60725

Elena Firsova: Uit Cellosonate opus 5: deel 1, allegro moderato (5’25) en deel 2, Vivace (1’44)      7’17

Eckhard Stahl, cello; Viola Mokrosj, piano
cd ‘Komponistinnedes 20. Jahrhunderts’, tr. 17+18
Bayer Records BR 100200 CD
fon cd 56437

Elena Firsova: Nacht opus 20   8’08

Ingrid Kapelle, sopraan; Syrinx Saxofoonkwartet
cd ‘Waves’ tr. 13
Erasmus WVH 164
privé-cd

 

17 June 2006 Saturday, at the festival of Middelburg 

Shostakovich/Smirnov:  Viola Sonata op147 Daniel Raiskin and  NBE

14 June 2006, St Peter Church, St Albans

Romance (by Shostakovich, from "Gadfly" op97 No3) op139d 2004
transcription for viola and piano by Smirnov (WP)
Daniel Palmizio, Alissa Firsova

Swaledale Festival

9 June 2006, 7:30 pm Swaledale Festival, The Georgian Theatre Royal Richmond E32

David Childs ~ Euphonium
David Childs performs exclusively on Besson Prestige Euphoniums. David will present a varied programme consisting of original works for euphonium, classical transcriptions and virtuosi showpieces. Featured Composers will include, Peter Meechan, Simon Parkin, Rodney Newton, Elena Firsova together with Hummel, Mendelssohn, Fiocco and Paganini.
http://www.swaledale-festival.org.uk/index.cfm

The British Museum

Friday 9 June 2006, Evening concert 19.00–20.00 (limited seating)

With Philippa Mo-Violin

New Works  by:
Dmitri Smirnov: Amore sola for solo violin (WP)
together with music by Howard Skempton, Jim Aitchison, Jean Hasse, David Gorton, Lars Bagger, Nigel Clarke, Oliver Waespi, , Tom Myron, Michael Alec Rose, Paul Pellay, Mihajlo Trandafilovski, Robert Saxton.

plus: British Premiere of recently rediscovered Sonata for Solo Violin by Viotti, played on the Viotti Stradivari-by kind permission of the  Royal Academy of Music and the Heritage Memorial Fund.  Plus: Telemann-Gulliver's Travels

Admission free

Friday 9 June 2006, 14.00–16.00
Thursday 8 June 2006, 14.00–16.00
Wednesday 7 June 2006, 14.00–16.00

The British Museum Peter Sheppard Skærved-Violin

Music in the Enlightenment Gallery- Room 1
Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 & Friday 9 June 2006, 14.00–16.00

Peter Sheppard Skærved, violinist, plays specially-commissioned music by living composers responding to the gallery's objects along with music from the Enlightenment. Listen and talk to the musician in an informal atmosphere.

New works by:
Dmitri Smirnov: Amore sola for solo violin (WP) Performed twice for the afternoon
together with music by Howard Skempton, Jim Aitchison, Jean Hasse, David Gorton, Lars Bagger, Nigel Clarke, Oliver Waespi, , Tom Myron, Michael Alec Rose, Paul Pellay, Mihajlo Trandafilovski, Robert Saxton.

The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG

21 May 2006

21 May 2006 Church of Holy Nativity, New York, 4 pm
Dmitri Smirnov: The Flute of Sumadera Op140/16  from Dream Journey,
texts by Matsuo Basho (World Premiere)
Sherrard-Farmer Duo:
Phyllis Fay Farmer, Mezzo Soprano, 
Carin Sherrard, Flute

Region Ostschweiz, St. Gallen Jahreskonzert des Musischen Gymnasiums

18 May 2006

18 May 2006 Veranstaltungen Region Ostschweiz, St. Gallen Jahreskonzert des Musischen Gymnasiums
Ensemble Pyramide. Programm: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Adagio und Allegro für ein Orgelwerk in einer Uhr f-Moll KV594 (instrumentiert von M. Brönnimann) u.a., Sofia Gubaidulina und 
Elena Firsova: Perpetual Return
(Internationales Bodenseefestival) > evangelische Kirche Kreuzlingen Kreuzlingen, 20 Uhr
The Shell. Wild-romantische Independant-Rocker mit Brühler Fussball-Wurzeln > St.Gallen, Gallusplatz, 20 Uhr 
http://www.saiten.ch/veranstaltungen/ostschweiz-st-gallen.php/2006/05/18

St Martins-in-the-Fields

8 May 2006

8 May 2006, St Martins-in-the-Fields, 1pm
Alissa Firsova’s Piano Recital
Mozart: Sonata C Major, K.330 
Tchaikovsky: Dumka
Alissa Firsova: Lune Rouge
Beethoven: 30th Sonata E Major Op. 109

Seattle, USA

Sunday 9 April

Sunday 9 April, 2006, 7 pm Seattle, USA
Illsley Ball Nordstrum Hall at Benaroya Hall
A Master’ Legacy 
The Seattle Chamber Players
Pavel Karmanov: Get In!! 
 (US Premiere), with the author present
Sofia Gubaidulina: Quartet for Four Flutes 
Alissa Firsova: Celebration 
 (World Premiere), with the author present
Shostakovich, arr. Derevianko: Symphony No. 15 
 

6 April 2006 Seattle, Schostakovich Festival 
Alissa Firsova's recital
Smirnov: Sunlight Sonata (Sonata No.5) op129
Elena Firsova: For Alissa op102
Alissa Firsova: Lune Rouge op13
Schnittke: Fantasie und Fuga
Shostakovich: Sonata 1 op12

ENO

4 April 2006

4 April 2006, ENO London
Smirnov: Danse Macable (WP)

Sunday 2 April 2006

Sunday 2 April 2006, Hofgeismar, Germany 11 am
Stefan Huelsermann, clarinet Otfrid Sneeze, vln, Helmuth Vivell, pf
Werdehr Terzett op 45 

Deptford Hall, Goldsmiths College of Music

Monday 20  March 2006

Monday 20th of March 2006 7.30pm 
Alissa Firsova’s Piano Recital
at the Deptford Hall, Goldsmiths College of Music
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata No.1, op12 
Elena FIRSOVA: For Alissa, op102
Sergey RACHMANINOV: Etude-Tableux, op39-8
Dmitri SMIRNOV: Sunlight Sonata (Sonata No.5), op129 (World Premiere)
Alissa FIRSOVA: Lune Rouge, op13
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY: Dumka, op59

9 March 2006 

9 March 2006 Deptford Hall, Goldsmiths Uni, London
Elena Firsova: Spring Sonata Violeta Llano, Ayako Tabo

24 February 2006

24 February 2006 Deptford Hall, Goldsmiths Uni, London
Elena Firsova: Spring Sonata Violeta Llano, Ayako Tabo

St Peter's Lutheran Church New York

17 January 2006

17 January 2006, 8pm, St Peter's Lutheran Church
619 Lexington Ave at 54 St. New York
Dmitri Smirnov: The Flute of Sumadera Op140/16  from Dream Journey,
texts by Matsuo Basho (World Premiere)
Sherrard-Farmer Duo:
Phyllis Fay Farmer, Mezzo Soprano, 
Carin Sherrard, Flute

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