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Dante and Dvořák

Dvořák, Janáček, Smirnov/Firsova
Dante and Dvořák presents a new Divina Commedia in music, 
written for the Dante Quartet by a Russian family of composers: husband, wife and daughter. 

Dmitry Smirnov's Infernois a set of devilish variations, 
leading through the anguished wastes of Elena Firsova’s Purgatorio
to a gloriously voluptuous Paradiso by Alissa Firsova. 

Alissa, also a brilliant young pianist, 
partners Krysia Osostowicz in Janáček's violin sonata and joins the quartet in Dvořák’s joyful piano quintet.
The Dante Quartet
Tickets: £16 (£12 restricted view and £5 student standby on door only).
Tickets available from the  Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office (01223 357851), or from King’s College Porters' Lodge one month before the concert.

Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal
Mendelssohn Saal
4. Kammerkonzert
DAS JOHANNISBERG-QUARTETT
Im Rahmen der 8. Bergischen Biennale für Neue Musik
Dagmar Hufeld, Violine
N. N., Violine
Jens Brockmann, Viola
Christine Altmann, Violoncello

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Streichquartett Nr. 6 B-Dur op. 18
ELENA FIRSOVA: Streichquartett Nr. 10 op. 84Reflecting on Beethoven Nr. 6 B-Dur op. 18
LEOS JANACEK: Streichquartett Nr. 2

Quatuor Bogen

Caroline Dooghe  violon Emmanuel Van Driessche  violon
Marie Chastang  alto Clément Vandamme  violoncelle

Dante String Quartet 

"The Divine Comedy" 
by Dmitri Smirnov, Elena Firsova & Alissa Firsova

London Premiere

Dmitri Smirnov: Inferno
Elena Firsova: Purgatorio 
Alissa Firsova: Paradiso

Student del Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Conductor: Giorgio Bernasconi

Elena Firsova: Music for 12 op34 (1986)

Anatole Liebermann cello / Alissa Firsova piano

Elena Firsova: FOR SLAVA (Lindon Premiere)

Geschreven door Wat is hier te Doen .nl
De Suite, het Grachtenfestival en de Hermitage Amsterdam presenteren Oktober Revolutie
Kaartverkoop start op 1 oktober op www.grachtenfestival.nl/desuite of via de Ticketshop Leidseplein 020 7959950

Christina Voltl - zang & Anna van Nieukerken - piano
 Met liederen van Elena Firsova , Sofia Gubaidulina en Anna van Nieukerken.
Titel van het programma: Rozen voor Raiza

E. Firsova (*1950)  Drie gedichten van Ossip Mandelstam (1980)

S. Goebaidoelina (*1931)  keuze uit de liedercycli 'Rozen' (1972) en ‘Die Phazelie’ (1956)
A. van Nieukerken (*1977)  nieuw werk op Russische thema's (2009)
A. Schnittke (1934 - 1998)  Strijkkwartet nr. 3 (1989)

http://www.watishiertedoen.nl/uit/nholland-concerten-muziek/538-zaterdag-31-oktober-en-zondag-1-oktober-revolutie.html

E. Firsova: Far Away 

http://www.newmusicnetwork.com.au/series09.html#cs

OPUS35 
Saxophone: Filip Davidse, Piano: Naomi Tamura

Vladislav Shoot: Miniature Partita (1987)
Dmitri Smirnov  Ballade, op. 35
(The piece is connected to the Blake poem "To Muses")
Gabriel Fauré: Elégie, op. 24 
Sergei Prokofiev:  Sonata, op. 94 
Astor Piazzolla: Close your eyes and listen & Deus Xango 

Dmitri Smirnov: THE STONY PATH Soprano & Cello  version WP
Sarah Leonard & Robin Michael

Smirnov: Tiriel for Sax Bar & Pf 
(Rachael Moorhead – Sax)
8.40pm, in the Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London 

(Mozart, Fauré, Firsova, Berg, Mahler)

Firsova: 3 Poems of Mandelstam

www.omm.de/artists/deubner/termine.html
www.propstei-stgerold.at 

£8 £10 £13 £15

Artists & Programme

Barbirolli Quartet 

Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’ 
Ravel String Quartet in F 

Alissa Firsova piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109 
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2 in B b minor Op. 36

http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/barbirolli-quartet-23554

See: http://www.concert-diary.com/home/concert_details.asp?id=101292&ref=13&composer=show&link=&back=true&results=

Eurythmie und Studium Generale mit den Komponisten
Elena Firsowa und Woflram Graf
in Zusammenarbeit mit der Sektion für Redende und Musizierende Kuenste am Goetheanum

www.alanus.edu/en is the English language webside .

Freitag 20. Maaerz 2009

14:30 Uhr   Podiumsgespraech
  "Wer sind Sie, Frau Firsowa und Herr Graf? Wo und mit welchen Intentionen stehen Sie im heutigen Musikleben?"
15:15 Uhr   Darstellung und Gespraech: Elena Firsowa
17:00 Uhr   Darstellung und Gespraech: Wolfram Graf

19:00 Uhr     Konzert - Werke von Elena Firsowa und Wolfram Graf
1. Elena Firsowa  "In the world of beauty" op.89, the piece for piano solo - 4' 28''
2. Elena Firsowa  "Thee poems by Osip Mandelstam" op.23  - 8'15''
3. Elena Firsowa  "For Slava" op.120 for cello solo - 4'15''
4. Elena Firsowa  "For Alissa"op.102, variations for piano solo - 7'50''
5. Elena Firsowa "Winter songs" for soprano & cello (Mandelstam) op.104 - 10'15''
6. Elena Firsowa  "Himn to spring" for piano solo op.64 - 4'50''

Maacha Deubner, soprano; Michael Denhoff, cello; Alissa Firsova, piano

Program:
Elliott Carter: Uno 
Harrison Birtwistle: Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker 
Matthias Arter: mùsica 
Elena Firsova: Winter Songs 
Heinz Holliger: Trema 
Jürg Wytttenbach: Vier Kanzonen & Two Nonsense Verses, an Epigram and a Madrigal

Sylvia Nopper, soprano, Daniel Haefliger, cello

(1 hour concert)

Dmitri Smirnov:
Op.140 DREAM JOURNEY(夢は枯野を Yume wa kareno wo - ГРЁЗЫ  СКИТАНИЙ)
17 Haiku by Matsuo Basho for soprano,  flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (in Japanese) World Premiere

Erika Colon (soprano), Tzu Kao (flute), Lucy Downer (clarinet), Lisa Ueda (violin), Jessica Hayes (cello), Alissa Firsova (piano)

(after the concert all meet in the bar downstairs)

Студия новой музыки
Дирижер – Игорь Дронов

http://ccmm.ru/calendar/news/?do=2008#162

24 januari 2009 Rotterdam, Hoflaankerk, 20.15 uur
www.rotterdamskamerorkest.com

Symfonisch concert - Rotterdams Kamerorkest Jean Sibelius / Andante Festivo

Elena Firsova / Chamber concerto nr. 1
Soliste: Marieke Schneemann, fluit
Dmitri Shostakovich / Symfonie voor strijkers Op. 118a
Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski / Serenade voor strijkers

Het Rotterdams Kamerorkest werd in 2000 opgericht door chefdirigent Conrad van Alphen. Het orkest wordt geprogrammeerd in de concerseries van Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam en Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht. Het Rotterdams Kamerorkest was al twee keer eerder bij Parkstad Limburg Theaters te gast. Het orkest voelt zich thuis in alle stijlperioden. Zo bevat het programma de bekende serenade voor strijkers van Tsjaikovski, maar ook het ‘chamber concerto’ van de Russische componiste Elena Firsova (1950). Soliste in dit werk is de Nederlandse fluitiste Marieke Schneemann, voormalig solofluitiste van het Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest. Het ‘Andante Festivo’ van de Fin Jean Sibelius en de aangrijpende ‘Symfonie voor strijkers’ complementeren het afwisselende en luisterrijke programma.

Dirigent: Conrad van Alphen

Soliste: Marieke Schneemann, fluit

http://www.wiltons.org.uk/productions/music/mysteries-and-fantasies-new-year

Mysteries And Fantasies For The New Year
Start: Sunday, 4 January 2009 - 6:00pm End: 8:30pm
Mysteries and Fantasies for the New Year
Concert for Solo Violin
Tickets: £10
Date: Sunday 4th January
Times: from 6pm to 8:30pm
Bookings: 020 7702 2789 or ONLINE CLICK HERE 
Peter Sheppard Skærved -Violin
Georg Philipp Telemann (1688-1767) -12 Fantasies
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) -'Mystery Sonata XVI'-Passacaglia "Der Schutzengel als Begleiter des Menschen" 
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692) Partite sopra diverse Sonate
Dmitri Smirnov (1948- ) - Amore Sola (after Leonardo da Vinci)
Jörg Widmann (1974- ) - Etude 1
Hans Werner Henze (1926- ) -Etude Philharmonique 'Il Vitalino Radoppiato'

Elena Firsova: Spring Sonata for fl & pf

Sarah Leonard and Robin Michael: Firsova, LeFanu, Tavener, Cutler, Birtwistle, Lee, White

Price: 5.00 Description

Elena Firsova: Winter Songs; 
Nicola LeFanu: The Tongue and the Heart (world premiere); 
John Tavener: Akhmatova Songs; 
Joe Cutler: Two Songs of Colour; 
Harrison Birtwistle Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker; 
Joanna Lee: New Work (world premiere); 
John White: Two Useful Testimonials re. 
Piano Pieces by Eric Satie; 

Acclaimed soprano Sarah Leonard presents a song recital with a difference, partnered by the most vocalistic of all string instruments, the cello. From Tavener's soulful settings of Akhmatova, via Birtwistle's austere Niedecker songs to John White's playful Satie re-workings and world premieres by Nicola LeFanu and Conservatoire award-winning PhD student Joanna Lee, this programme takes contemporary song onto new ground.

DMITRI'S 60th BIRTHDAY CONCERT

There will be the World premiere of

Dmitri Smirnov: BLAKE SONATA (Piano sonata No.6) played by Alissa Firsova (WP)

and something else 
including Violin Concerto No. 1 and Elegy in Memory of Edison Denisov

Neutolyonnaya Lyubov' (Unassuaged Love)

The concert dedicated to 55th birthday of Alexander Kniazev, 
the initiator and organizer of the action 
"Strasti po Lermontovu" ("Passion for Lermontov")

Evgeny Zvonnikov (violin) Anton Rossitsky (tenor),  Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (cello) & Alexander Kniazev (narrator) etc.

Dmitri Smirnov: Amore sola (Op. 150) Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin Russian Premiere
Dmitri Smirnov: Prelude (Op. 153 No. 1) Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, cello
Dmitri Smirnov: Gornye vershiny (Op. 153 No. 6) Anton Rossitsky, tenor & Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, cello 
Dmitri Smirnov: Postlude (Op. 112a) Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, cello WP
Dmitri Smirnov: Vykhozhu odin ya na dorogu (Op. 138 No. 2a) Anton Rossitsky, tenor & Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, cello
 

Elena Firsova: Spring Sonata for fl & pf

Robin Michael, cello and Sarah Leonard, soprano

Joe Cutler: Two Songs of Colour
John Tavener: Akhmatova Songs
Bach: Suite No 4 in E flat BMV1010
Jonathan Dove:Ariel Songs
Elena Firsova: Winter Songs
Nicola LeFanu: The Tongue and The Heart
John White: Two Useful testimonials re piano pieces

Dante String Quartet

Dmitri Smirnov: Inferno WP
Elena Firsova: Purgatorio WP
Alissa Firsova: Paradiso WP

12-9-08 Gouda / 15-9-08 Apeldoorn / 21-9-08 Batenburg / 27-9-08 Oosterbeek / 
4-10-08 Rozendaal / 15-11-08 The Hague / 22-1-09 Eext / 24-1-09 The Hague / 
31-109 Breda / 2-2-09 Almen / 13-2-09 Eindhoven / 14-3-09 Laren / 28-3-09 Driebergen, etc.

www.opus35.com

12-9-08 "Kunst in de Kamer"
Gouda 20.15u Westhaven 38
Dmitri Smirnov: 12 Melancholic Waltzes

15-9-08 "Kunst in de Kamer"
20.30u Westhaven 38
Dmitri Smirnov: 12 Melancholic Waltzes
Elzenlaan 4, Apeldoorn

21-9-08 "Kunst in de Kamer"
Gouda 20.15u Westhaven 38
Dmitri Smirnov: 12 Melancholic Waltzes
16.00h
Kerkstraat 11, Batenburg

27-9-08 "Kunst in de Kamer"
Gouda 20.15u Westhaven 38
Dmitri Smirnov: 12 Melancholic Waltzes
Stationsweg 48, Oosterbeek

4-10-08 "Kunst in de Kamer"
Gouda 20.15u Westhaven 38
Dmitri Smirnov: 12 Melancholic Waltzes
Hertog van Gelrestraat 9, Rozendaal

Dmitri Smirnov (1948-)  Twelve Melancholic Waltzes, op.43b (2004)

I New Year
II Reverie
III March Elegy
IV Mechanical Ballerina
V Waltz-Caprice
VI Return
VII Summer Walk
VIII A Dreamy Lady
IX The Old Boatswain
X Parting
XI Festive Evening
XII December Elegy

a programme of duos for oboe/oboe d'amore, violin, viola, cello & double bass glued together with Dutch fairytales (in English!).

Marin Marais (1656-1728) Les Folies d'Espagne, theme and variations
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)from the Three Madrigals: I. Poco Allegro
Steve Reich (1936) Clapping music
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)from Oedipus: "Music for a While
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Hymne nr.3
Theo Loevendie (1930) Duello (2005)
Johan Sebastian Bach (1658-1750) from the 15 Two-Part Inventions, No. 6 in E, BWV 777 from the 15 Two-Part Inventions, No. 9 in F minor, BWV 780
Dmitri Smirnov (1948) Trio Sacrum
Astor Piazolla (1921-1992) 
Guardia Nueva (arr. A Wiebecke-Gottstein)
Libertango (arr. Marijn van Prooijen)

biographical information

EnsembleCaméléon, the only group of its kind in The Netherlands, was set up by a group of friends in 2002. Most of the group are principal string players with the leading Dutch orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Dutch Radio Philharmonic, and aim to bring the traditional chamber music repertoire to a broader audience. The group has as its core pairs of Violins, Violas and Celli and one Double Bass and works alongside leading composers, singers, instrumentalists, dancers and actors to enhance their exciting and innovative programming. The group also regularly broadcasts for both Dutch and German radio and have recorded their own CD of works by Mozart for the German CD label Signum. This season EnsembleCaméléon performed its debut in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam chamber music series.

Strasti po Lermontovu (Passion for Lermontov)

Anton Rossitsky (tenor),  Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (cello) & Alexander Kniazev (narrator)

Dmitri Smirnov: Odinokij Strannik (The Lonely Wanderer Op.153)  cycle to Lermontov's poems  for tenor and cello WP
Dmitri Smirnov: Vykhozhu odin ja na dorogu  (The Path Op.138 No. 2a) to Lermontov's poem  for tenor and cello WP
 

Rasher Saxophone Quartet

Elena Firsova: Far Away

Dmitri Smirnov (arr.)  “The Entrance of the Queen of Sheba” from Handel’s Solomon 

Entrance of Sheba, The by  G. F. Handel Transcription for large orchestra 5'.   3.3.4.3–4.4.3.1–5perc–cel–2harps–strings. FP 23. July 2008, 10.30 Uhr Festspielhaus. Bregenz Festival, Austria, Wiener Symphoniker, . Publ: MP.

Tickets: 01935 810459.

Recital by Hannah Marcinowicz (saxophone) and Richard Shaw (piano). 

Programme includes works by Malcolm Arnold, Burgmüller, Creston, Desenclos and 

Dmitri Smirnov's 12 Melancholic Waltzes (UK Premiere).
 

Recital by Hannah Marcinowicz (saxophone) and Richard Shaw (piano). 

Programme includes works by Creston, Sophie Lacaze, Desenclos and 

Dmitri Smirnov's 7 Melancholic  Watlzes.

LA MAISON DE LA CHINE Présente 
Anatole LIEBERMANN (violoncelle)

J.S. BACH  Suite n°5 en do mineur BWV1011 Pour violoncelle seul
Elena Firsova: “For Slava” op.120 (2007) To the memory of Mstislav Rostropovitch Pour violoncelle seul
P. HINDEMITH Sonate op.25 n°3 pour violoncelle seul
J.S. BACH Suite n°3 en do majeur BWV 1009 pour violoncelle seul

Maison de la Chine 76 rue Bonaparte (place St Sulpice) 75006 PARIS
 

1. Frauen-Kammerorchester von Österreich
Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2008, 12:30 Uhr
Schubert-Saal
Veranstalterinformation
1. Frauen-Kammerorchester von Österreich
Patricia Rozario, Sopran
Lesung: Andrea Jonasson
Dirigent: Daniel Inbal

Elena Firsova: Tristia op. 22
Elena Firsova: Before the Thunderstorm op. 70 
(Zwei Kantaten für Sopran und Kammerensemble nach Gedichten von Ossip Mandelstam)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quichotte / Suite für Streichorchester und Cembalo mit Texten aus Cervantes «Don Quijote de la Mancha»
Veranstalter
1. Frauen-Kammerorchester von Österreich

Rick Jones, counter tenor, lute

Dmitri Smirnov: To sing a song... WP

A project  dedicated to Saan Su Kyi

Elena Firsova: Album Leaf  for cello and Piano (WP?)

 I inform you that your work  "Albumleaf" for cello and piano will be performed on the occasion of a project  dedicated to Saan Su Kyi and based on texts and poetry by women in imprisonment and music by contemporary women composers. Music will be played in between the texts as well as during the reading. This event will take part on March 9 in Piacenza, by the Conservatorium concert hall and will involve teachers and students of  the highest courses.
 

Torsdagskoncert – DR Radiosymfoniorkestret
DR Radiosymfoniorkestret Dirigent: Tugan Sokhiev
e-mail: rso-rk@dr.dk
Elena Firsova: Garden of Dreams

Dmitri Smirnov: "Duo in Green" for 2 Violins WP Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie  2 violin duo "Retorica" 

PRISM Saxophone Quartet

Saturday, February 16, 2008, 8:00pm
The Red Saxophone
PNC Bank/Presser Recital Hall 
Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street (map) Philadelphia, PA
For reservations, call (215) 438-5282

Elena Firsova: Capriccio USA-Premiere
Dmitri Smirnov: Fantasia USA-Premiere
Dmitri Smirnov: Mirages USA-Premiere

PRISM Saxophone Quartet

Friday, February 15, 2008, 7:30pm
The Red Saxophone
PRISM will transport you to Russia with a rare program featuring Alexander Glazunov’s dazzling Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109 and recent works by Elena Firsova, Dmitri Smirnov, and Edison Denisov, electrifying composers from the Moscow Conservatory. 
Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway (map)
New York, NY
212-864-5400 

Elena Firsova: Capriccio USA-Premiere
Dmitri Smirnov: Fantasia USA-Premiere
Dmitri Smirnov: Mirages USA-Premiere

CD presentation “The Soviet Saxophone” by the duo OPUS35:
Filip Davidse, saxophone and Naomi Tamura, piano

Saturday February 2, 2008, 15.00h
Bethaniënklooster,
Barndesteeg 6b 1012 BV Amsterdam
Tel: 020-6250078
www.bethanienklooster.nl

Dmitri Smirnov (1948-)  Ballade, op.35 (1982)

Dmitri Smirnov (1948-)  Twelve Melancholic Waltzes, op.43b (2004)

I New Year
II Reverie
III March Elegy
IV Mechanical Ballerina
V Waltz-Caprice
VI Return
VII Summer Walk
VIII A Dreamy Lady
IX The Old Boatswain
X Parting
XI Festive Evening
XII December Elegy

Vladislav Shoot (1941-) Miniature Partita (1987) Scherzo
 

Artrix is Bromsgrove's brand new performance venue.
It is located in School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 1AX. Please note that there is no access to the car park from School Drive. 

Chroma Ensemble
Stuart King clarinet  ·  Ian Watson accordion
Roderick Chadwick piano  ·  Elena Hull double bass

Elena Firsova: Invocation  for clarinet and accordion, op109

Duo Hans-Erik Dijkstra - Niels Bijl
Van der Heide, Martin, Smirnov, Guilermo Lago, etc

Dmitri Smirnov: Evening Song for Tenor-Saxophone and Piano

info: http://www.hippolytuskerk.nl/KultureleAktiviteiten.htm