Donohoe Gold Medal: Adjudicator Graham Caskie

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DONOHOE GOLD MEDAL

Adjudicator Graham Caskie

Tuesday 30 April 2019


Recital Hall
Programme

Brigitta Sveda

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Kreisleriana Op.16


i. Äußerst bewegt
ii. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
iii. Sehr aufgeregt
iv. Sehr langsam
v. Sehr lebhaft
vi. Sehr langsam
vii. Sehr rasch
viii. Schnell und spielend

Connor Wilcox

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor, K 310


i. Allegro Maestoso
ii. Andante cantabile
iii. Presto
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Barcarolle Op.60
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Étude No.6, ‘Automne a Varsovie’

Hejie Zhong

Mozart Fantasie in C minor K475


Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Miroirs
i. Noctuelles
ii. Oiseaux tristes
iii. Une Barque sur l'océan
iv. Alborada del gracioso
v. La vallée des cloches

Mika Inukai

Minako Tokuyama (b.1958) Musica Nara for Piano


Chopin Waltz in A flat major, Op.69-1
Chopin Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
i. Allegro maestoso
ii. Scherzo: Molto vivace
iii. Largo
iv. Finale: Presto non tanto
Interval

Andrei Ivanou

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Klavierstücke D.946 No.1 in E flat minor


Schubert Klavierstücke D.946 No.2 in E flat major
Franz Lizst (1811-1886) Paganini étude No.6 in A minor, S.141
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Three movements from Petrouchka
i. Danse russe
ii. Chez Pétrouchka
iii. La semaine grasse

Stephen Crewes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude & Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Prelude in B minor, Op.32, No.10
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57
i. Allegro assai
ii. Andante con moto
iii. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

YingYin Yu

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Chaconne


Liszt Transcendental étude No.9 in A flat “Ricordanza”
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Images Book two
i. Cloches à travers les feuilles (mélancolie diffuse)
ii. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
iii. Poissons d’or

Yung-Li Chen

Schumann Humoreske, Op.20


Beethoven Sonata No 12 in A flat major, Op.26
i. Andante con variazioni
ii. Scherzo, allegro molto
Graham Caskie

Internationally acclaimed pianist Graham commissioning of 12 paintings from the artist


Caskie is renowned for his interpretations of the Brian Dunce, one dedicated to each of these
piano music of Schubert, Brahms, Debussy and Debussy Preludes. In turn Stephen Goss was
Ravel. Recent recitals have included both Books therefore able to draw inspiration from both the
of Debussy Preludes and the Sonatas and music of Debussy and the paintings of Brian
complete Klavierstücke of Brahms. He is also a Dunce. Marking 100 years since the death of
keen advocate of contemporary music, jazz and Debussy and ten years after the release of the
improvisation, commissioning several works Preludes and Interludes CD, Graham Caskie’s
from leading composers including Stephen Goss, recitals in 2018 featured this extraordinary
Matthew King, John Cooney and Marcel Baudet. programme.
His first professional recording, on the Metier Current chamber music partnerships include
label, included works by Michael Tippett, John a duo with cellist Thomas Carroll, introducing
McCabe, Paul Patterson and Nigel Clarke. He into their programmes new works specially
worked closely with all of these composers prior written for them, including two works by
to the recording. Marcel Baudet’s El Mestengo Stephen Goss, Caught Between (cello and piano)
was premiered and broadcast live from the Choir and Concerto for Five, a concerto for piano,
Hall at the Concertgebouw and subsequently in violin, cello, saxophone and double bass) which
concert at the Bimhuis, in Amsterdam. Graham was premiered in London at Cadogan Hall with
Caskie’s collaborations with composer Stephen the Orpheus Foundation Orchestra. Graham
Goss began in 2003 with an ideal insomnia, a Caskie and Thomas Carroll have also recorded
group of four short pieces for solo piano. the Chopin Sonata for Cello and Piano.
Subsequently Caskie’s CD recording Preludes Graham Caskie was born in Darlington in
and Interludes, (2008) for which Stephen Goss 1967, and studied at Birmingham Conservatoire
was commissioned to write nine interludes and Royal Academy of Music under Frank
designed to be played amongst the twelve Wibaut, Hamish Milne and Alexander Kelly.
Debussy Preludes, Book One, was reviewed to Graham currently teaches at The Royal Academy
critical acclaim in Gramophone Magazine. of Music, The Royal Welsh College of Music and
However, the initial collaboration and essentially Drama and Chetham’s School of Music.
‘part one’ of this project began with the

Wednesday 1 May 2019, 2.30pm


The Bradshaw Hall
OOTS: Peter Donohoe plays Mozart
Orchestra of the Swan
Conductor Jason Lai
Peter Donohoe piano
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Mozart Piano Concerto No.25
New short work by a Conservatoire Composition student
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5
£25, £20, £18 *plus £1.50 transaction fee
£5 - Birmingham City University students and staff

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