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Concert at Flagey in Brussels - 12th October 2010
Martino will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 ('Emperor') with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner.
Chopin: The Complete Works
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Kings Place presented a
unique series of 12 concerts in the first half of 2010, Chopin Unwrapped,
in which the composer's entire works were be heard. Martino was the artistic director and
performed all solo works and all works for piano and orchestra in 10 of the concerts.
See reviews of the series.
Week 1: Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th February 2010
Concert 1 - Wednesday 10th February
Polonaise in G minor, Op. posth. (aged 7)
Allegro de Concert in A, Op.46
Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
Polonais-Fantaisie in A flat, Op.61
Concert 3 - Friday 12th February
Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op.44
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (March Funebre)
Concert 4 - Saturday 13th February
Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Week 2: Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th March 2010
Concert 5 - Wednesday 10th March
Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38
Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
Concert 7 - Friday 12th March
Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
2 Nocturns, Op.48
Polonaise in A flat, Op.53
Concert 8 - Saturday 13th March
Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49
Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Week 3: Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 5th June 2010
Concert 9 - Wednesday 2nd June (rescheduled to 15th June)
Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31
Concert 10 - Thursday 3rd June (rescheduled to 13th July)
3 Impromptus, Op.29, Op.36, Op.51
24 Preludes, Op.28
Concert 11 - Friday 4th June
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brilliante in E flat, Op.22
Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
Concert 12 - Saturday 5th June
Variations in B flat on La ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op.2
Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
First visit to China
In July 2008 Tirimo performs in China for the first time, with concerts in Kuangzhou (Canton). He also works with talented young Chinese pianists.
New recordings of Mozart concertos
Two discs of Mozart Concertos, with Tirimo directing the Prague Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard, were released by Regis in 2008. All four Concertos were recorded in live performances at concerts at the Athens Megaron.
- Concertos K466 and K482
- Concertos K451 and K491
Rosamunde Trio
The release of the Rosamunde Trio's recording of the Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Trios on the Alto label has recently been followed with a recording of the Dvorak Trios.
The trio made their long-awaited debut at the Wigmore Hall on Sunday 11th March 2007 in a programme which included Dvorak's Piano Trio in F minor, Beethoven's 'Archduke' and the first performance of a new work especially written for them by Peter Fribbins, 'Softly in the dusk...' , which was inspired by a poem of D.H.Lawrence.
Recordings of complete Mozart solo piano works
During 2005 and 2006 Tirimo recorded the complete solo piano works of Mozart at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The recordings are now available on the Regis label as individual CDs and as 2 boxed sets:
- Complete Piano Sonatas (5 CDs)
- Complete Fantasies, Variations, Dances, Encores & Premieres (7 CDs)
A unique Mozart series at Cadogan Hall, London
This series comprised 8 concerts throughout 2006 and commenced on 26 January 2006,
the eve of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday.
It was devoted to his entire solo piano works from the age of five until
his 35th and final year. It is believed that such a complete series has never been
presented before. Throughout this 30-year span, Mozart wrote almost incessantly for
an instrument that he not only loved dearly but was also a supreme master of.
He composed no less than 17 Sonatas and 17 sets of Variations as well as Fantasies, Rondos, Minuets and numerous other pieces, some of which are among the most popular of all piano works whilst others are little known and a few may even have not been performed at all.
Of particular interest is "Das Londoner Notenbuch", known also as the "London Chelsea Notebook", consisting of 39 pieces composed by the 8-year-old boy genius at 'moments of boredom' during his stay in Ebury Street, Chelsea. Thus it is particularly appropriate that this celebration of, and tribute to, one of the greatest and most loved of composers should take place at Cadogan Hall.