Piano SKU: HL.48025440 Piaon Solo Part. Composed by Leokadiya Kash...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.48025440
Piaon
Solo Part. Composed
by Leokadiya Kashperova.
BH Piano. Classical,
Concerto. Softcover.
Duration 2040 seconds.
Boosey and Hawkes
#M060142024. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes
(HL.48025440).
ISBN
9781784549060. UPC:
196288216391.
Leoka
diya Kashperova
(1872–1940), hitherto
consigned to a footnote
in musical history as
Stravinsky's piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Balakirev and
Auer. She performed in
both Germany and the UK
in the 1900s, but her
career petered out after
1920. The Piano Concerto
(1900) is Kashperova's
earliest surviving
orchestral work, and it
was premiered by the
composer the following
year in Moscow and St
Petersburg, bringing her
much wider recognition
and paving the way for an
international career.
Cast in three movements
and in a Romantic idiom,
pianistic virtuosity is
often channelled into the
pianist's left hand,
which is required to
negotiate widely-spaced
'extreme' arpeggios –
awkwardly angular when
adagio, fiendishly
technical when molto
allegro. Kashperova's
orchestral colours are
achieved by felicitous
solos for the woodwind,
horns and brass.
Noteworthy, too, are
unexpected glimpses of
chamber music when, in
the last movement for
example, the piano
combines fleetingly with
solo violin and solo
cello in passages. The
concerto's quick music
(Molto allegro and
Allegro con anima)
admirably portrays the
vivacious personality of
their composer, described
in 1906 as offering those
around her 'an abundance
of joy, excitement and
fun'. The central
movement, by contrast, is
a tender Adagio which
offers the listener a gem
of musical poetry.
Piano (Piano Solo) SKU: HL.48025020 Suite for Piano Solo in Six Moveme...(+)
Piano (Piano Solo)
SKU: HL.48025020
Suite for Piano Solo
in Six Movements.
Composed by Leokadiya
Kashperova. BH Piano.
Classical. Softcover. 32
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135637. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025020).
ISBN
9781784546250.
Leok
adiya Kashperova
(1872-1940), hitherto
consigned to a footnote
in musical history as
Stravinsky's piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Mily
Alexayevich Balakirev and
Leopold von Auer. She
performed in both Germany
and the UK in the 1900s,
but her career petered
out after 1920. These new
editions of the Cello
Sonatas 1 & 2 have
been broadcast and
recorded, whilst new
editions of her Symphony
and hitherto unpublished
Piano Concerto have
recently been issued.
Kashperova's Romantic
empathy with nature and
childhood may be keenly
observed in her chamber
music and songs. The
six-movement piano suite
In the Midst of Nature
(1910) in no exception in
the way it uses
evocations of nature to
express nostalgia for her
childhood in the peaceful
and remote Russian
countryside. In the Midst
of Nature also resents an
artfully graded
progression, indicating
that Kashperova probably
shared this music with
her many pupils: the
early movements are
within the range of the
talented young player
whilst the latter
movements require the
technique and
interpretative maturity
of a conservatoire
student, the whole work
being admirably suited to
the professional
recital.
Orchestra; Piano (Score) SKU: HL.48025216 Piano and Orchestra Score(+)
Orchestra; Piano (Score)
SKU: HL.48025216
Piano and Orchestra
Score. Composed by
Leokadiya Kashperova.
Boosey & Hawkes
Scores/Books. Classical.
Softcover. 116 pages.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060140273. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025216).
ISBN
9781784548124. UPC:
196288133445.
9.0x12.0x0.371
inches.
Leokadiya
Kashperova
(1872–1940),
hitherto consigned to a
footnote in musical
history as
StravinskyÂ’s piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Balakirev and
Auer. She performed in
both Germany and the UK
in the 1900s, but her
career petered out after
1920. The Piano Concerto
(1900) is Kashperova's
earliest surviving
orchestral work, and it
was premiered by the
composer the following
year in Moscow and St
Petersburg, bringing her
much wider recognition
and paving the way for an
international career.
Cast in three movements
and in a Romantic idiom,
pianistic virtuosity is
often channelled into the
pianistÂ’s left hand,
which is required to
negotiate widely-spaced
'extreme' arpeggios
– awkwardly
angular when adagio,
fiendishly technical when
molto allegro.
Kashperova's orchestral
colours are achieved by
felicitous solos for the
woodwind, horns and
brass. Noteworthy, too,
are unexpected glimpses
of chamber music when, in
the last movement for
example, the piano
combines fleetingly with
solo violin and solo
cello in passages.
TheconcertoÂ’s quick
music (Molto allegro and
Allegro con anima)
admirably portrays the
vivacious personality of
their composer, described
in 1906 as offering those
around her 'an abundance
of joy, excitement and
fun'. The central
movement, by contrast, is
a tender Adagio which
offers the listener a gem
of musical poetry.
Boosey
& Hawkes Choral
Treasury. Composed by
Leokadiya Kashperova.
Edited by Graham
Griffiths. BH Secular
Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 16 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M060135583.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48025132).
UPC: 196288091417.
7.25x10.25
inches.
A setting
of pastoral verses of
Polonsky dating from the
last two decades of the
composer's life, after
her withdrawal from
musical life following
the Russian Revolution.
Leokadiya Kashperova
(1872-1940), hitherto
consigned to a footnote
in musical history as
Stravinsky's piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Balakirev and
Auer. She performed in
both Germany and the UK
in the 1900s, but her
career petered out after
1920. The pencil
manuscript of Evening
& Night was
discovered in the Russian
National Museum of Music,
Moscow. Although separate
and self-contained it
appears that the composer
thought of the two songs
as a pair. The work has
been edited for
performance by Graham
Griffiths as part of the
Kashperova Edition.
Score and Parts Piano Trio (SCORE+PARTS) SKU: HL.48025116 Op. posth Sc...(+)
Score and Parts Piano
Trio (SCORE+PARTS)
SKU: HL.48025116
Op. posth Score and
Parts. Composed by
Leokadiya Kashperova. BH
Piano. Classical.
Softcover. 120 pages.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060139307. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025116).
ISBN
9781784547325. UPC:
196288074397. 9.0x12.0
inches.
Leokadiya
Kashperova (1872-1940),
hitherto consigned to a
footnote in musical
history as
StravinskyÂ’s piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Balakirev and
Auer. She performed in
both Germany and the UK
in the 1900s, but her
career petered out after
1920. The pencil
manuscript of the Piano
Trio in A minor
(c1930-40) was discovered
in 2019 in the Russian
National Museum of Music,
Moscow. The work has been
edited for performance by
Graham Griffiths in close
collaboration with
members of the Gould
Piano Trio, who gave the
world première in
2020. A four-movement
work of 28 minutes'
duration and in
full-blooded Romantic
idiom, it joins the
recently republished
Cello Sonatas 1 & 2
in the Kashperova
Edition.
Cello; Piano Accompaniment (Cello Part And Piano Score) SKU: HL.48025018 ...(+)
Cello; Piano
Accompaniment (Cello Part
And Piano Score)
SKU:
HL.48025018
Composed
by Leokadiya Kashperova.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 84 pages.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135033. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025018).
ISBN
9781784544324.
Leok
adiya Kashperova
(1872-1940), hitherto
consigned to a footnote
in musical history as
Stravinsky's piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Mily
Alexayevich Balakirev and
Leopold von Auer. She
performed in both Germany
and the UK in the 1900s,
but her career petered
out after 1920. These new
editions of the Cello
Sonatas 1 & 2 have
been broadcast and
recorded, whilst new
editions of her Symphony
and hitherto unpublished
Piano Concerto have
recently been issued.
Cello; Piano Accompaniment (Cello Part And Piano Score) SKU: HL.48025019 ...(+)
Cello; Piano
Accompaniment (Cello Part
And Piano Score)
SKU:
HL.48025019
For
Cello and Piano.
Composed by Leokadiya
Kashperova. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 72
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135040. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025019).
ISBN
9781784544331.
Leok
adiya Kashperova
(1872-1940), hitherto
consigned to a footnote
in musical history as
Stravinsky's piano
teacher, is undergoing
rediscovery. A double
graduate of the St
Petersburg Conservatoire,
she emerged as a virtuoso
pianist and composer in
the romantic tradition.
She was associated with
some of the great
musicians of her day,
including Mily
Alexayevich Balakirev and
Leopold von Auer. She
performed in both Germany
and the UK in the 1900s,
but her career petered
out after 1920. These new
editions of the Cello
Sonatas 1 & 2 have
been broadcast and
recorded, whilst new
editions of her Symphony
and hitherto unpublished
Piano Concerto have
recently been issued.