Music x words: inspirations, affinities, and special relationships
Making dreams come true: the art and science of putting concert programmes together
Songs in search of words, poetry in search of music, or songs without words? Bach-Gounod or Schubert?
Song-inspired pianism: thinking about piano transcriptions of songs again, this time not just for 2-hands but also 4-hands
Beethoven, Franck and romantic dreams of the counterpoint – 6 & 8 December 2022
Come join this concert with a most delightful programme of piano music (2- and 4-hands) inspired by romantic “dreams” – re-imaginations, re-inventions, inspirations – of or around the counterpoint. Beethoven’s more
Songs and sonnets of travellers: Chopin, Viardot, Liszt – 7th July 2022 [post-Covid-close-then-typhoon-delay update]
Announcing the new, new date for our first concert in our “Give me my song” series, “Songs and sonnets of travellers: Chopin, Viardot, Liszt” to be Thursday 7th July 2022, with more
“Lost in the stars … that are aligned” – 16 December 2019
Announcing the first concert in our “Reach for the stars” series, “Lost in the stars … that are aligned” on Monday 16th December, this time with 2 pianists sharing the solo more
Songful harmonies: the song-inspired piano music of Schubert, Liszt and Bartok
Announcing the 2nd concert in our “Hear the song in the music” series, “Songful harmonies: the song-inspired music of Schubert, Liszt and Bartok” on Tuesday 6th November, this time with more
Songfully yours: the piano that “sings”!
Why are we interested in exploring the connection between songs and piano music? The voice and the piano – these are 2 wonderful but very different instruments. Do they talk more
“Dialogue about Schubert’s songs” – 4.30pm, 22 April 2018
With Benjamin Appl, Caleb Woo, Suyin Mak, Sylvia Chan round the table, we will be collaborating with Goethe Institut and Premiere Performances to host a “Dialogue about Schubert’s songs”. With more
Spring 2018 – brought together by songs and song-inspired piano music
We have been practising for our April concert that is about songs and song-inspired piano music and we have been thinking about this theme. Songs have always inspired piano composers, more
Enjoy “beauty + love” with The Classical Singers this summer and get into the dancing mood
This summer, having just earlier spent time with a number of our musical friends at a concert at the HKAPA, we are now reprising our “heaven + earth, beauty + more
Music, beauty, art and maths
It’s spring. We have been practising 2 French songs. There is music in the air. Another song’s lyrics are ringing in our ears a little: “come sing with me“, it says. more
It’s “deliberate practice” time – just as even the great Rachmaninoff had to practise before performances
Practice is such an important activity for those of us who want to achieve a good performance, whether it’s singing or playing an instrument, and, for that matter, playing a more