Exotic Romanticism with the FaReLa Duo at Russell Library

Tanya Anisimova and Pi-Hsun Shih.

The FaReLa Duo will be playing a program entitled "Exotic Romanticism" in the Hubbard Room of the Russell Library on Saturday, November 5th, beginning at 1:30pm

 

Cellist Tanya Anisimova and pianist Pi-Hsun Shih  have been drawing rave reviews ever since their debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2012. The two met while studying in Boston many years ago. After pursuing separate careers, they were able to reconnect in 2011. Both are versatile chamber musicians and teachers with a wealth of expertise.

 

Described as a pianist of 'searing precision' by the Hartford Courant, Taiwanese-American Pi-Hsun Shih has been a featured soloist with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, The Hartt Symphony, and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with ensembles such as Empire Brass and the Emerson String Quartet.

 

Tanya Anisimova is an internationally renowned Russian cellist and composer. In addition to composing, performing and touring, she has taught master-classes at Moscow Conservatory, Hartt School of Music, Loyola University, and Virginia Commonwealth University among others. Celebrated cellist Janos Starker has hailed Anisimova as, 'an Everest climber,' and a 'high class cellist with a strong and inventive musical mind.” 

 

The program they will be playing is as follows:

 

Suite Popular Espanola for Cello and Piano                   Manuel De Falla (1876 – 1946)                                                                

                   El Pano Moruno (the Moorish Cloth)

                   Seguidilla Murciana (Seguidilla from Murcia)

                   Asturiana

                   Jota                  

                   Nana (Lullaby)

                   Cancion (Song)

                   Polo

            Pierre et Luce  (2014)                                                           Masatoshi Mitsumoto

                        Dans le metro

                        Les jeunes amoureux

                        Tête-à-tête

                         Pause

                        Finale

            Fa-Re-La  for Cello and Piano      (2015)                           Tanya Anisimova

INTERMISSION

Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano                              César Franck (1822-1890)

                                                                                                            Arr. Jules Delsart

Allegretto ben moderato

Allegro

Ben moderato: Recitative-Fantasia

 Allegretto poco mosso

 

 

This concert has been funded by The Friends' of the Russell Library.

Pianist Michael Brown Coming to Russell Library Thursday February 4th

Works by Faure, Mendelssohn, Brown, and Bernstein will be featured in a performance by Pianist and Composer Michael Brown on February 4^th at 7:00 pm at the Russell Library.

Pianist Michael Brown

Winner of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Michael Brown has been described by The New York Times as a 'young piano visionary” and 'one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers.” Mr. Brown is equally committed as a pianist and composer; his unique artistry is reflected in a creative approach to programming that often interweaves the classics with contemporary works and his own compositions. 

A native New Yorker, Mr. Brown earned dual Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano and Composition from The Juilliard School. In 2015, Mr. Brown joined The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s CMS Two program, through which he will perform with the Society both in Alice tully Hall and on tour, including visits to Chicago and Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The New York Times has called Mr. Brown “a confident young composer with a talent for precision” and described his work as “darkly alluring.”

He spent three summers at Marlboro Music and has made appearances at the Ravinia, Caramoor, Moab, Manchester, Mostly Mozart, Music@Menlo, Music Mountain, Chamber Music Sedona, Rheingau Musik, Beijing International, and Kyoto International festivals. His awards include First Prize in the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition; Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer Award; and prizes in the Honens and New York International Piano competitions. He was recently appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor of Piano at Brooklyn College. Mr. Brown is a Steinway Artist. 

This program is being sponsored with funds from The Friends of the Russell Library.