Another wonderful Playing Day. I finally felt the taste of playing and listening to music in person after two long years of pandemics. Below is a little video of Sonata by Giovanni Paolo Cima. I played this piece with the wonderful Jessica Honigberg! Jessica is a pianist and harpsichordist, piano teacher, and founder and director […]
Sören Sieg published 12 Circle Songs in 2020! These beautiful songs, written for one recorder player and loop station, are inspired by Lao Tzu’s Taoeteking philosophy. It is very deep and meditative music. It is a pleasure to hear Circle Songs played by Jitka Konečná! https://www.youtube.com/user/SOSEnergie1966/featured Jitka is a recorder virtuoso and teacher and a founder-member […]
After a long time since my last post, I’m sharing a piece of happy news: Amelie Balima came to this world in October 2019! So I’ve taken a small maternity break…. Now fresh, with new musical goals, there is a piece of sad news: coronavirus. No group playing, no concerts, no Washington Recorder Society… […]
From Friday to Monday, Sitka Center hosted the regular annual recorder workshop Winds and Waves, taught by instructors Frances Blaker, Tish Berlin, Cléa Galhano, and me. The workshop started on Friday evening with the traditional Faculty concert at St Peter Lutheran Church in Lincoln City. Our program was composed of pieces by Senfl, Isaac, Bach, […]
During my short stay in Portland, I had an occasion to visit a recorder maker Gerry Leatherman. Gerry showed me his newly made instruments and his working room. It was a wonderful experience to try out Gerry’s instruments and see the process of recorder making. Gerry started making recorders not a long time ago but […]
Today I attended an amazing concert of the group Frisson, organized by Neskowin Chamber Music. Frisson is an explosive group of rising classical stars who are the best of the recent graduates of the top U. S. music schools including Julliard, Curtis, and Yale. The group is led by Artistic Director and virtuoso oboist Thomas Gallant […]
My dear friend and recorder colleague, David McGown, has made a video with Tina Chancey as a part of the American Recorder Society Practice Project. The video is focused on G. F. Handel´s Sonata in C major, Op. 1 , No. 7, HWV 365. See the video on Youtube!
The second Amherst Weekend Spring Break Workshop has just finished. About 80 musicians came this weekend to share music at the campus of George Washington University. After the last successful workshop, the participation has grown up and the instrument choice as well. Most of the participants were recorder players but also lutenists and viol players […]
It was a pleasure to participate in the organ concert on Saturday, March 10, at Church of the Atonement, Silver Spring, MD. The organist, Dr. Dale Voelker, was fabulous. On the program: J. S. Bach: Praeludium et Fuga in G minor (BWV 535) J. S. Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh´ sei Ehr´ (BWV 663) […]
