Tag: UBC

  • PROGRAM NOTES: MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN

    PROGRAM NOTES: MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN

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    Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor Liszt’s 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies pay tribute to the gypsy music of his native Hungary. Like an ancient insect trapped in amber, they encapsulate for posterity the dramatic, improvisatory performance style of the roving bands of Romani musicians that Liszt heard as a boy growing up in…

  • ALFRED BRENDEL RETURNS TO VANCOUVER

    ALFRED BRENDEL RETURNS TO VANCOUVER

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    I had the privilege of presenting Alfred Brendel three times during the past ten years and each experience was memorable for a myriad of different reasons. The first time he came to Vancouver, I remember distinctly sitting in a state of extreme nerves at YVR waiting for his plane to arrive. I so desperately wanted to…