Cea mai mare orgă din România – vedeta Festivalului Internaţional „Seri cu orgă la Sala Radio” (21 septembrie 2010)

Radio România vă invită în perioada 1 - 11 octombrie 2010, la prima ediţie a Festivalului Internaţional „Seri cu orgă la Sala Radio”, organizat de Direcţia Orchestrelor şi Corurilor, un eveniment de anvergură în spaţiul cultural românesc şi cu totul special pe scena muzicală a lumii, în cadrul căruia artişti români şi internaţionali vor cânta exclusiv pe impresionantul instrument al Sălii Radio.

Evenimentul va avea loc aşadar la Sala Radio, unde se află cea mare orgă din România (7420 de tuburi), şi va cuprinde 9 concerte şi recitaluri susţinute de solişti de talie internaţională: Ilse Maria Reich şi Martin Schmeding - Germania; Andrzej Chorosinski - Polonia, Hana Bartosova - Cehia, Ursula Philippi, Olga Babadjian, Marcel Costea şi Dan Racoveanu din România şi alţii.

Festivalul internaţional „Seri cu orgă la Sala Radio” va debuta pe 1 octombrie - Ziua Internaţională a Muzicii -, de la ora 19.00, cu „Misa de orgă” de J. S. Bach în interpretarea renumitei soliste Ilsa Maria Reich, urmată de recitalul lui Marcel Costea, la ora 21.00.

Sala Radio are cea mai bună acustică dintre toate sălile de concerte simfonice româneşti şi adăposteşte una dintre cele mai mari orgi din Europa. Ambele au fost renovate, pentru prima oară după 50 de ani, în vara anului 2009, în pauza dintre stagiuni.

Biletele pot fi achiziţionate de la Casa de Bilete a Sălii Radio (str. G-ral Berthelot nr. 60 - 64, sector 1) şi prin reţeaua Eventim, magazinele Germanos, Vodafone, librăriile Cărtureşti, Humanitas şi online, de pe www.eventim.ro.

Programul Festivalului:

Vineri, 1 octombrie 2010, ora 19.00
DESCHIDEREA FESTIVALULUI
RECITAL
ILSE MARIA REICH (Germania) - orgă
J. S. Bach - Misa de orgă

Vineri, 1 octombrie 2010, ora 21.30
RECITAL
MARCEL COSTEA - orgă
Lucrări de: C. Franck, M. Dupré, Paul de Maleingreau, L.Vierne, J. Alain

Sâmbătă, 2 octombrie 2010, ora 19.00
RECITAL
MARTIN SCHMEDING (Germania) - orgă
Lucrări de: F. Mendelssohn, J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Petr Eben, R. Schumann, Jean Guillou, Julius Reubke

Sâmbătă, 2 octombrie 2010, ora 21.30
RECITAL LA PATRU MÂINI
DAN RACOVEANU - orgă
FERNANDA ROMILA - orgă
Lucrări de: W. A. Mozart, C. G. Höpner, A. F. Hesse, E. Schönfelder, J. N. W. Kühne, L. Baumert

Duminică, 3 octombrie 2010, ora 17.00
O după amiază cu orgă
URSULA PHILIPPI - orgă
MARIA ABRUDAN - orgă
ERICH TÜRK - orgă
şi studentii clasei de orgă a Academiei de Muzică din Cluj Napoca: OVIDIU LEONAŞ, KATALIN BOLDIZSÁR, ANNA ARHIRE, CRISTIAN ROŞOAGĂ, JOHANNA HALMEN, SILVIA LUKACS, VICTOR RĂDULESCU, OANA BRAN, EMMA FILIMON
Lucrări de: J. S. Bach, R. Schumann, W. A. Mozart, J. Labor, J. Langlais, Ch. H. V. Alkan, D.Voiculescu, D. Dediu, V. Dinescu, D. Acker, H. P. Türk.

Miercuri, 6 octombrie 2010, ora 19.00
ORCHESTRA DE CAMERĂ RADIO
CORUL ACADEMIC RADIO, dirijor DAN MIHAI GOIA
Dirijor: NEIL THOMSON
Solişti: MARTIN SCHMEDING - orgă
MARTA CRISTINA SANDU - soprană
MIHAELA IŞPAN - mezzosoprană
BOGDAN MIHAI - tenor
SANDOR ARPAD - bas
G. Bizet - Mică suită din Jeux d'Enfants, op. 22
F. Poulenc - Concertul în sol minor pentru orgă şi orchestră
J. Haydn - Marea Misă cu orgă

Duminică, 10 octombrie 2010, ora 17.00
RECITAL
OLGA BABADJAN - orgă
Lucrări de: D. Buxtehude, M. Reger, S. Gubaidulina, O. Babadjan, O. Messiaen, Liana Alexandra, J. S. Bach

Duminică, 10 octombrie 2010, ora 19.00
RECITAL
HANA BARTOSOVA (Cehia) - orgă
Lucrări de: P. Eben, Jan Zach, J. K.Vaňhal, Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Milan Slimáček , Josef Klička, Josef Seger, Jan Křtitel Kuchař,Vítězslav Novák, Zdeněk Pololáník, Bohuslav Martinů

Luni, 11 octombrie 2010, ora 19.00
RECITAL
ANDRZEJ CHOROSINSKI (Polonia) - orgă
Lucrări de: J. S. Bach, Fr. Chopin, Marian Sawa, Mieczysław Surzyński, W. A. Mozart, R. Schumann, Leon Boellmann.

Coproducător: TVR Cultural.

Parteneri: Fundaţia Vodafone România, Centrul Ceh, Institutul Polonez Bucureşti, Academia de muzică "Gheorghe Dima" din Cluj Napoca.

Sponsori: Ramada Majestic, Pada Murre, Paralela 45.

Parteneri media: Şapte Seri, Observator Cultural, LiterNet, Revista 22, Online Galery, Jurnalul Naţional.

HAMMERSMITH COMMUNITY GARDENS ASSOCIATION

You are invited to

HAMMERSMITH COMMUNITY GARDENS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Friday October 15th at 1pm in the Glasshouses in Ravenscourt Park

Including a presentation about the Generations Together Project

Herbal Haven~ Time to Get Together

Refreshments
IF YOU ARE ATTENDING PLEASE CONTACT HCGA EITHER BY EMAIL: info@hcga.org.uk OR RING 07773 348 294
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Cathy Maund
Manager
Hammersmith Community Gardens Association
www.hcga.org.uk
E: info@hcga.org.uk
1 Melina Road
London W12 9HY

invitation to Composer-Royal Academy of London on Sunday 28th November 2010, at 7pm

Dear friends and colleagues

We are approaching the end of the first phase of Invitation to Composers - our musical journey funded by the European Union - and would like very much to have you with us in the Royal Academy of London on Sunday 28th November at 7pm for our European Odyssey, the last concert in the 2010 series.

The programme crowns one year of events of various sizes and styles and promises to fulfil the expectations of a true Finale: along Mendelssohn's Double Concerto for Piano Solo, Violin Solo and Strings - a little-known work, full of drama, lyricism and spark - we will play in the same instrumental combination: a Nocturne with Cloudscape; The Outermost Gate on the thoughtful poem But if I go through the Fields by Swedish poet Nils Ferlin; the exuberant J'ai trouve les Histoires; three Concertante Waltzes; and Annabel Lee, an amusing Sinfonia Concertante on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The composers come from England, Sweden, Romania, Czech Republic and the US.

I am joined by the outstanding Solo violinists Yuri Zhislin and Ken Aiso, pianist Alberto Portugheis and the Rivoli String Quartet.

You can see the composers and musicians in public workshops 3.00pm - 6.00pm.

Please put this event in your diaries and we will send you detailed information closer to it.
Thank you !

Yours, in music and friendship,
Anda Anastasescu and the London Schubert Players

www.invitationtocomposers.co.uk

invitation to composers -Musical seminar -22 July at 6pm

Dear Friends,

Thank you very much to those many who came to our As You Like It event in the Romanian Cultural Institute last week and gave us an enthusiastic full house to perform for. The four composers came to London from the US, Romania, Italy and Croatia, to hear the World Premieres of their works. They had a very satisfying time with us and we have now recorded their works for the first CD of the project.

Next week, on 22 July at 6pm we are holding a seminar with musical illustrations at 72 Warwick Gardens, followed by a buffet party. The event will be presented by myself, the London Schubert Players and the 78 years-old Swedish composer of German origin, Eberhard Eyser. His work, The Nightingale was singing all night long is written for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, and inspired by Schubert's Trout Quintet.

Performers:
Anda Anastasescu - Piano
Darragh Morgan - Violin
Ricardo Zwietisch - Viola
Sebastian Millett - Cello
Michael Cretu - Double Bass

Places at £15/person. Seating is limited and early booking is advised.

We hope to share this evening with you and send our best wishes,
Anda and the Schubert Players
www.invitationtocomposers.co.uk

Our next London concert will be on November 28th in the Royal Academy of Music. Meanwhile, we continue our musical journey to Norfolk, Edinburgh, Paris, Bucharest and Cluj.





Anda and the Schubert Players
www.invitationtocomposers.co.uk


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Comment from the European Commission:

Invitation to composers become one of 'Success Stories' written up for the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) and are now available online at http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc2410_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc/na/3long_en.pdf


Extending Europe’s classical music repertoire

When the London Schubert Players’ Chamber Orchestra (LSP) issued its first
‘Invitation to Composers’ they had a clear goal in mind – to extend the European
repertoire of new contemporary classical music for specific, and rare, chamber music
combinations.

The first ‘Invitation to Composers’ was issued in 2008 to composers of any age and
nationality to write short works for “specific chamber music combinations which do not exist
or are very rare in the standard classical music repertoire”. For Anda Anastasescu, LSP’s
founder and artistic director, the inspiration for the project came as a result of difficulties
experienced in finding quality works for specific instrumental combinations.
“For 18 years, as a professional performing group we encountered difficulties in
programming a number of great chamber works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns,
Messiaen and Enescu – because they are each written for a specific instrumental
combination for which no other noted composer has so far written. In addition, we were
seduced by the idea of performing interesting combinations which the standard European
repertoire does not offer,” explains Anda.
The project is a partnership between the UK, France and Romania. It includes the
organization of concerts, seminars, workshops and conferences in all three countries, with
performances and presentations of the most inspired of the new works submitted to the
project. For this project, the LSP is collaborating with the Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris
and the Asociata Info Manager (AIM) in Bucharest. The official launch of the project in
London was held on 31 March 2010 at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in the presence
of Philip Cashian, Head of Composition at the RAM and a very influential figure in musical
composition..

A rich selection
A total of 22 works were selected during the first year of the project, submitted by composers
from 11 countries (Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Romania,
Sweden, UK and the US). The works were inspired by four models: Schubert’s Trout Quintet
for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass; Mendelssohn’s concerto for solo piano, solo
violin and string quintet; Saint-Saens septet for trumpet, piano and string quintet; and
Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps for piano, violin, clarinet and cello.
Norwegian composer, Bj¢rn Bolstad Skjelbred, saw in the ‘Invitation to Composers’ project
something different from the many other calls for scores and invitations to composers. “This
project stood out from the others because of its reference to specific pieces of music,
composers and instrumental combinations, and because of the musical calibre of its models.
The main motivation for my contribution to the project was imagining a piece of my own
music being compared to or put next to a landmark piece.”
For UK composer, Drew Wilson, the ‘models’ also provided an immediate creative impetus,
while leaving a free reign to the imagination: ”It will be very interesting to hear the different
approaches taken from the same starting point, especially given the very diverse cultural
backgrounds of the composers taking part.”
The composers will also have the opportunity to meet each other at the various events and
concerts organised. This is expected to provide further scope for the exchange of ideas and
comparison of musical approaches. “Cultural exchange in one's own field is always
interesting and instructive. Those of us from different countries will be the product of different
teaching and to some extent aesthetic environments, which throw a revealing light on one's
own preferences and - yes - prejudices, which hopefully get reduced as we are better
informed!” notes Drew.

Linking past and present
As well as filling gaps in Europe’s musical repertoire and enriching it with new and
interesting pieces from across the continent, the project also serves as a bridge between
past and contemporary composition.
“The project aims to create a new dimension in the art of composing in the field of classical
music,” says Anda. ”It inspires and provokes composers' imagination and skills to transmute
some of the greatest European musical ideas of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries into the
21st – providing a direct connection between great European musical traditions and
contemporary thought.”
A fundamental premise of the project is that the new pieces will be played alongside the
‘model’ they were inspired by. This is expected to bring new attention and a fresh eye to the
older pieces. “Somehow, you hear new things in them when they are set against the
contemporary compositions,” adds Anda. “They seem more modern, more courageous, and
you can imagine how it was when they were first composed.”
For the composers, too, the approach chosen fosters an appreciation of the past. “Through
this link with important compositions of the past, contemporary musicians can identify with
the West’s extraordinary musical tradition,” notes Roberto Brisotto (Italy), who based his
composition – Evocations Rituelles – on Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

Collaborative creation
Another key aspect of the project is the close collaboration between the musicians and the
composers. For the composer Ivan Božičević (Croatia), concerned by contemporary music’s
tendency to focus on complexity over beauty, this was a major consideration: “It seemed to
me that the ‘Invitation to Composers’ contained a genuine quest for beauty in new music.
The works were to be judged by future performers themselves, not by some complexityseeking
composer peers.”
The close collaboration between the musicians and the composers is appreciated by all
those involved. “For most composers, access to musicians is pretty limited,” says Drew
Wilson. “Having the opportunity to hear your piece played, participate in rehearsals and get
feedback from the players is really quite exciting. Sometimes things are not quite as you
imagined them, or are even not possible in practice. The interaction with the musicians
allows you to adapt the piece, refine it, before it is actually performed in front of the public.”
For the musicians, too, the exchange with the composers is very satisfying. Violin and viola
player, Ricardo Zwietisch, will be performing many of the new pieces with the London
Schubert Players: “It is very motivating to be discovering completely new pieces of music
and being able to get direct feedback from the composers themselves. It allows a creative
collaboration which helps to shape the piece and enrich the musical interpretation.”
As a viola player, he is also very pleased to see the creation of new pieces for viola. “There
are very few classical pieces written for the viola, so these new pieces will be an important
addition to the viola repertoire.”



The Invitation to Composers project is coordinated by Anda Anatasescu, founder and
artistic director of the London Schubert Players’ Chamber Orchestra. It is supported
by the European Commission’s Culture Programme 2007-2013 [Ref:…… ] The
selected works of the project will be published and recorded on CD, and a book will
be published about the composers.

More information:
The European Commission’s Culture Programme:
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htm
The London Schubert Players’ Trust - Invitation to Composers
http://www.londonschubertplayers.co.uk/

The material is part of 'Success Stories' written up for the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) and can be found http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc/na/3long_en.pdf



Invitation to composer Project Team
www.invitationtocomposers.co.uk

Invitation to composers Project-Summer events

As You Like It
Thursday 8 July 2010 at 8pm
Romanian Cultural Institute
1, Belgrave Square,
LONDON SW1X 8PH

An evening of carnivalesque effervescence, colour, instrumental dialogue, intense emotions, humour, piquanterie and folk tunes from the Balkans.
Presented by the London Schubert Players Trust and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.
And with the participation of:
Romanian composer Lucian Zbarcea,
Serbian composer Ivan Božičević
American composer Rodney Waschka.
and Italian composer Uberto Pieroni.

With the London Schubert Players Septet (string quintet, trumpet and piano).
Pianists: Anda Anastasescu, Eralys Fernandez (Cuba) and Lachezar Stankov (Bulgaria)


There are no tickets issued for this concert and a donation of £10/person is kindly suggested. If you wish us to reserve your seats please send us a cheque payable to: London Schubert Players Trust, 72 Warwick Gardens, London W14 8PP. We will put your names on the attendance list available on the door on the night. Thank you very much indeed.

We are honoured on this occasion by the presence of a delegation from the European Commission.

We hope to see many of you at this concert and to celebrate together the interesting work of the four contemporary composers.

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Hear The Nightingale was singing all night long
on 22 July at 6pm,
in a Seminar held by Anda Anastasescu and the 78 years-old Swedish composer of German origin,
Eberhard Eyser,
at 72 Warwick Gardens, followed by a buffet party.

The Nightingale is written for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass.

Places at £15/person. Seating is limited and early booking is advised. Thank you.
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Spend the weekend of 24/25 July in North Norfolk listening to our first
Schubertiade Festival
where rivers Ant and Bure meet.
Concerts take place in beautiful old churches and an art historian will take you through the churches' history and architecture, as well as a tour of some of the most interesting in the area. Strawberry teas will be served.

Leaflet enclosed.
We have a list of welcoming and comfortable guest houses if you are interested.
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We are thrilled to participate for the first time at
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
on August 26th,
performing in the Arts Centre of the very school which, for 10 years, offered the Silvestri scholarship places to the young Romanian scholars supported by my Silvestri Foundation. ___________________________________________________________________

We are looking forward to see you at our events and entertain you with our musical programmes.
Our next London event will be on November 28th in the Royal Academy of Music. Meanwhile, we continue our musical journey in Paris, Bucharest and Cluj.

Sending our warm wishes,

Anda and the Schubert Players
www.invitationtocomposers.co.uk

"Ţărmurile iubirii " poems by, Ionela Flood with illustrations by Ioan Astalus, Adina Romanescu and Adela Ursache was launched in London

"Ţărmurile iubirii " poems by, Ionela Flood
with illustrations by Ioan Astalus, Adina Romanescu and Adela Ursache was launched in London in March 2010 as part of an event organised by Romanca Society and ICR London.



Ionela Flood is a PhD student, a project manager specialist and has recently made her debut as a writer. She is a founding member and President of the Association of Information Managers, the Romanca Society in London and Vice President of the Cultural League for Spiritual Unity of all Romanians Everywhere . She is also a board-member of several associations in London. Her publishing activities include cooperating with news agencies and cultural magazines from Romania, United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Australia, Switzerland, Spain and France.




Ioan Astalus is a sculptor & graphic artist based in Romania specialising in miniatures. He is the author of 14 books and has had solo and group exhibitions of his graphics and sculptures in Targu Mureş, Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Galati, Gura Humorului, Macea, Ludus, Brasov, Timisoara, Paris, Turin, Budapest , Montpellier, Munich and Toulouse. His works of graphics, painting and sculpture are in collections in Romania and abroad.






Adina Romanescu is a young artist and art teacher specialising in oil painting, drawing, stucco, modeling, sculpture and book graphics. Her work has been shown in Romania, France, England, Egypt, and held in several private collections around the world.



Adela Ursache is a young art student at Iulia Hasdeu College, Bucharest. Her work has been shown in several group exhibitions in Bucharest.



Music by Corneliu Pavel.
Design Mihai Gaina.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBi2WpQoi5Y

www.romanca.co.uk
http://ionelaflood.blogspot.com


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"Ţărmurile iubirii" de Ionela Flood & Expozitia cu ilustratii de carte lansate la Londra.

"Ţărmurile iubirii" poezii de Ionela Flood
cu ilustraţii de Ioan Astalus, Adina Romanescu şi Ursache Adela a fost lansat la Londra în martie 2010, ca parte a unui eveniment organizat de Societatea Romanca si ICR Londra.

Ionela Flood este specializata ca manager de proiect şi a făcut recent debutul ca scriitor. Ea este un membru fondator şi preşedinte al Asociaţiei Info Manager , Societatea Romanca din Londra şi vicepreşedinte al Ligii Culturale pentru Unitatea spirituală a tuturor românilor de pretutindeni. Ea este, de asemenea membra in consiliul mai multor asociaţii din Londra. Activităţile sale includ consultanta si PR cooperand cu agenţiile de ştiri şi reviste culturale din România, Marea Britanie, Germania, Israel, Australia, Elveţia, Spania şi Franţa.

Ioan Astalus este scriitor, sculptor si artist grafic cu sediul în România specializat în miniaturi. El este autorul a 14 cărţi şi a avut expoziţii solo şi de grup ale sale grafice şi sculpturi din Targu Mures, Bucuresti, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Galati, Gura Humorului, la Macea, Ludus, Brasov, Timisoara, Paris, Torino, Budapesta, Montpellier, München şi Toulouse. Lucrarile sale de grafica, pictura si sculptura se află în colecţii din România şi din străinătate.



Adina Romanescu este o tânăra artista şi profesor de artă specializata în pictură în ulei, desen, stuc, modelare, sculptura si grafica de carte. Munca sa a fost demonstrată în expozitii din România, Franţa, Anglia, Egipt, avand lucrari în mai multe colecţii particulare din întreaga lume.





Adela Ursache este studenta la Colegiul Iulia Hasdeu, Bucuresti. Munca sa a fost prezentata în mai multe expoziţii de grup în Bucureşti.




Muzica de Corneliu Pavel.
Design Mihai Gaina.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBi2WpQoi5Y

www.romanca.co.uk
http://ionelaflood.blogspot.com

invitation to Composers official launch, 31 March 2010