Of Bygone Worlds of Music: Poetry, Silence and Dance

Alon Sariel – mandoline en Michael Tsalka – tafelpiano Broadwood 1821, Sweelinck Coll.

Programma:

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
(originally for flute and b. c.) “Hamburger” Sonata in G major, Wq. 133
I. Allegretto, II. Rondo. Presto

Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
Capricio II in E-flat major
I. Adagio-Allegro moderato
II. Rondo Allegro

Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
Six Variations in G major, Op. 42,
on Paisiello’s “Nel cor più non mi sento”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
(originally for solo violin) Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
I. Allemande, II. Courante
III. Sarabande, IV. Gigue

—————–      PAUZE (circa 16:30 uur)      ——————

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Adagio in E-flat major, WoO 43b
Sonatina in C minor, WoO 43a, No. 1
Andante con Variazioni in D major, WoO 44b

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Fantasia in C major for piano or organ

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
Grande Sonate in G major, Op. 37
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Andante moderato Siziliano
III. Rondo

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Musici:

Alon Sariel – mandoline

Born in Beer Sheva (*1986) which just happens to be the Israeli mandolin capital, Alon Sariel received his first music lessons with the age of 8. Upon graduation from the Beer Sheva Conservatory, Sariel was awarded the status of “extraordinary musician” by the Israeli Ministry of Education, and so he was let to pursue academic studies at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance during his military service. Within five years Sariel has managed to achieve his first diplomas, B.Mus and M.Mus from the Jerusalem Academy.

In the early age of 17 he was invited as mandolin soloist to play Sarasate’s Ziguenerweisen with the Israeli Simfonietta Beer-Sheva and exactly five years later he has conducted the orchestra. During his military service under the title Outstanding Musician, Sariel was co-founder of the Education Core Folk Orchestra. He toured Europe with the Jewish-Arab Youth Orchestra and was invited to represent Israel along with other musicians from the Middle East, to take part in a workshop which culminated with a CD production by Jeunesses Musicales (2005). Between the years 2007-2009 Sariel has toured intensively as member of the West Eastern Divan, conducted by Maestro Daniel Barenboim.

During his studies at the Jerusalem Academy he won the first prizes in the Chamber Music Competition, the Competition for String Instruments and the Conducting Competition. He was awarded the Audience Prize in the name of Meira Gera at the Aviv Competitions in Early Music, and a special recognition from the Jury of the Ben-Haim Competition for Contemporary Israeli Music. As a classical mandolin player he has won top prizes at the European Mandolin Award (Greece) and the Rafaelle Calace Competition (Italy), receiving the America-Israel Foundation Scholarships since 2002, The Chais Foundation Excellence Grant, the Sarni Foundation Scholarships and a special grant from “Zfunot Tarbut” Foundation to name a few.

Upon graduation in Jerusalem, Sariel went on studying the lute and orchestra conducting at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hannover, from which he graduated with destiction. Among his teachers were Dora Bartik, Lev Khaymovic, Motti Schmidt, Eugeny Zirlin, Ronald Zollman, Hans-Michael Koch, Paul Weigold and Martin Brauß. In addition, he has also taken part in master classes with first rank artists as Daniel Barenboim, Yoel Levi and Benjamin Zander, Nigel North, Hopkinson Smith, Conrad Junghänel, Ugo Orlandi, Avi Avital, Corina Marti, Ilan Gronich and Giora Feidman.

Sariel received his first important chamber music experience while being member of the award winning Israeli Mandolin Quartet (known for their extraordinary Kerman instruments) and from regular collaborations with artists such as the trumpet player Markus Stockhausen (modern, intuitive) and keyboardist Michael Tsalka (early-music, HIP). He took part in different dance-theater productions and he regularly directs from the basso-continuo position in the Israel Early Music Project which he has founded in 2006 in order to promote the Historically Informed Performance in Israel. The Israel Early Music Project has quickly gained its name as one of the most dynamic ensembles in the region and was invited to many of the most important halls and festivals in Israel. 2008 has seen the Israel Early Music Project in concerts abroad, on tour to Belgium, England and Germany.

At home in both the new music world as well as the historical performance practice field, Sariel has played solo with most of the high rank orchestras in Israel, many times also as a conductor. He recorded for labels such as Naxos, Orlando and Albany Records (USA) and was invited to play a recital for the Israeli TV show “Intermezzo” with Maestro Arie Vardi. His playing was broadcasted by Arte, BBC4 , Kol-Hamusica, WQXR, WNYC, and can be heard on Naxos Online. He has toured with diverse ensembles throughout Europe, the U.S.A, the Middle and Far East, and appeared at Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Festival de Musique de Menton, Les Musicalles de Bagatelle, Göttinger Händel Festspiele, Royal Albert Hall, La Scala, Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg Leiszhalle and Kölner Philharmonie.

Only three months after his move to Germany in 2010, Sariel was called for the position of Musical Director and Conductor at the Camerata Medica Göttingen, later he was also invited to serve as head conductor at the Göttingen Young Symphony Orchestra (Jugend Symphony Orchester). In Germany Sariel was awarded the Schröder Prize from the Hannover University of music, theater and media, and was selected to the excellence program Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now.

Together with other talented international students Sariel has founded the Hannover International Ensemble which was invited as ensemble in residence at the Festival de Mandoline de Castellar in 2011, including a guest performance at Festival de Musique de Menton. The Hannover International Ensemble under Alon Sariel has also produced productions of Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Stravisnky’s l’Histoire du Soldat, the latter being presented at the NDR Hannover Musiktag 2011.

In 2011 Alon Sariel has won first prizes at the Bloch competition, the Israeli Music competition in London, and the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition, these was followed by solo performances with several orchestras in the UK, among them, Imaestri Orchestra, London International Orchestra, Arnold Sinfonia, Airedale Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the City and recitals in some of London’s most important venues.

Alon Sariel’s discography starts in 2007 where he recorded the ever first recording of Paul Ben Haim’s Sonata a tre for mandolin, guitar and harpsichord for Albany Records (USA) and paired with Jacob Reuven for a recording of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Mandolins. In 2009, Sariel has released “Sources” with music from Bach, Telemann, Leclair, Corrette, Handel-Holversen, Beriot and Bartok, on which he can be heard playing the modern mandolin and mandola, as well as the original early mandolins. 2013 brought a collaboration with the New York based Joe Brent, for an album of impressions on John Dowland named “Englishman in New York” (Orlando-Records). On that album Alon Sariel can be heard on both mandolin and Renaissance lute.

Michael Tsalka – fortepiano

Pianist and early keyboard performer Tsalka was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and is a Dutch/Israeli artist. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Tel-Aviv University, he continued studies in Germany and Italy. In 2001, he received a piano solo diploma from the Scuola Superiore Internazionale del Trio di Trieste, where he studied with Dario di Rosa. From 2002 to 2008, he resided in Philadelphia and studied at Temple University fortepiano and chamber music with Lambert Orkis, modern piano and piano duo with Harvey Wedeen, and harpsichord, clavichord and positive organ with Joyce Lindorff. Tsalka holds three degrees from that institution: a master’s degree in chamber music/accompanying, a master’s degree in harpsichord performance and a doctorate in piano performance. Other teachers include Klaus Schilde, Sandra Mangsen, and Malcolm Bilson.

Tsalka has won numerous prizes, awards and fellowships in Rome, Bayreuth, Bonn, Paris, Genoa, Calabria, Sardinia, Tel-Aviv, Chicago, Red Wing in MN, Berlin, Mexico City, Kuopio and Philadelphia. A versatile musician, he performs solo and chamber music repertoire from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods on the modern piano, harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, square piano and chamber organ.

Dr. Tsalka performs throughout Europe, the U.S.A., Canada, Asia, Russia, and Latin America. Recent engagements include performances for the Boston Early Music Festival, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Bellas Artes Theater in Mexico City, the Hermitage Festival in St. Petersburg, Konserhuset in Stockholm, St. Denis Festival in Paris, the Filharmonika Orchestra in Manila, the Trinity series in New York, and interviews and performances for radio stations in Hong Kong, Chicago, Buenos Aires, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and Jerusalem. American, Russian, Israeli, Greek, German, Italian, Argentinean, Taiwanese, Swedish, Finnish, and Mexican composers have dedicated pieces to Tsalka. In 2014-2015, he will perform world premieres by Leonardo Coral, Max Yount, Sergey Yevtushenko, Mari-anne Hof, Paul SanGregory, Jouni Kuronen, Daniel Alcheh, G. Karvellos, Miltiades Papastamou, Liu Qing , Daniel Laumans, Jens Vraa, and Anna Mikhailova.

A committed educator, he presented lecture-recitals and master classes in 60 festivals and academic institutions in all continents. He has been a faculty member at the piano department of Temple University and a harpsichord and chamber music professor at the Escuela Superior de Música, National Center for the Arts (México City). He currently teaches early keyboards and chamber music at Lilla Akademien in Stockholm. 2014 engagements include concerts in Europe, the U.S.A., Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Tsalka was the artistic director of a concert cycle dedicated to J. S. Bach, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Qingdao Grand Theater and the Qintai Concert Hall in Wuhan from March to December, 2011. Currently, he is the co-artistic director of the Nordic Historical Keyboard Festival in Kuopio, Finland (2012, 2013). He is the Artistic director of the Geelvinck International Historic Piano Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 9 – 25, 2014)

Several of his scholarly articles have been published by specialized musicological journals, including Clavicordio VIII (Italy) and the Early Keyboard Journal (USA). Articles to be published in 2014 include Early Music America, Clavicordio XI (Italy), and the European Piano Teachers Association (Dutch Brunch). Tsalka has recorded thirty of Daniel Gottlob Türk’s keyboard sonatas for the NAXOS/Grand Piano label, and working towards a critical edition of these works for Artaria Editions in New Zealand. Sonatas 1-12 were recently published:
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Volume 2: ae541-sonaten-fur-das-clavier-collection2
CDs 1-5 were recently released:
CD 1-2: www.naxos.com/ecard/grandpiano/gp627-28/
CD 3-4: www.naxos.com/ecard/grandpiano/gp629-30/
CD 5: www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=GP657

A recording of the “Goldberg” Variations was recently released by the Viennese label Paladino

Recording projects for Naxos and the Viennese label Paladino include CDs dedicated to keyboard works by J. S. Bach, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Johann Baptist Vanhal, Carl Dittersdorf, Ferdinand Ries, Johannes Brahms, and Viktor Ullmann.

Throughout his career, Tsalka has received numerous favorable reviews: “Tsalka demonstrated control of a pearly, brilliant touch, as well as a subtle phrasing, full of nobility and expression” (El Siglo, Argentina); “Two sonatas by Daniel Gottlob Türk, played on clavichord, were another high point [of the recital. The sound of the clavichord made the audience listen with increased concentration and created a highly intense atmosphere” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung); “Tsalka is evidently a true, brilliant musician…” (Clavichord International, Amsterdam); “The concert was a smashing success…” (Global Times, Beijing); “Tsalka quickly took command of the evening at the full concert hall and did so with such simplicity and great elegance that the public was enchanted.” (Folket, Sweden); Tsalka showed almost incredible virtuosity throughout…” (Berkshire Review, Boston and New York).

Copyright © Michael Tsalka 2014

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