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Music on Mondays: CHRISTINE STEVENSON
The Art of Pilgrimage
Solo Piano
Free Concert Series, retiring collection
July 6 @ 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Programme
Theme & Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli from
Vaterländischer Künstlerverein, Part II:
Theme – Anton Diabelli
Variation 14 – Franz Liszt
Variation 38 – Franz Schubert
Variation 28 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartFrom Années de Pèlerinage: II – Italie – Franz Liszt
Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Sonetto 123 del PetrarcaAprès une Lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)
Christine Stevenson enjoys a distinguished career as a piano recitalist and concerto soloist throughout the UK and abroad. Her concerts continually draw critical acclaim for her virtuosity, musicianship, and the engaging rapport she establishes with audiences of all ages. She is an Artistic Director/Tutor at the annual Summer School for Pianists at Stowe in Buckinghamshire; and is on the staff of the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music. Her writings about piano music can be found at: www.notesfromapianist.wordpress.com.
This season’s concerts include programmes entitled ‘The Art of Pilgrimage’, based around Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage: II – Italie, where the pieces were inspired by works of art and sculpture by Raphael and Michelangelo, by a song attributed to Salvator Rosa, and by poetry and literature written by Petrarch and Dante. Christine’s recording of Années de Pèlerinage: II – Italie was released in the year of Liszt’s bicentenary, receiving excellent reviews. Curiosities are also featured this season – variations on a theme by Diabelli written by composers other than Beethoven: by the eleven-year-old Liszt, by Schubert, and by Franz Xaver Mozart, youngest surviving son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Born in Melbourne, Christine graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with distinction, being twice awarded the Gaitskell Prize for the most outstanding student. She studied with pupils of Cortot, of Nadia Boulanger and of Michelangeli, and with the celebrated English pianist Ronald Smith, also participating in masterclasses given by Sergei Dorensky, Aldo Ciccolini, and Vlado Perlemuter.
Free Entry, retiring collection in aid of the Salvation Army in Oxford, a charity chosen chosen by the musician.
