Elisaveta Blumina & Mathias Baier Friday 20 November 2009

Elisaveta Blumina (piano) & Mathias Baier (bassoon)

Anaverna

Friday 20th November at 8 pm

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)

Sonata in f-minor for bassoon and piano

Alexandre Tansman (1897 – 1986)

Sonatina for bassoon and piano

Oleg Miroshnikov (*1925)

Scherzo in Bb-major for bassoon and piano

Roger Boutry (*1932)

Interférences I

Mieczys?aw Weinberg (1919 – 1996)

Pieces from “Children’s Notebook” for piano and Sonata for bassoon solo op.133

Mathias Baier is principal bassoonist with Staatskapelle Berlin whose leader is Daniel Barenboim. Mathias is also a principal bassoonist with the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival and teaches at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre.

Dublin based Russian pianist Elisaveta Blumina made her solo debut at the age of sixteen accompanied by the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra. She has won the International Brahms Piano Competition and international piano competitions in Russia, Germany, Italy and Belgium. Elisaveta has performed in many of the world’s great concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic ,the Carnegie Hall in New York and the National Concert Hall.

The Telemann F minor sonata is one of the greatest pieces in the Baroque repertoire. The Tansman Sonatina will enable the audience to see and hear some of the technical abilities of the Bassoon. Elisaveta and Mathias are currently recording a CD with a music of M. Weinberg, an important friend of D.Schostakovitch.

For tickets (e18, students e5) email verelc@gmail.com or ring 042 9371490. Pay at the door but please reserve your tickets in advance.

Mathias and Elisaveta will be giving master classes earlier in the day. If any bassoonist or pianist would like to take part or watch, please get in touch with Vere.