World-renowned classical pianist GARY GOLDSCHNEIDER visits Malaysia, October 2012
Classical Pianist GARY GOLDSCHNEIDER visits Malaysia in October, 2012
Contact: [email protected] (T. Fairservis)
INVITATION TO “MEET THE ARTIST”
-- You are cordially invited to meet --
World Renowned Classical Pianist GARY GOLDSCHNEIDER,
visiting Malaysia in October, 2012
ITINERARY:
* Friday, October 19th 6:30 pm (concert at 8:30 pm) at the Westin to benefit the Charity Club Langkawi
Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa Ballroom, Kuah, Langkawi island SOLD OUT!
** go to bottom of this page for links to YouTube posts of performances of the concert programme
* Sunday, October 21st 6:30 pm Private BBQ Party in his honor hosted by Paul Penders & Capt Eva Zimmerman's Revitacura project at the Container House. To request an invitation to this event, please write [email protected].
* Thursday, October 25th China House, Penang private party, contact China House for more information
* Friday, October 26th Penang Club, Penang private party for members only
CONCERT PROGRAM BELOW
Visiting Malaysia for the first time this October will be world renowned classical pianist Gary Goldschneider. Known for his interpretations of Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert and other masters, he earned international acclaim when 10,000 people gathered in central Amsterdam for one of his marathon 12-hour long concerts. During his stay, he has offered to play to benefit charities and looks forward to meeting musicians and fans of classical music in Penang and Langkawi. Several by-invitation receptions and private parties are being planned in his honor. For information and invitations, write to [email protected] or visit www.langkawilifestyle.weebly.com.
Prof. Goldschneider is visiting at the invitation of Paul Penders, a longtime resident of Langkawi island and CEO of the Paul Penders International natural cosmetics company. He will visit Langkawi island and has offered to give a benefit concert in support of The Charity Club Langkawi on Friday, October 19th. He will also visit some of the families who will benefit from the program. Then he will travel to Penang island to participate in an event on Friday, October 26th. During his two-week stay, he will also meet with students, musicians and VIPs at schools and other venues.
An American by birth, he now makes Holland his home. Gary Goldschneider began his extensive career in the public eye with weekly performances on WCAU radio’s Children’s Hour at the tender age of two. Reciting Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth and other famous poets, he later did scripts and commercials which laid the foundation for public speaking and college lecturing later in life. At seven, he began his piano study with David Sokoloff in Philadelphia. As a concert pianist he has appeared worldwide in recitals, including 12-hour Beethoven marathon concerts in which he performs all 32 piano sonatas of this great composer.
He has been Asst. Prof. of English and Music and head of the Music Dept. of the Philadelphia Community College and an instructor in Humanities at Drexel University, as well as a member of the piano faculty at Nelson School of Music, Nelson, New Zealand. An accomplished composer as well as a performer, he has performed his own compositions in concert tours around the world.
Gary Goldschneider is also internationally known as the bestselling author of The Secret Language of Birthdays, The Secret Language of Relationships, and the Secret Language of Destiny, derived from his training in psychiatry and medicine at Yale University, his background in English Literature (B.A., M.A. University of Pennsylvania), and his forty-year study of ‘personology.’
For further information and audio recordings, visit www.goldschneider.com . To find out more about his visit to Malaysia, please write to [email protected] .
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Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert come alive under the hands of
Concert Pianist Gary Goldschneider
What do Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert all have in common? These three great composers all wrote compositions for the piano (or pianoforte as they called it) which will be performed by world class concert pianist Gary Goldschneider in Malaysia this October. These Romantic composers number among the creators of the world’s greatest works of art. Professor Goldschneider has carefully selected a program of accessible and exciting examples of their work sure to delight an Asian audience.
Visiting Malaysia for the first time, Prof. Goldschneider will travel to Langkawi and Penang from October 15th to the 28th at the invitation of CEO Paul Penders of Paul Penders International. He is scheduled to perform at a benefit for the Charity Club Langkawi at the Westin Langkawi Resort on Friday, October 19th and then will travel on to Penang for appearances (tba) there.
An American concert pianist born in Philadelphia, he served as a professor of music in the U.S for many years while continuing his performing career. Since leaving academia, he is based now in the Netherlands and continues to perform throughout Europe. Though he has traveled extensively, this will be his first visit to Asia.
Compositions by three different musical giants offering differing approaches to romanticism will be featured in Prof. Goldschneider’s concerts. Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert are all considered pioneers who had major influences on the Romantic Period in the late 18th century and early 19th century. Their music remains among the most accessible and popular of all Western classical music literature.
Prof. Goldschneider will open the concert program with “Grand Sonate Pathetique in C minor” composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). A pioneer of the sonata form, Beethoven begins with an exposition in the first section ‘Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (literally, “Serious – Briskly with a lot of panache”). The theme is developed in section 2 – ‘Adagio cantabile’ and recapitulated in the last section, ‘3 - Rondo-Allegro.’ Two hundred years after its publication in 1799 when he was just 27 years old, it remains one of the most popular of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. Dedicated to the Geramn prince Karl Lichnowsky, it is said the prince was so impressed by its ‘tragic sonorities’ that he suggested the name, “pathetique.”
“Three Nocturnes” by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) follow on the concert program. Most often melancholy in feeling, Chopin’s nocturnes are widely considered among the finest short solo works ever written for the piano. Nocturnes generally follow a “ternary” A-B-A structure in which a theme is introduced, then a second one contrasts, then the original theme returns. Often considered – like Beethoven – a transition figure from the Classical Era, Chopin heralded the Romantic Period with a number of innovations in the nocturne form. Notably, a clear melody is played with the right hand while the left hand plays ‘broken chords’ (arpeggios, “riffs”) which provide a rhythmic line. These nocturnes also require extensive use of the piano’s foot pedals to sustain notes which can give the music a rich emotional expression. Prof. Goldschneider has selected three to perform: “1 - F major, Op. 15, no. 1 (composed between 1830-1832); 2 - D flat major, Op. 27, no. 2 (1835); and 3 - C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (1841).”
The program will conclude with Franz Schubert’s “Sonata in B flat major, op. posth., D. 960.” Schubert (1797-1828) composed a set of three sonatas during the last months of his life. His mature music is noted for its sudden “magical” harmonic shifts which suggest a sense of time coming to a standstill. The home key is juxtaposed against another which is distant in tonality. The oscillations between two very different keys give the music a sense of detachment and evoke images of exile from home; some writers even suggest that it creates a feeling of entering into a new dimension, one of dreams and memories. The sonata is composed in four sections: 1 - Molto moderato, 2 - Andante sostenuto, 3 - Scherzo - Allegro vivace con delicatezza, 4 - Allegro, ma nSo on troppo.
So far as is known, this will be the first time that a concert of classical music has been performed by a world class pianist on the island of Langkawi in northern Malaysia. The producers were nearly stumped by an unusual problem – the lack of an available piano. The problem has been solved by the purchase of a top-of-the line 21st Century digital piano from Yamaha that emulates the best of the traditional grand pianos but adds a number of additional features including the ability to record music as it is played. It is claimed that touch and the sound of piano equals the finest concert instruments. As Prof. Goldschneider noted, this is may also be among the first time that a classical musician has performed a concert using this new technology.
A final note: the October 19th concert sold out on Langkawi 3 weeks before the date! Clearly there is a real interest in Malaysia in Western classical music. It will be a rare treat to have the opportunity to hear Prof. Goldschneider live in concert. You can also listen to his many recordings on his website at www.goldschneider.com. For further information about Gary Goldschneider’s visit to Malaysia, visit http://www.langkawilifestyle.weebly.com or email [email protected].
By Teviot Fairservis
Tags: Gary Goldschneider, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Western classical music in Malaysia, Yamaha digital piano, Paul Penders International
Category: News & Articles
Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert come alive under the hands of
Concert Pianist Gary Goldschneider
What do Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert all have in common? These three great composers all wrote compositions for the piano (or pianoforte as they called it) which will be performed by world class concert pianist Gary Goldschneider in Malaysia this October. These Romantic composers number among the creators of the world’s greatest works of art. Professor Goldschneider has carefully selected a program of accessible and exciting examples of their work sure to delight an Asian audience.
Visiting Malaysia for the first time, Prof. Goldschneider will travel to Langkawi and Penang from October 15th to the 28th at the invitation of CEO Paul Penders of Paul Penders International. He is scheduled to perform at a benefit for the Charity Club Langkawi at the Westin Langkawi Resort on Friday, October 19th and then will travel on to Penang for appearances (tba) there.
An American concert pianist born in Philadelphia, he served as a professor of music in the U.S for many years while continuing his performing career. Since leaving academia, he is based now in the Netherlands and continues to perform throughout Europe. Though he has traveled extensively, this will be his first visit to Asia.
Compositions by three different musical giants offering differing approaches to romanticism will be featured in Prof. Goldschneider’s concerts. Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert are all considered pioneers who had major influences on the Romantic Period in the late 18th century and early 19th century. Their music remains among the most accessible and popular of all Western classical music literature.
Prof. Goldschneider will open the concert program with “Grand Sonate Pathetique in C minor” composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). A pioneer of the sonata form, Beethoven begins with an exposition in the first section ‘Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (literally, “Serious – Briskly with a lot of panache”). The theme is developed in section 2 – ‘Adagio cantabile’ and recapitulated in the last section, ‘3 - Rondo-Allegro.’ Two hundred years after its publication in 1799 when he was just 27 years old, it remains one of the most popular of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. Dedicated to the Geramn prince Karl Lichnowsky, it is said the prince was so impressed by its ‘tragic sonorities’ that he suggested the name, “pathetique.”
“Three Nocturnes” by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) follow on the concert program. Most often melancholy in feeling, Chopin’s nocturnes are widely considered among the finest short solo works ever written for the piano. Nocturnes generally follow a “ternary” A-B-A structure in which a theme is introduced, then a second one contrasts, then the original theme returns. Often considered – like Beethoven – a transition figure from the Classical Era, Chopin heralded the Romantic Period with a number of innovations in the nocturne form. Notably, a clear melody is played with the right hand while the left hand plays ‘broken chords’ (arpeggios, “riffs”) which provide a rhythmic line. These nocturnes also require extensive use of the piano’s foot pedals to sustain notes which can give the music a rich emotional expression. Prof. Goldschneider has selected three to perform: “1 - F major, Op. 15, no. 1 (composed between 1830-1832); 2 - D flat major, Op. 27, no. 2 (1835); and 3 - C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (1841).”
The program will conclude with Franz Schubert’s “Sonata in B flat major, op. posth., D. 960.” Schubert (1797-1828) composed a set of three sonatas during the last months of his life. His mature music is noted for its sudden “magical” harmonic shifts which suggest a sense of time coming to a standstill. The home key is juxtaposed against another which is distant in tonality. The oscillations between two very different keys give the music a sense of detachment and evoke images of exile from home; some writers even suggest that it creates a feeling of entering into a new dimension, one of dreams and memories. The sonata is composed in four sections: 1 - Molto moderato, 2 - Andante sostenuto, 3 - Scherzo - Allegro vivace con delicatezza, 4 - Allegro, ma nSo on troppo.
So far as is known, this will be the first time that a concert of classical music has been performed by a world class pianist on the island of Langkawi in northern Malaysia. The producers were nearly stumped by an unusual problem – the lack of an available piano. The problem has been solved by the purchase of a top-of-the line 21st Century digital piano from Yamaha that emulates the best of the traditional grand pianos but adds a number of additional features including the ability to record music as it is played. It is claimed that touch and the sound of piano equals the finest concert instruments. As Prof. Goldschneider noted, this is may also be among the first time that a classical musician has performed a concert using this new technology.
A final note: the October 19th concert sold out on Langkawi 3 weeks before the date. Clearly there is a real interest in Malaysia in Western classical music. It will be a rare treat to have the opportunity to hear Prof. Goldschneider live in concert. You can also listen to his many recordings on his website at www.goldschneider.com. For further information about Gary Goldschneider’s visit to Malaysia, visit http://www.langkawilifestyle.weebly.com or email [email protected].
By Teviot Fairservis
Tags: Gary Goldschneider, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Western classical music in Malaysia, Yamaha digital piano, Paul Penders International
For further information, please contact:
[email protected] (Teviot Fairservis)
c/o Paul Penders International
1 Oceanfront Estate
Bukit Benggali, Kuah, Langkawi
07000 Malaysia
Telephone: 6 017 585 1870
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Concert Program -- Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert
What do Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert all have in common? They all composed for the piano (or pianoforte as they called it) and their compositions will be performed by concert pianist Gary Goldschneider in Malaysia. Visiting Asia for the very first time, Prof. Goldschneider will travel to Langkawi and Penang from October 15th to the 28th at the invitation of Paul Penders International. Three different giants from the Romantic Period of Music… - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)* Grand Sonate Pathetique in C minor 1 - Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio * 2 - Adagio cantabile 3 - Rondo-Allegro * Try to follow the score! Posted on Youtube with score (not Gary playing, pianist Annie Fischer) - Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Three Nocturnes 1 - F major, Op. 15, no. 1* 2 - D flat major, Op. 27, no. 2 3 - C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 * Try to follow the score! Posted on Youtube (pianist Artur Rubenstein) INTERMISSION - Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Sonata in B flat major, op. posth., D. 960* 1 - Molto moderato 2 - Andante sostenuto 3 - Scherzo - Allegro vivace con delicatezza 4 - Allegro, ma non troppo * Youtube posting (pianist Horowitz, 1953 - complete) |