This programme compares side-by-side a selection of pieces from two of the great works by Robert Schumann: Liederkreis Op.39 and Waldszenen Op. 82. Written eight years apart in 1940 and 1948 respectively, the two pieces capture the essence of the Romantic landscape, both physical and emotional. The mix of sublimity, strangeness, foreboding, melancholy, and sheer … [Read More]
Category: Western classical music (page 6)
Selected publications
- Anthology: Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage ed Madlen Poguntke, Anna Yates-Lu, HeeSook Oh , Palgrave 2026
- Min Kym: Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung, Viking 2017
- Nicholas Harkness: Songs of Seoul: An Ethnography of Voice and Voicing in Christian South Korea, University of California Press 2013
- Kim Choon-mee: Harmonia Koreana: A Short History of 20th century Korean Music, Hollym 2011
Hot Hanbok/Cool Glass: Hallyu comes to Stourbridge
A collaboration between the Korean Cultural Centre UK and the International Festival of Glass A superb evening of Korean culture, its traditions and contemporary Hallyu (Korean Wave), a collective term that refers to the phenomenal growth of Korean culture internationally, which encompasses everything from music, movies, fashion, drama to online games and Korean cuisine. Featuring … [Read More]
Seong-Jin Cho plays the Emperor at the Edinburgh Festival
Philharmonia Orchestra Santtu-Matias Rouvali Conductor Seong-Jin Cho Piano Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’ Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 At the end of his first season as current Principal Conductor, inspirational young Finn Santtu-Matias Rouvali brings two mighty works of heroism and vision to the first of the Philharmonia’s concerts at this year’s International Festival. Outstanding … [Read More]
World Premiere: Yunho Jeong’s Concerto for clarinet & orchestra
A new work by Yunho Jeong gets its premiere this week at the South Bank, alongside four other new works by young composers, as part of the London Philharmonic’s Young Composers programme. [Read More]
July House Concert: Korea x Taiwan Classical Collaboration
Seunghye Park, Yu-Chieh Li & Chih-Jung Lai (piano) Programme Seunghye Park F. Liszt: Totentanz for Solo Piano S.525 Arr. Seunghye Park: Arirang Variations (Korean Traditional Folk Song) Yu-Chieh Lin A. Scriabin: Valse Op.38 Chih-Jung Lai A. Scriabin: Vers La Flamme, Op.72 Yu-Chieh Lin & Chih-Jung Lai F. Schubert: Fantasie In F Minor, D.940 Yu-Chieh Lin … [Read More]
June House Concert: KCC UK x Hungary collaboration
The KCCUK and KCC Hungary Collaboration Concert will be held on 16th June at St James’s Church, Piccadilly at 7pm. Pianist Hyun-Kyung Lee from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, will play music by J.S Bach, G. Ligeti and C. Debussy. The Flarpiola Trio from the Royal College of Music, consisting of … [Read More]
KCC May House Concert: Guitar Special
KCCUK will be presenting the special stage: guitar night on 19th May. This is a rare opportunity to see the harmony of classical guitar combining with five different instruments. This concert will highlight that how classical guitars can be played in various ways. Also, if you like Opera , this’ll be perfect time for you to visit … [Read More]
KCC April House Concert: Regency String Quartet
The Regency String Quartet Mabelle Young-Eun Park, violin Hermes Jungho Byun, violin Jamie Howe, viola Ellen Baumring-Gledhill, cello Programme Beethoven String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op. 18 I. Allegro ma non tanto II. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto III. Menuetto allegretto IV. Allegro Intermission Mendelssohn String Quartet No.6 in F minor, Op. 80 I. Allegro … [Read More]
KCC House Concert Spring Special
The KCCUK’s House Concert Spring Special is designed to provide you with an island of calm as we look forward to Easter and try to put Covid behind us. A string quartet will play Borodin, bringing you into Spring with calmness and warmth. Painter Sangjig Moon’s artworks will be projected on the screen while the … [Read More]
Novus String Quartet play the Wigmore
A nice way to spend the latter half of a Sunday morning: Novus String Quartet Sunday 20 February 2022 11:30am Wigmore Hall | 36 Wigmore Street | London W1U 2BP | Buy tickets Programme Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884): String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): String Quartet in C minor … [Read More]
Hyeyoon Park + Benjamin Grosvenor at the Wigmore Hall
A varied programme of violin music at London’s premier chamber music venue: Hyeyoon Park violin | Benjamin Grosvenor piano Tuesday 15 February 2022 7:30pm Wigmore Hall | 36 Wigmore Street | London W1U 2BP | Buy tickets Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Violin Sonata in F K376 Anton Webern (1883-1945): 4 Pieces for violin and piano … [Read More]
KCC February House Concert: the Aesop Quartet
This first KCC House Concert of the year, at St James’s Piccadilly, features two popular string quartets. Aesop Quartet Katherine Yoon, violin | Amber Emson, violin | Ji-Eun Park, viola | Özgür Kaya, cello Thursday 24 February 2022, 7pm St James’s Piccadilly | Register via Eventbrite Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. … [Read More]
Unsuk Chin’s second violin concerto gets its broadcast premiere
Thanks to Colin Bartlett for alerting me to the fact that the premiere of Unsuk Chin’s second violin concerto will be broadcast in a performance by its dedicatee Leonidas Kavakos on 18 January. LKL had eagerly bought tickets for its scheduled live premiere, which was going to be 7 January last year at the Barbican. … [Read More]
KCC November House Concert Live! Borodin String Qtet #2
A nice piece to round off this year’s series of House Concerts: Rachel Hayoung Woo (Violin) | Serin Baek (Violin) | Jisu Song (Viola) | Angus McCall(Cello) 18 November 2021 – 7pm @ KCCUK Programme Borodin String Quartet No.2: Allegro moderato | Scherzo | Notturno | Finale Artists Rachel Hayoung Woo (Violin) Born in Korea … [Read More]
KCCUK Live Concert at St James’s Piccadilly
The KCC’s November House Concert emerges from the online to the real world, and for the first time moves to St James’s Piccadilly for a celebratory live event: KCC House Concert Friday 5 November 2021, 7pm St James’s Church, Piccadilly Register via Eventbrite Trio Mazzolini Harry Rylance (Piano), Yurie Lee (Cello), Jack Greed (Violin) Sungbin … [Read More]
KCC October House Concert (online): Harry Rylance (Piano), Yurie Lee (Cello), Jack Greed (Violin)
October’s House Concert online on the KCCUK’s YouTube channel features one of the most accessible piano trios in the repertoire: Trio Mazzolini: Harry Rylance (Piano), Yurie Lee (Cello), Jack Greed (Violin) Thursday 21 October, 7 pm KCC YouTube Channel Programme Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor Performers: Trio Mazzolini is a London-based piano trio … [Read More]