NEWS
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Critical edition of Sorabji’s Toccata terza
I have completed a critical edition of “Toccata terza”, Sorabji’s long-lost work from the 1950’s.
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Toccata seconda in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
In my first post-lockdown concert I performed Sorabji’s ‘Toccata seconda’ at the Willem Twee toonzaal (’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands) on Sunday, 4th October, beginning at 11:00 AM.
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Sorabji’s Toccata seconda CD released this month
My first album, a double CD with the world premiere recording of the work Toccata seconda per pianoforte by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988) is being released this month by Piano Classics. This is one of the most beautiful, accessible works by this enigmatic composer and a perfect introduction to his music.
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Interview in the Ritmo magazine (March 2019)
This month’s issue of the Spanish musical magazine Ritmo publishes an interview with me, in which I speak about less frequent repertoires, composers that interest me – Sorabji of course -, my past life as a research scientist, among other topics. (Apologies to non-Spanish speakers – I may post a translation of it when I
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Sorabji at the Conservatorio “Teresa Berganza” (14/03/2019)
There will be another performance of Sorabji’s Toccata seconda per pianoforte next month in Madrid: 14 March 2019, 11:30 am Auditorium, Conservatorio “Teresa Berganza” C/ Palmípedo, 3 (Madrid) Admission is free (but seats are limited). Here is an extract from my previous performance at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in Oxford, the first movement “Preludio-Toccata”.
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Sorabji in Oxford (27 January 2019)
I will perform Kaikhosru Sorabji’s Toccata seconda per pianoforte for the second time on 27 January 2019, 7 p.m., at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building (St Hilda’s College, Oxford, UK). This will be part of an afternoon of concerts celebrating Sorabji’s music, beginning with a piano and voice recital by soprano Betty Makharinsky and
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Sorabji – Toccata seconda
In 2019 I will be performing the work Toccata seconda per pianoforte by Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892-1988), an English composer of Indian ancestry who wrote some of the longest, most complex – and certainly most fascinating – works in the piano repertoire. Toccata seconda (1934) is a two-and-a-half-hour-long work that has been performed in concert only twice before –
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Recital at the “Bulgaria” Chamber Hall (Sofia) – October 7th, 2017, 19:00 h
On Saturday, October 7th, 2017, beginning at 19:00 h, I will give a recital at the Bulgaria Chamber Hall in Sofia. Bulgaria Hall is the home to the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and the main concert hall in Sofia. The program will feature five works from the modern repertoire – or, rather, four major works and
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Piano recital at the Ateneo theatre (Madrid) – Saturday, April 15, 2017, 19:00 h
I am pleased to invite you to the piano recital that I will give next Saturday, April 15 at 19:00 h, at the Auditorium of the Ateneo theatre in Madrid (Calle del Prado, 21). The program will be dedicated to German Romanticism and will consist of works by Clara Wieck, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
ABEL SÁNCHEZ-AGUILERA 