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Friedrich
Lips Performs ‘Seven Words’, Dornach – Switzerland
Contributed by Herbert
Scheibenreif of Friedrich
Lips Productions
 Friedrich
Lips, together with cellist Vladimir Tonkha, will perform ‘Seven
Words’, by Sofia Gubaidulina, in a performance of Eurythmie
on the Goetheanum stage in Dornach, Switzerland. The performance
is scheduled under the title of ‘Seven words’, and consists,
besides Gubaidulina's work, also of Heinrich Schütz' work of
the same name.
Mikhail Kokhlov will conduct the orchestra of the ‘Gnessin
Virtuosi’, the production is directed by Elsemarie ten for
Brink and Carina Schmid. The premiere will take place on July 26th,
a second performance on July 31st. From September 23rd to October
2nd a tour will follow with performances in The Hague (Netherlands),
Witten, Mannheim, Kassel, Saarbruecken (Germany), and once again
in Dornach.
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Owen Murray
– Weltpremiere im Aldeburgh Festival – GB
Von
Rob
Howard
 Am
18. Juni um 11 Uhr spielt Owen
Murray mit Streichquartett und Akkordeon “On the Shores of
the Cosmic Ocean’’ von Poul Ruders. Dieses Stück ist
Teil einer dänischen Arbeit, mit dem Kroger Streichquartett (Dänemark)
und wird in einem Konzert während des Festivals in Aldeburgh,
Suffolk in der Jubiläuzmskonzerthalle aufgeführt.
Für Reservierungen email boxoffice@aldeburgh.co.uk
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Alexander
Korbakov’s Neues DVD, Lake District – GB
Von
Rob
Howard
 Der
russische Akkordeonist Alexander Korbakov aus St Petersburg, hat
kürzlich ein neues DVD unter dem Titel ‘Prelude’
herausgebracht, welches in der Kendall Parish Church, der außerordentlich
malerischen englischen Landschaft von Lake District, gefilmt wurde.
Alle musikalischen Darbietungen auf diesem DVD sind Soloaufnahmen
und werden ausschließlich von exzellentem Sound und Bildqualität
begleitet.
Die vorgetragenen
Stücke sind : Luci e Ombre (Pizzigoni), Prelude and Fugue (JS
Bach), Rondo A La Turka (Mozart), Valse Op.64 no 2 (Chopin), Trisch-trasch
Polka (Strauss), Ave Maria (Cacchini), Winter (Vivaldi), Sabre Dance
(Khachaturian), Spring Dance (Diniku-Shalaev), The Steppe is all
Around (V. Belov), Saratov Stradania (traditional), Letka-enka (Lahtinen),
Fiddle-faddle (Leroy Anderson) und Kalinka (traditional).
Für
zusätzliche Informaiton email jean@shearmans.plus.com
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Rosemary
Wright Concert, Stockport – UK
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Stockport
Accordion Club’s May Club Night concert featured Rosemary Wright
as guest artiste. Rosemary was on top form, performing a program of
classical transcriptions and accordion favourites. Her first half
program included ‘Prologue from ‘I Pagliacci’’,
‘Ballade in C Minor’, ‘Ritual Fire Dance’, ‘Meditation
from Thais’, Chopin’s ‘Grand Valse Brilliante’,
‘Festa Rusticana’ (Gerald Crossman), ‘Serenade from
‘Les Millions D’Arlequin’’, and ‘The Barber
of Seville Overture’ (Rossini).
In the second half, Rosemary played ‘Accordion Theme’, ‘Ballade
Pour Adeline’, ‘Globetrotting’, ‘Fungii Mama’,
‘Divertimento For Accordion’ (Gorni Kramer), ‘Gabriel’s
Oboe from ‘The Mission’’, ‘Spanish Gypsy Dance’
and Monti’s ‘Czardas’. The audience enjoyed a dazzling
display of artistry. For an encore, Rosemary played the 1930s swing
classic ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ in suitably swinging style.
Support
players were a trio of Rob
Howard, John Jones and Johnny Coleclough, Rocky Howard and Derek
Hulme, Pete Fitzpatrick, Ray Peacock, Anne Parker, Chris Green and
Derek Pritchard, Eddie Iddon, Derek Corlett, and Peter Whiteley and
Adrienne Sharpe. Accordion professionals Pearl Fawcett and Gordon
Glenn were in the audience, enjoying what had been a tremendous concert.
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North
Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague – Netherlands
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
The
annual North Sea Jazz Festival takes place in The Hague from July 8th to
10th. French accordionist Richard Galliano will perform with his trio, and
also with singer Cristino Branco. Also appearing are the Bucovina Orkester,
featuring Lothar Lesser on accordion, and the AnourBrahem Trio, featuring
accordionist Jean Louis Matinier.
For further information email info@northseajazz.com
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 ‘Squeezebox
from Hell’ – Canada
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
Canadian
accordionist and self-professed ‘rebel’, Len Wallace, has produced
his occasional Internet newsletter ‘Squeezebox from Hell’. The
newsletter tells about the career, current activities, concert diary dates
and philosophical ideas of Len Wallace.
To subscribe to ‘Squeezebox from Hell’ email lwallace@mnsi.net
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Free
Day at Accordion
Museum, Stradella – Italy
Contributed by Holda
Paoletti-Kampl
 On
June 25th, from 8.30am to 11.30pm, there is free admission to the
accordion
museum in the town of Stradella, with a concert by the Mandolin
Brothers at 9pm.
Mariano
Dallapé designed the stradella bass system, in the town of
Stradella in 1876, and as such can be regarded as one the most important
figures worldwide in the development of the accordion.
The museum contains Dallapé’s first stradella bass accordion
from 1876, together with a wide range of accordions through the ages.
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Sebastiano
Cali - accordionist, composer, piano tuner, harpsichord and
other early instruments maker, releases another 6
new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Valse
in Db Op. 64 No.1' (Classical), 'Valse Op. 64 No.3' (Classical),
'Valse Op.69 No. 1' (Classical), 'Valse Op. 69 No. 2' (Classical),
'Sabor A Mi' (American South-Latin), 'Grande Valse Brillante Op.18
No.1' (Chopin). The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed
to your computer. Purchase with credit card.
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James
O' Brien - composer, arranger and performer, releases another
6
new works for accordion available for purchase online. 'Waltz'
(traditional), 'Yankee Doodle' (traditional), 'A La Nanita Nana' (traditional),
'A Thousand Miles Away' (traditional), 'Battle of Loudon' (traditional),
'Bella Bimba' (traditional). Samples of this music are available on
the site. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your
computer. Purchase with credit card.
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Vassily
Glubochenko - composer,
arranger, performer and scientist, releases 1
new work titled 'In Spring' composed by Glubochenko, available
for purchase online. A sample of this music is available on the site.
The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer.
Purchase with credit card.
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Viele
Kompositionen und Arrengements wurden bis dato von dem französischen
Pianisten/Komponisten Jacky Delance veröffentlicht von denen
viele auch für das Akkordeon und einer großen Reihe von
anderen Instrumenten sowie Gesang sind. Nun sind diese Werke erhältlich
und zwar kostenfrei. 
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