Chaconne News

 
New York Times
Sergey Khachatryan in Concert at Alice Tully Hall
New York Times
The concluding Chaconne — the approximately 15-minute movement that consists of a series of 64 variations on a stately four-bar, triple-meter dance theme — has entranced listeners for centuries. In a letter to Clara Schumann, Brahms wrote: “On one ...


 
High schools prepare for spring concerts
Great Falls Tribune
CMR's concert and chaconne choral groups, concert orchestra and Rustler band play at 8. The choirs are under the direction of Jennifer Cantley and Lisa Voss. Russ Kellogg will direct the bands, and Dennis Dell will lead the orchestras.


 
THE PAGE: Seekonk High Symphonic Band wins platinum again
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Directed by John Smialek, the band showcased "First Suite in E Flat" by Gustave Holst, composed of three movements: "Chaconne," "Intermezzo," and "March." The band also played "Coming Home," written by Andrew Boysen at the University of New Hampshire.

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Period instrument group coming to Walton
Elmbridge Today
Ensemble Chaconne, a period instrument group from Boston, is performing a lunchtime concert at the Riverhouse Barn arts centre in Manor Road, Walton, tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday). A period instrument group from Boston is set to take to the stage in ...


 
Tien Hsieh returns to Old St. Mary's with more transcriptions (mostly)
Examiner.com
While it is the case that the opening selection, Busoni's piano version of the concluding Chaconne movement from the D minor partita for solo violin (BWV 1004) follows the source on pretty much a note-by-note basis, Busoni adds so much to that source ...


 
Steinway pianist to play in Bangkok
Bangkok Post
The evening programme for his upcoming Bangkok show will feature Hadyn's Sonata in E Major, Hob XI:31, Debussy's Prelude No.8 from La fille aux cheveux de lin (Book I) and Prelude No.10 from La cathedrale engloutie (Book I), Bach-Busoni's Chaconne in D ...


 
Allentown Morning Call
Eliot Fisk intense, flawless with Bach Festival Orchestra
Allentown Morning Call
Fisk charmed both the audience and the orchestra, led by Greg Funfgeld, in the rarely-heard Concerto in A Major by Mauro Giuliani, and his own transcription of the Chaconne from Bach's D Minor Violin Partita. Giuliani's concerto for guitar and strings ...