IN THIS EDITION:
. Bach Fest at Trinity, Brent Kirby in Rocky River
. Steven Hough remembers his childhood in a new book
. The Almanac remembers Imogen Holst
HAPPENING TODAY:
12 Noon – Trinity Cathedral begins its spring Bach Fest with a concert by violinist Mari Sato and organist Todd Wilson that includes the E-major Violin Partita and the c-minor trio sonata. It’s free.
1:30 pm – Local #4 Music Fund/Haff-Paluck Chamber Series: Brent Kirby, guitar. Rocky River Senior Center, 21014 Hilliard Blvd. Free.
INTERESTING READ:
The New York Times interviews British pianist and polymath Stephen Hough (pictured) about his latest book, Enough: Scenes from Childhood, in which he “recalls his artistic and sexual coming-of-age with a light touch.” Click here to read “A Pianist Revisits His Youth, in Playful Fragments.”
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
On this date in 1907, British composer, writer and conductor Imogen Holst was born in Richmond, a town on the Thames river west of London. She wrote music sporadically in between assisting her father, the composer Gustav Holst (she published his biography in 1938), and later serving as Benjamin Britten’s assistant at the Aldeburgh Festival in Sussex beginning in 1950. Click here to watch a short film, shot in her former home in Aldeburgh and presented by Dr. Lucy Walker (Head of Public Engagement at Britten Pears Arts), which celebrates her life in music, and features movements from one of her most beautiful works, Fall of the Leaf for solo cello, performed by Wallis Power.”
Imogen Holst is unaccountably missing from most discussions of women composers. Click here to visit the web page of The Holst Project, “which consists of 375 boxes of material comprising the personal papers, correspondence, working files, music manuscripts and published music of Imogen Holst. Imogen was passionate about her father’s musical legacy and collected many of his papers during her life. As a result the collection includes important papers, correspondence and music manuscripts of her father, Gustav.”
And click here to watch a video of a performance of her Phantasy Quartet by the London Conchord Ensemble on the 2013 BBC Proms from Cadogan Hall, London.