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Saturday 2023-03-04 @ 10:00am-1:00pm NZST
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Awakening the Avant-garde:
Sherry Grant & Erik Satie
(A Night of Poetry, Music & Philosophy)
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Sherry Grant

presents

Erik Satie's

Piano Music

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Poetry

&

Philosophical Discussion

on

Samuel Adler's

95th Birthday

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Co-Host: Christopher Satoor (Canadian Philosopher), poster made by Christopher

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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Guest Philosophers: David Proud (UK) & Christophe Porot (France)
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Guest: Gino (cello)
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Narrators: Zoe Grant (NZ) & TBA (France)
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* Programme *
 

This is a special concert integrating a philosophical discussion of connection between music and philosophy among my philosopher friends from around the world, led by co-host Christopher Satoor. There will be poetry reading throughout and the philosophical discussion will be during the intermission.

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  • Sherry's Poem 1: TBA

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  • (1)-(3) 3 Gymnopédie 

  • (4) Je Te Veux (cello transcription, played by Gino)

  • (5)-(8) 4 Preludes

  • (9)-(11) 3 Cold Pieces: Crossed-up Dances 

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  • Sherry Poem 2: TBA

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  • (12)-(14) Sonneries de la Rose + Croix

  • (15)-(17) Menus Propos Enfantins (with French narration)

  • (18)-(20) 4 Ogives

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  • Philosophical Discussion (Intermission)

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  • (21)-(25) 5 Nocturnes

  • (26)-(27) Valse-Ballet

  • (28) Effronterie

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  • Sherry Poem 3: TBA

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  • (29)-(34) 6 Gnossienne 

  • (35) Bureaucratic Sonatina 

  • (36)-(38) 3 Sarabandes

  • (39) Vexations (x8)

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  • Sherry Poem 4: TBA

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  • (Encore)

  • (40) Scriabin: TBA

  • (41) Samuel Adler: TBA

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  • Sherry Poem 5: TBA

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Sunday 2023-02-12 @ 10:00am-12pm NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

Romances

by

Various Composers

(Classical & Non-Classical)

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Co-Host: Bez Rengifo (USA)
 
with
Daniel Grant, clarinet (age 15)
Emily Grant, oboe (age 16)
Rebecca (AKA Aspen) Grant, bassoon (age 12)
Zoe Grant, vocal (age 8)

Piano/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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  • Poem 1: I Drown in Your Eyes (Op.3783)

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  • 1. Max Reger: Romance (transcribed for clarinet) (originally for violin)

  • 2. Debussy: Romance (transcribed for oboe) (originally a song)

  • 3. Alexander Scriabin: Romance (transcribed for bassoon by Sherry) (1890) (origally for Horn)

  • 4. Clara Schumann: Three Romances (dedicated to Robert Schumann), Op.11, No.1

  • 5. Robert Schumann: Romance, Op.28, No.2

  • 6. Johannes Brahms: Romanze, Op.118, No.5

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Love Tanka 1-10 by Pamela A. Babusci, Jackie Chou, Linda Ludwig, Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Gillena Cox, Marilyn Humbert, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Katherine E Winnick & C.X.Turner

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  • 7. Ludwig von Beethoven: Romanza (from Sonatina in G) (1'50")

  • 8. Jean Sibelius: Romance, Op.24, No.2 

  • 9. Franz Liszt: Romance (1848)

  • 10. Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Romance, Op.5

  • 11. Dario Sciarra: Romance

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Love Tanka 11-20 by Wai Mei Wong, Bonnie J Scherer, Reid Hepworth, Rebecca Drouilhet, Keith Evetts, Marina Bellini, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Mark Gilbert, Amoolya Kamalnath & Kathabela Wilson

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  • 12. William S. Bennett: Genevieve, Romance

  • 13. Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op.12

  • 14. Johannes Brahms: Alte Liebe (The Old Love), Op.72, No.1 (originally a song from ) 

  • 15. Johan S. Svendsen: Romance, Op.26 (originally for violin)

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Love Tanka 21-30 by Don Baird, Clive Bennett, Sherry Grant, Christina Chin, ai li, etc.

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  • 16. Moon River

  • 17. Love Story

  • 18. My Romance (Bill Evans Transcription)

  • 19. Romeo & Juliet

  • 20. Mt Heart Will Go On

  • 21. Somewhere Out There

  • 22. Romance Aninimo

  • 23. Two for the Road

  • 24. Speak Low

  • 25. The Look of Love 

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  • Final Poem: My Little Nightingale (Op.3225)

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Sunday 2023-01-01 @ 10:00am-11:30am NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

Piano Music

by

Ukrainian Composer

Valentin Silvestrov​

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(PART 2)

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Co-Host: Lady Rocket (USA)
 
with
Rebecca (AKA Aspen) Grant, vocal (age 12)
Zoe Grant, vocal/piano (age 8)

Piano/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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  • Poem 1: TBA

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  • 1. Zoe plays a fragment from Children's Music No.1

  • 2. 4 Pieces, Op.2 (2006)

          - I. Lullaby

          - II. Pastorale

          - III. Bagatelle

          - IV. Postludium

  • 2. Children's Music No.1 (1973) (a selection of 4 from 7 movements)

          - I. Lullaby

          - II. Modern Dance

          - III. Gratitude

          - V. Old Melody

  • 3. Distant Music (1956 / rev. 1993)

          - I. Nocturne

          - II. Modern Dance

          - III. Gratitude

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Haiku Poems on War and Peace from around the world

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  • 4. Music in the Old Style (1973) (a selection of 8 from 11 pieces in 4 parts)

          - Part 1, Morning Music - 1.

          - Part 1, Morning Music - 2.

          - Part 2, Evening Music - 4.

          - Part 2, Evening Music - 6.

          - Part 3, Contemplation - 8.

          - Part 3, Contemplation - 9.

          - Part 4, Dedication - 10.

          - Part 4, Dedication - 11.

  • 5. Triad for Piano (1962) (a selection of 6 from 13 pieces)

          - I - 1.

          - I - 2.

          - I - 4.

          - II - 1.

          - II - 2.

          - III - 1.

  • Nostalghia (2001)

  • Kitsch Music (1977) (a selection of 3 from 5 movements)

          - I.

          - II.

          - III.

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Encore

  • ​Scriabin: TBA

  • Peace Song (Apsen + Zoe/vocal)

  • TBA (for co-host Lady Rocket)

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  • Final Poem: TBA

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Sunday 2022-12-04 @ 10:00am-12:00pm NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

All Woodwind Music

with her 4 children​

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Co-Host: Tonya Schutz (USA)
 
Emily Grant, oboe (aged 16)
Daniel Grant, clarinet (aged 14)
Rebecca Grant, bassoon (aged 12)
Zoe Grant, flute (aged 8)

Piano/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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  • Poem 1: A Little Night Music (rengay) (by Garry Gay/John Thompson/Sherry Grant) (Op.3582)

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  • 1. (Hymn): Morning Has Broken (Zoe/flute)

  • 2. Mercy: Minuetto from Sonata No.5 (Rebecca/bassoon)

  • 3. Saint-saens: Clarinet Sonata mvt 1 & 2 (Daniel/clainet) 

  • 4. J. S. Bach: Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1020 Emily/oboe)

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  • Poem 2: I Drink Deeply (Op.3555)

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  • 5. Schubert: Andante (Zoe/flute)

  • 6. Tansman: Aria from Sonatine (Rebecca/bassoon)

  • 7. Saint-saens: Clarinet Sonata 4th mvt (Daniel/clarinet) 

  • 8. Schumann: Romances No.1 & 3 (Emily/oboe) 

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  • Poem 3: To Light, Fragile Shell (Op.3574)

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  • 9. Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Rebecca/bassoon)

  • 10. Witold Lutoslawski - 1 & 5 from Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Ensemble (1955) (Daniel/clarinet) 

  • 11. Hindemith: Oboe Sonata (Emily/oboe)

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  • Poem 4: How Weary My Heart (Op.3541)

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  • 12. Away in a Manger (Zoe/flute)

  • 13. Deck the Halls  (Zoe/flute)

  • 14. Silent Night (Emily/oboe, Zoe/flute)

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  • Poem 5: Lucky Throw (rengay) (by Anne Curran/Zoe Grant/Sherry Grant) (Op.3551)

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  • Total playtime + poetry reading = 120 min

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Monday 2022-12-26 @ 10:00am-12:30am NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

Everything Christmas

with her 4 children​

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Co-Host: TBC (USA)
 
Emily Grant, oboe (aged 16)
Daniel Grant, clarinet (aged 14)
Rebecca Grant, bassoon/singing (aged 12)
Zoe Grant, flute/singing (aged 8)

Piano/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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  • Poem 1: Rengay "Tangled in Tinsel" by Ron C. Moss (Australia) & Lorraine Haig (Australia)

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Part 1 of Christmas Music by Zoe, Aspen and Sherry Grant

  • 1. Silent Night (Aspen + Zoe/vocal)

  • 2. Away in a Manger (Zoe/flute + vocal)

  • 3. Deck The Hall (Zoe/flute)

  • 4. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Zoe/flute/Aspen/bassoon)

  • 5. Jingle Bell Rock (Zoe/vocal) (1’50”)

  • 6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sings (Zoe+Sherry/piano 4-hands)

  • 7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Aspen/vocal)

  • 8. The Christmas Song (Aspen/vocal) 

  • 9. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Aspen/vocal) 

  • 10. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Zoe/vocal)

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  • - solo piano/singing of carols/woodwind arrangements of Christmas music and reading of Christmas haiku from around the world​

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  • Christmas haiku by: Minal Sarosh (India), Kath Abela Wilson (USA), Jackie Chou (USA), Florin C. Ciobica (Romania), Don Baird (USA), David Boyer (USA), Christina Chin (Malaysia), Nicholas Klacsanzky (USA), Małgorzata Borzeszkowska (Poland), Claire Vogel Camargo (USA), Gillena Cox (Trinidad), Ed Bremson (USA), Marilyn Ward (UK), Mona Bedi (India), Subhashini Jayatilake (Australia), Giuliana Ravaglia (Italy), Valentina Ranaldi-Adams (USA), John Pappas (USA), Alan Summers (UK), Joseph P. Wechselberger (USA), Archie Carlos (USA), Rehn Kovacic (USA), Sheila Thomas (UK), Mark Gilbert (UK), Pravat Kumar Padhy (India), Amoolya Kamalnath (India), Debbie Strange (Canada), Mirela Brăilean (Romania), Sherry Grant (NZ), Zoe Grant (NZ), Alice Wanderer (Australia), Sari Grandstaff (USA), Jorge A. Giallorenzi (Argentina), Daniela Misso (Italy), Michael Dylan Welch (USA)

  • Longer Poem 2: All I Want Is You by Sherry Grant (Op.3010)

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  • Total playtime + poetry reading = 120 min

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Sunday 2022-11-06 @ 9:00am-11:30am NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

Alexander Scriabin's

Piano Music

(a mini marathon)

to celebrate his

150th Birth Year in 2022!

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Co-Host: Moonlight (USA/Taiwan)

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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This is a special concert I am dedicating to my favourite composer Alexander Scriabin, one week before the International Scriabin 150 Festival. Also my humble tribute to the late festival patron Alexander Serafimovich Scriabin (1947-2022)…

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  • Guest: Zoe Grant plays one short piece from Op.43, No.1 by Nikolai Myaskovsky

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  • Poem 1: Let Me Through, Op. 3580 

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  • 1. Etude, Op.2, No.1

  • 2. Prelude, Op.2, No.2 

  • 3. Mazurka, Op.3, No.10

  • 4. Nocturne, Op,5, No.1

  • 5. Nocturne, Op,5, No.2

  • 6. Etude, Op.8, No.8 

  • 7. Etude, Op.8, No.11 

  • 8. Prelude for left hand, Op.9, No.1 

  • 9. Prelude, Op.11, No.1

  • 10. Prelude, Op.11, No.2

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  • Poem 2: Autumn Chill (a rengay), Op.3586

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  • 11. Prelude, Op.11, No.4

  • 12. Prelude, Op.11, No.5 

  • 13. Prelude, Op.11, No.9 

  • 14. Prelude, Op.11, No.12 

  • 15. Prelude, Op.11, No.13

  • 16. Prelude, Op.11, No.15 

  • 17. Prelude, Op.11, No.21

  • 18. Prelude, Op.11, No.22

  • 19. Prelude, Op.13, No.1

  • 20. Prelude, Op.13, No.3

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  • Poem 3: The Dragon in Me, Op.3587

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  • 21. Prelude, Op.15, No.1 

  • 22. Prelude, Op.16, No.1

  • 23. Prelude, Op.16, No.2 

  • 24. Prelude, Op.16, No.3

  • 25. Prelude, Op.16, No.4

  • 26. Prelude, Op.22, No.1

  • 27. Prelude, Op.22, No.2

  • 28. Prelude, Op.22, No.3

  • 29. Prelude, Op.33, No.1

  • 30. Prelude, Op.35, No.2 

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  • Poem 4: Desire & Tender Caress (2 nonaku), Op.1217 & Op.1218

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  • 31. Prelude, Op.37, No.3 

  • 32. Prelude, Op.39, No.2 

  • 33. Etude, Op.42, No.4

  • 34. Prelude, Op.45, No.3 

  • 35. Prelude, Op.48, No.2 

  • 36. Désir, Op.57, No.1 

  • 37. Caresse Dansé, Op.57, No.2 

  • 38. Prelude, Op.67, No.1 

  • 39. Prelude, Op.74, Op.2 

  • 40. Prelude, Op.74, Op.4 

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  • Poem 5: One Last Glance, Op.3162

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(Encore)

  • 41. Vaughan Williams: The Lake In The Mountains (4 min)

  • Zoe & Aspen Grant sing a duet "Peace Song"

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  • Total playtime + poetry reading = 90 min

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Saturday 2022-10-01 @ 9:00am-11:00am NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

Valentin Silvestrov's

Piano Music

to celebrate his

85th Birthday today!

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Co-Host: Vokzman (South Africa)

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
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This is a special concert I am dedicating to my friend Valentin Silvestrov (Ukrainian composer currently in exile in Germany) as he turns 85 years old today (30 Sept 2022 in Europe)! Part 2 of the concert with a different programme of all Silvestrov piano music will be performed around Chirstmas of 2022. Happy Birthday Maestro! The encore is dedicated to my good friend Yar...

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  • Prayer for Ukraine (by Mykola Lysenko)

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  • Poem: TBA

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  • Naive Music:

    • - I. Waltz

    • - II. Nocturne

    • - III. Fairy Tale

    • - IV. Idyll

    • - V. Nocturne

    • - VI. Prelude

    • - VII. Waltz

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  • Poem: TBA

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  • Op.1: 3 Bagatelles 

    • - I.

    • - II.

    • - III.

  • The Messenger

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  • Poem: TBA

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  • Two Pieces

    • - I: Nocturne

    • - II: Intermezzo

    • Two Pieces

    • - I: Night

    • - II: Morning

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  • Poem: TBA

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Encores

  • Erik Satie: Cold Pieces (Crossed-up Dances)

    • - I:

    • - II:

    • - III:

  • Scriabin: Prelude Op.33 No.1

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  • Poem: TBA

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  • Total playtime + poetry reading = 80 min

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Sunday 2022-08-27 9:00pm-11:00pm NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

Croatian Piano Music

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Co-Host: Blockmuse (Ireland)

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
Guest Performers: Emily Grant (cor anglais),
Zoe Grant (singing, flute),
Aspen Grant (singing, bassoon),
and Daniel Grant (clarinet)
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 This is a special concert for Anna who has hosted many of my concerts,

mostly piano music by Croatian composers including a world premiere)

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  • Poem: Gone from Your Eyes (Op.3445)

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  • Croatian National Anthem (played by Emily Grant, cor anglais)

  • Bruno Vlahek: Variations on a Croatian Folk Theme, Op.38

  • Traditional: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Zoe sings in Croatian and plays flute)

  • Dora Pejačević: Barkarola, Op.4 (Aspen plays bassoon, transcription for bassoon and piano by Sherry)

  • Josip Slavenski: Voda Zvira (originally for choir, arranged for piano by Valentin Sarić)

  • Ivan Zajc: Song of Liškov from the opera Mislav, Op.246 (Aspen sings in Croatian)

  • Luka Demarin: Kokos etida! (Coconut Etude) (2016)

  • Daniel Grant plays Saint-saens Clarinet Sonata 4th mvt (piano, Sherry)

  • Dora Pejačević: Forget-me-nots (Potočnice) , Op.19, No.4

  • Ferdo Livadić: Notturno (1822)

  • Bruno Vlahek: Gill and Pete’s Waltz (for the Hallam’s Golden Wedding Anniversary), Op.40

  • Ivana Lang: Proljeće (Spring)

  • Dora Pejačević: Pjesma bez rijeci (Song without words), Op.10

  • Anita Andreis: Gravity of Unwanted Thoughts (written for Sherry, to celebrate Anna’s birthday in 2022, world premiere)

  • Luka Demarin: Kočkiš-Valcer (Kočkiš Waltz), Op.36

  • Tonci Hulljic: Hanna’s Eyes (from the 2003 album “The Piano Player”, arranged by Matthew Burrows)

  • Dora Pejačević: Walzer-Capricen, Op.28

  • Bruno Vlahek: Babel Etude (from “Tower Etudes” for piano), Op.46

  • Vatroslav Lisinski: Mazur u D-duru (Mazurka in D major)

  • Vatroslav Lisinski: Mazur u a-molu (Mazurka in A minor)

  • Luka Demarin: Balada o letećoj pidžami (The Flying Pajamas Ballad)

  • Dora Pejačević: Erinnerung, Op.24

  • Maksim Mravica: Croatian Rhapsody

  • Poem: I Keep On Dreaming Of Peace

  • Encore: Alexander Scriabin: Etude Op.8, No.8

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  • Total play time: about 90 mins

 
 
Sunday 2021-05-01 9:30pm-11:30pm NZST
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Sherry Grant

presents

New Zealand Piano Music

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Host: Anna Bernada Teklic (Croatia/Germany)

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)
 
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* WELCOME / INTRODUCTION
 

Sherry Live Piano Avengers Performance Programme 

Sun 9:30-11pm 2022-05-01 NZ time, dedicated to all family and friends born in May

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  • Poem: Under Attack (Op.3304) written 2022-04-30

  • David Hamilton: Love River (from “Four Kaohsiung Impressions", 2016) 

  • David Hamilton: Rush-hour Traffic (from “Postcards from Taipei”, 2019) 

  • David Hamilton: Water Haiku (2014) 

  • Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001): Prelude I (from Four Preludes, 1944) 

  • Gordon McBeth (1885-1951): An Idyll (1941) 

  • John Charles: Five Little Pieces (1985)

    • I: Stroll

    • II: Blues 

    • III: Air 

    • IV: Boogie

    • V: Farewell

  • Alfred Hill (1869-1960): The Taniwha (from Loose Leaves, 1935)

  • Frank Hutchens (1892-1965): Two Little Birds (ca. 1944) 

  • Mary Brett (1887-1974): Nocturne

  • Anthony Ritchie: Disconbobulation (2020) 

  • Anthony Ritchie: The Birds Laugh at My Melancholy (2020) 

  • Robert Adam Horne (1869-1956): Intermezzo (from Jours passés: Bygone Days) (ca.1911)

  • Dorothea Franchi (1920-2003): Variations on a 12-note theme 

  • Ronald Tremain (1923-1988): 2nd Bagatelle from “two bagatelles” (1949)

  • Alfred Hill (1869-1960): Prelude “Through a Veil of Mist” 

  • Ronald Tremain (1923-1988): Sleigh Ride from “Eight Children’s Pieces for Pianoforte” (1965-78) 

  • Ronald Tremain (1923-1988): Ghosts from “Eight Children’s Pieces for Pianoforte” (1965-78) 

  • Hugo Vernon Anson (1794-1958): Gravement from Saraband

  • Warwick Braithwaite (1896-1971): Fragment

  • David Griffiths: With Me (No.2 from Three Canons) (1990)

  • Alfred Hill (1869-1960): The Poet Dreams (from “Loose Leaves”) (ca.1935)

  • Thomas Goss: 2-4th from Preludes for a rainy day… (1990)

    • 2. Elegy

    • 3: Snowdrops

    • 4: Leaves Are Falling

  • Poem: How You Had Me Fooled, written on 2022-04-28

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2021-04-13 10-11:30am NZST
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Troubadour from Down Underpresents

Franco-Russian Music Part 1

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Host: Anna Bernada Teklic (Croatia/Germany)

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)

 
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* WELCOME / INTRODUCTION
 

Sherry Live Piano Avengers Performance Programme Wed 10-11am 2022-04-13

(Franco-Russian Part 1, a tribute to Prokofiev for his birthday in April)

 

  • Poem: You Give Me Light (Op.3298) written 2022-04-12

  • Debussy: Clair de Lune

  • Poulenc: Intermezzo No.2

  • Satie: Nocturne No.2 (from 3 nocturnes)

  • Massenet: Melodie (Op.10, No.5)

  • Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

  • Messiaen: Prelude No.1

  • Lyadov: Prelude Op.11 No.1 (Moderato)

  • Prokofiev: Tales of the Old Grandmother (Op.31)

  • Alkan: La Vision (No.1 from Esquisses, Op.63)

  • Scriabin: Etude (Op.2, No.1) from 3 Morceaux

  • Scriabin: Prelude (Op.2, No.2) from 3 Morceaux

  • Scriabin: Impromptu à la Mazur (Op.2, No.3) from 3 Morceaux

  • Saint-saens: Swan (cello, with Lobos on guitar)

  • Poem: My Heart Lands on a Buttercup (Op.3264) written on 2022-03-05

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Troubadour from Down Under
presents
A FEAST OF SLAVIC MUSIC
in celebration of
World Piano Day 2022
(charity concert for Ukraine)

streaming from Auckland, NZ

Date: 29 March 2022
London time: 10pm
New York time: 5pm
Pacific time: 2pm
NZ time: 10am, 30 March 2022

https://www.clubhouse.com/join/live-piano-avengers/i8jpvU6W/xlkO3GvJ?utm_medium=ch_invite&utm_campaign=yHNG35RtZX8GLViQJIdj5w-112966
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Recital Programme
Host: Anna Bernada Teklic (Croatia/Germany)

Piano Solo/Poetry Reading: Sherry Grant (NZ)

present music from

Ukraine (Valentin Silvestrov 1937-)
Russia (Alexander N. Scriabin 1872-1915
Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943
Modest Mussorgsky 1839-1881)
Serbia (Miloje Milojević 1884-1946)
Croatia (Ferdo Livadić 1799-1879
Dora Pejačević 1885-1923)
 
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* WELCOME / INTRODUCTION

* Poem: Sing Me A Song (Op.2579)
 

Silvestrov 4 pieces (Op.2, No.1) Lullaby

Silvestrov 4 pieces (Op.2, No.2) Pastorale

Silvestrov 4 pieces (Op.2, No.3) Bagatelle

Silvestrov 4 pieces (Op.2, No.4) Postludium
 

* Poem: Mystic Garden (Op.1121, a nonaku)

 

Scriabin Nocturne Op.5, No.1

Scriabin Nocturne Op.5, No.2
 

* Poem: Come Out, Come Out (Op.3163)
 

Milojević Dans le jardin (Op.23, No.4)
 

* Poem: October (Op.68)
 

Tchaikovsky October (from the Seasons, Op.37)
 

* Poem: Night Music (Op.2202, a rengay)
 

Livadić Notturno
 

* Poem (Desire, Op.1217, a nonaku)
 

Scriabin 2 Morceaux Op.57, No.1: Desir

Scriabin 2 Morceaux Op.57, No.2: Caresse dansée

* Poem: Tender Caress (Op.1218, a nonaku)
 

Pejačević Forget-me-nots (Op.19, No.4)

Pejačević Barcarolle (Op.4)

Pejačević Song Without Words (Op.10)
 

* Poem: Tears on her Cheeks (Op.3287)
 

Rachmaninoff Zdes’ Khorosho (Where Beauty Dwells)

(Op.21, No.9, Melody)
 

* Poem: Sadness in their Eyes (Op.3160)


Mussorgsky Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition)

* Poem: enso (Op.3096)

 


If you wish to donate, you could send to paypal account
 

grantstringsnz@gmail.com

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(the full amount will be donated to charity in support of Urkaine

if you put reference of your name + UKRAINE in)

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or if you would like to also support Sherry in bringing more unique and niche music and poetry in the future (reference: your name + SHERRY)

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Thank you for listening to this concert!

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A bit more about Sherry's poetry:

https://haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu/category/author/sherry-grant/

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