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Forthcoming recitals: Thursday
13th May, 1.05pm St Mary-at-Hill Church, St Mary at Hill, Eastcheap, London, EC3R 8EE Helen Neilson (cello)
and Izabella Bako (piano) De Fesch: Sonata in D minor, op. 13, no. 4 Beethoven: Sonata in G minor,
op. 5, no. 2 Bridge: Scherzo and Melodie Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, op. 68 Thursday 20th May, 1.10pm Helen Neilson (cello) and Izabella Bako (piano) St Matthew's Church,
Station Road, Redhill, RH1 1DL Programme as above Sunday
13th June 2010 **Private event - only for invited guests*** With pianist Izabella Bako
Belsize
Music Rooms, Belsize Village, 3pm
De Fesch: Sonata in D minor Popper: Mazurka in C, op. 51 Suk: Ballade Boccherini:
Rondo Bridge: Scherzo and Melodie
Thursday
17th June, 1.05pm A programme of unaccompanied cello repertoire. St Mary-at-Hill Church, St Mary at Hill,
Eastcheap, London, EC3R 8EE Britten: "Tema Sacher" for solo cello Bach: Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV
1008 Britten: Suite no. 1 for Solo Cello, op. 72
News: In November 2009, Helen gave the premiere performance of Paul Barker's
"Seven Dirty Sonnets" for solo cello.
Read about the work of Paul Barker
Read more about"Play, Architecture, Emotion" recital series including works by Elliott Carter, Ronald Stevenson and Busoni...
DVD reviews:
Helen was recently invited to review a series of DVDs of
legendary teacher and cellist, William Pleeth, probably best known as teacher of the legendary Jacqueline du Pre, giving masterclasses
to advanced students at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies. These can be viewed on the Shar Publications
website, from where the DVDs can be purchased directly.
Shar Publications website
Recording:
Contemporary music CD "Secret Doors" with The
Daniel Hewson Project featuring pieces for various string and piano chamber combinations is now available for purchase from
Amazon, or to download from itunes.
Listen to samples from "Secret Doors" for cello and piano, recorded live at Leighton House, 23rd November 2007. Helen
Neilson, cello; Daniel Hewson, piano/composer. This piece was written for Helen by the composer. The full album includes
string quartet, piano quintet and solo piano pieces.
Secret Doors 2nd mvt
Secret Doors 3rd mvt
Daniel Hewson "Secret Doors" available on Amazon
Sound samples from live recital
performances:
Helen
regularly gives chamber music recitals covering a wide range of musical styles, ranging from early baroque repertoire through
to cutting edge contemporary music. Listen to some sound clips recorded live in recent recitals:
Martinu Variations on a Slovakian Theme, Var 5 Helen Neilson, cello
and John Paul Gandy, piano
Martinu Slovak Variations clip
Chopin Polonaise Brilliante Helen Neilson, cello; John Paul Gandy, Piano
Chopin Polonaise Brilliante clip
Ligeti Solo Sonata: Dialogo; Capriccio
Ligeti Solo Sonata First mvt clip
Ligeti Solo Sonata, Second Movement
With thanks to Richard Carruthers at music-chamber.com for all recordings.
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