NVOZ The Aeolian Hall, London Canada
NVOZ from Colombia performs at The Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario, Canada. A powerful vocal performance presented by Sunfest. Group has ability to use only their voices to create instrumental sounds and latin rhythms that had the crowd up dancing.
Alex Pangman at The Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
Alex Pangman and her Alleycats, Canada's Sweetheart of Swing, perform at The Aeolian Hall, London Ontario. Performance was May 1, 2010.
Ana Moura at the Aeolian Hall, London Canada
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Hayden - Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
This concert was great! Hayden is a singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario, and has been making albums since 1995. He performed at Aeolian Hall and Basia Bulat opened for him.
Lunasa at The Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
Lunasa, amazing band direct from Ireland performs at The Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario, Canada. This was a Sunfest presentation on April 22, 2010
LeE HARVeY OsMOND at Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
Tom Wilson, a.k.a. LeE HARVeY Osmond performs the steamy Honey Runnin' at The Aeolian, in London, Ontario on November 2, 2013. Honey Runnin is from his latest album The Folk Sinner. With Ray Farrugia on drums, John Dymond on bass, and Aaron Goldstein on guitar.
Share The Man - Feb 6th, The Aeolian Hall, London Ontario
Dan Shafer Our House Aeolian Hall London Ont
It was wonderful to perform in the historic venue. The Aeolian Hall in London On Canada Our House Dan Shafer with Rich Hamelin on piano.
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Sheng Cai - Liszt - Mazeppa, Live at Aeolian Hall, London, ON, Canada, Transcendental Etude No. 4
Sheng Cai plays Liszt's Mazeppa
Transcendental etude No.4
Live at Aeolian Hall, London, ON
October 21st, 2018
Notes:
Franz Liszt's Transcendental Étude No. 4 in D minor, Mazeppa, is the fourth Transcendental Étude, published in 1852. This complex and virtuosic staple of the Romantic Era repertoire was inspired by Victor Hugo's poem Mazeppa, in which Mazeppa is strapped onto a horse and the horse is set free to run wild, which in turn derives from the cultural legacy of Mazeppa.
This étude features distinct sections, almost invariably separated by powerful progressions in double octaves. After a short ad libitum cadenza, the main theme is presented in octaves accompanied by a flurry of thirds in the center of the keyboard, giving the impression of a horse galloping in a cloud of dust. The theme returns immediately this time with a thinner texture. After a thunderous chromatic scale in alternating octaves arrives the quieter Lo stesso tempo in which the left hand plays a modified version of the theme while the right hand plays sweeping arpeggios in intervals up and down the keyboard. An Il canto espressivo ed appassionato assai (sung expressively and with much passion) immediately follows in which the main theme reappears, this time accompanied by repeated thirds in both hands in addition to a chromatic scale in the left.
The original theme makes a more recognizable return in the Animato yet this time it is much more discreet and quiet, alluding to the horse's waning physical condition. Yet the horse, in an unexpected burst of energy, gallops faster than he has ever before, as illustrated in the Allegro deciso, a pianistic feat in which a variation of the original theme is played at a breakneck tempo.
Finally, a grandiose finale represents Liszt's interpretation of the last verse of the poem: il tombe, et se relève roi ! (he falls then rises a king).
Mazeppa is ranked among one of the most difficult of the twelve études both musically and technically. According to G. Henle Verlag, a German publisher of sheet music, it is rated at the highest difficulty along with five other compositions within this set of Transcendental Études.[1] Successful execution requires great speed and endurance, as well as a complete familiarity with the piano due to the abundance of jumps that span more than an octave.
Liszt, as usual, indicates a rather odd fingering: the fast successive thirds in the beginning two sections should be played only with the index and fourth finger, alternating hands every two intervals. This fingering hinders speed, is more difficult than moving from the thumb and third finger for the first interval to the index and fourth for the second interval, and is therefore not used by every performer. However, this fingering is given for specific purposes; it makes the consecutive thirds sound more like a horse by preventing legato and expressive playing and builds strength in the second and fourth fingers. Earlier versions were marked Staccatissimo; some later editions are marked Sempre fortissimo e con strepito.
An earlier version of this piece was published under the same name in 1840 (S.138). However, it was based on the fourth étude from Douze Grandes Études (S.137). Hence they are more similar in form than the last published version.
Source: Wikipedia
Share The Man - Feb 6th, The Aeolian Hall, London Ontario
A small teaser with Haviah Mighty and The MIA Band performing Undun by The Guess Who. Share the Man is a charity event honouring Jack Richardson, the grandfather of the Canadian Music Industry. To see more come to the show on FEBRUARY 6TH @ The Aeolian. For more information check out WWW.SHARETHEMAN.COM
Bombino at The Aeolian Hall.AVI
Bombino performs at The Aeolian Hall in London, Canada on April 13, 2012. Fantastic show that had crowd up dancing.
Aeolian Hall School of Music
Artistic & Executive Director Clark Bryan is also a world reknowned pianist and teacher. Mr. Bryan has worked with many of the world’s renowned pianists including Howard Shelley, Jean Paul, Sevilla, Eugene List, Shura Cherkasky, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Ruth Slenczynska and Ronald Turini. Mr. Bryan spent many years working with the celebrated pianist Cécile Ousset both in Paris and the south of France where he refined much of his pianistic and interpretive abilities.
Mr. Bryan received the “Special Teacher” award 2004 given by the London Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teacher’s Association and has been nominated four times for a Jack Richardson music award. He has done workshops for piano teachers and musicians throughout Canada. January 2005, Mr. Bryan was named Musical Personality of the Year by the London Free Press. Mr. Bryan is current the President of the London Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association. Mr. Bryan was honoured to have been invited to give a TED talk for TEDxUWO in March of 2010 at The Grand Theatre in London Ontario and has also recently been guest lecturer at The University of Western Ontario for the International Leading Music Educator’s Conference. He has also presented at King’s College UWO in a SPARKS conference, for the City of London at an “Ignite Culture” presentation and at “City Symposium”, London Ontario.
Music: J.N. Hummel (1778-1837) Ecossie performed by Clark Bryan from the third volume of Jewel Box (1999). Video: Jason Plant, MC Spirit Studios. Featuring Clark Bryan and his student and El Sistema Aeolian Piano Instructor, Queen Liu.
Old Man Luedecke at The Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
Juno award winner, Old Man Luedecke performs I Quit My Job at the Aeolian Hall, London Ontario on April 12, 2010
Basia Bulat - Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
She opened for Hayden at Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario. Basia Bulat is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Based in London, Ontario as well, she released an independent EP in 2005.
Alex Cuba at The Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario
2 time Juno award winner, Alex Cuba performs at the Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario on April 6, 2010
Basia Bulat at Aeolian Hall London Ontario
Basia Bulat perfoms in her hometown of London, Ontario on February 4, 2010. She rocked the house at The Aeolian Hall.
Ohbijou at The Aeolian Hall London
Pacifika at The Aeolian Hall
Pacifika performs at The Aeolian Hall in London Ontario on February 4, 2011. The concert, presented by Sunfest saw the band, with vocalist Silvana Kane, heat up the house on a winter night.
Owen Pallett performs at Aeolian Hall, London Ontario
Owen Pallett at The Aeolian Hall in London Ontario on February 25, 2010. Snowblink opened the show.
Ana Moura unplugged at The Aeolian Hall
Ana Moura performing in the tradional Fado style without a microphone or amplification. Her voice was beautiful and the accoustics were great at The Aeolian Hall in London Ontario Canada on February 26, 2010. The concert was presented by Sunfest. Note that the lights were dimmed so limited visuals but the music was stunning.