{"id":1016,"date":"2013-05-17T14:01:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2013-05-17T14:02:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:02:51","slug":"peter-katin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=1016","title":{"rendered":"Peter Katin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\"\"St Augustine’s Church Bexhill, Saturday11 May<\/span><\/p>\n

Many great composers overcame appalling complications to create their masterpieces.\u00a0\u00a0 Beethoven’s deafness is probably the one which springs to mind, but many suffered mental problems, and one of the worst affected was Robert Schumann.<\/p>\n

A lifelong sufferer, then known as writer rather than composer (his father was an author and bookseller) he attempted suicide in the Rhine but was saved to live for only two years in seclusion.\u00a0 Yet despite this his work comprises some of today’s most charming and memorable pieces.<\/p>\n

Scenes from Childhood, <\/i>which followed Peter\u2019s sparkling treatment of the Arabesque in C <\/i>(Opus 18, 1839) with which he opened the programme, subtly reflected their theme, as it were, ‘musically pictorial.’<\/p>\n

The opening work, From Foreign Lands and People <\/i>was <\/i>among the most popular.\u00a0 By the Fireside <\/i>was appropriately dreamy, with Tr\u00e4umerei (Reverie)<\/i> a popular stalwart of Classic FM.\u00a0 The contrast of Frightening <\/i>with the following Child Falling Asleep <\/i>revealed anew the composer’s scope.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n

The four contrasting pieces making up Debussy\u2019s Suite Bergamasque <\/i>included the much maligned Clair de Lune, <\/i>Peter demonstrating its regeneration with the fingers of a maestro.<\/p>\n

Grieg’s Three Lyric Pieces <\/i>were just that, delightful tone poems reproducing their titles, Album leaf, Peace of the Woods<\/i> and Homeward. <\/i>And for the greatly demanded encore, from the pen that composer for which Peter is internationally celebrated, Chopin\u2019s Waltz in C sharp minor<\/i>. <\/i><\/p>\n

The concert grand was supplied by Bl\u00fcthner Piano Centre, thanks to the support of Miss Penelope White, with St Augustine\u2019s benefitting from the proceeds of the performance. MW<\/p>\n

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