Time
Location
October 18th 2009, 4 pm (see program notes below) Warwick, Massachusetts
Townhall
30 January 2010, 19.30 (7.30 pm) England, London
St Johns, Smith Square Westminster24 January 17.00 (5 pm) Italy, Pontedera (Tuscany)
Teatro Era
LOOK INTO THE DEPTHS OF ETERNITY
The Music of Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann
Elan Sicroff, pianist
Katharina Paul, guest violinistSunday, October 18th 4 PM
Warwick Town Hall
12 Athol Road
Warwick, MA 01378
This is a rare opportunity to hear a live performance of the music written in collaboration by Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann. The music comes from a wide variety of sources in the East, from Tibet to Armenia to Morocco, synthesized by de Hartmann into a unique sonority which brings the listener into a deeper level of experience.
In addition there will be representative works from de Hartmann’s classical output, rarely performed. Three romantic works written in 1902, when de Hartmann was 16 years old, and the Two Nocturnes Op. 84 (1953) present two aspects of the composer’s ecletic style.
A very special performance of the Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 51, will also be featured. This is a major work, of which Craig Smith of the Santa Fe New Mexican said the following: “The effect of this work in performance was unbelievable.”
Elan Sicroff is internationally known for his interpretation of this music. He was trained at the Juilliard School by Jeaneane Dowis, protégé of the great Rhosinna Lhevinne. He attended the International Academy for Continuous Education from 1973-5, a Fourth Way School directed by JGBennett, a leading exponent of Gurdjieff’s teaching. From 1975-79 he worked with Mme de Hartmann, wife of the composer. Since then he has given numerous recitals of this music in the US and Europe. In January 2009 he toured Italy, England and Malta; on Jan 30, 2010 there will be a performance in St. John’s Smith Square, a major recital hall in London.
Elan has produced 2 cds of the Gurdjieff-de Hartmann music, and is presently completing a third, to be available by Christmas 2009.Katharina Naomi Paul attended the Hochschule für Musik, Detmold, Germany, and holds a Masters Degree from the Guildhall School of Music in London. She has had wide orchestral experience. Presently she is a member of Spira Mirabilis (connected with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe); the Gustav Youth Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria (Spain), and the Northern Broadcast Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany. She has 1st prizes in many competitions, including Jugend Musiziert (German youth competition), Chamber music Competition of Bremen, and the Competiton of the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen.
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