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Concert series ‘CON SPIRITO’

CONCERT SERIES ‘CON SPIRITO’

The Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona in collaboration with the ‘Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona’, organizes the cycle of concerts Con Spirito. Different performers will play pieces by Muzio Clementi and other composers on the Collard & Collard late Clementi grand piano from 1847, restored by the Association.

The first concert of the cycle will take place on Friday, October 20 at the ‘Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona, carrer Bruc 110,112 at 6:30 p.m.

Admission is free but reservations must be made by following this link.

More details:

CONCERT SERIES ‘CON SPIRITO’, Auditori Eduard Toldrà, Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona

Friday 20/10/23

At 6.30 pm: Presentation and conference: The Collard & Collard piano and its historical context, with Joan Josep Gutiérrez

At 7.30 pm: Concert. Works by: Clementi and Bach. Performers: Albert Mañosa and Rubén Godina, piano

Tickets now available here

Friday 27/10/23

At 7.30 pm: Concert. Works by: Clementi and Beethoven. Performer: Roger Illa, piano

Tickets available from 13 Oct. 2023 at 0.00 am here

Friday 03/11/23

At 7.30 pm: Concert. Works by: Clementi, Sor, Berger and Mendelssohn. Performers: Marta Rodrigo, voice, and Marina Rodríguez Brià, piano

Tickets available from 20 Oct. 2023 at 0.00 am here

We hope you can join us and enjoy music on such a unique and special piano.

Concert series ‘CON SPIRITO’Victor Cuatrecasas2023-10-16T22:34:30+02:00

2023 10 09 Acord de col·laboració amb l’IME – Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona

ACORD DE COL·LABORACIÓ AMB L’INSTITUT MUNICIPAL D’EDUCACIÓ – CONSERVATORI MUNICIPAL DE MÚSICA DE BARCELONA

Durant el mes d’octubre del 2023 es portarà a terme la signatura del conveni de col·laboració entre l’Institut Municipal d’Educació – Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona i l’Associació Muzio Clementi de Barcelona amb el objectiu de divulgar l’obra de Muzio Clementí i promocionar la seva música i els seus pianos com a interès cultural de la música de la ciutat de Barcelona.

Aquest acord inclou la cessió del piano de cua Collard & Collard Late Clementi de l’any 1847 restaurat per l’Associació. L’instrument històric serà presentat al públic dins del cicle de concerts Con Spirito els propers divendres 20, 27 d’octubre i 3 de novembre a les 19:30 a l’Auditori Eduard Toldrà del Conservatori Municipal de Música. El primer dels concerts serà precedit per una conferència a càrrec del Vicepresident de l’AMCB Joan Josep Gutiérrez, en la que s’explicarà el context històric del piano Collard & Collard i el procés de restauració.

Podeu veure la programació detallada dels concerts en aquest enllaç.

Posteriorment al cicle de concerts, l’instrument romandrà a disposició del departament de piano del conservatori durant tot el curs 2023-24 per a l’organització d’activitats pedagògiques i classes magistrals de les que us anirem informant.

Podeu llegir aquesta notícia a la web del Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona seguint aquest enllaç.

2023 10 09 Acord de col·laboració amb l’IME – Conservatori Municipal de Música de BarcelonaVictor Cuatrecasas2023-10-15T08:16:07+02:00

2023 07 26 L’AMCB declarada Entitat d’Utilitat Pública

THE MUZIO CLEMENTI ASSOCIATION OF BARCELONA WAS DECLARED AN ENTITY OF PUBLIC UTILITY

We are pleased to inform you that the Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona has been declared of public utility, according to RESOLUTION JUS / 2658/2023, of July 17 of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

You can read the full text in the DOGC following this link.

As you know, our association was officially constituted in 2017, although the start of activities began in 2014. In the activity memory section of our website, you can see that from the beginning we have not stopped doing things, most of them aimed at everyone.

This declaration of public utility is a recognition of our work and will benefit all the people who collaborate with their economic contributions to the association.

We will inform you of these conditions shortly.

2023 07 26 L’AMCB declarada Entitat d’Utilitat PúblicaVictor Cuatrecasas2023-10-16T22:18:46+02:00

2019 12 19: Auction of a Clementi piano in Barcelona

The Subarna auction house puts an 1814 Clementi & Co square piano up for auction. It needs restoration, especially to be recovered as a musical instrument.
The exhibition begins on Monday, December 9 and the auction will take place on Thursday 19 at 4:00 p.m. It can be seen in Diputación street, 278, Barcelona

2019 12 19: Auction of a Clementi piano in BarcelonaRafael Bonet2020-04-28T15:42:47+02:00

2019 08 20: THE AMCB AND ITS SEARCH OF PIANOS AT TELENOTÍCIES VESPRE

The Telenotícies Vespre on the evening of August 20 included a report by Carme Roldán explaining the search for antique pianos project of the AMCB, and the birth of the association from the restored piano of Anna Cuatrecasas. You can see the report here.

2019 08 20: THE AMCB AND ITS SEARCH OF PIANOS AT TELENOTÍCIES VESPRERafael Bonet2020-04-28T15:42:48+02:00

2019 08 08: Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival (Holanda)

Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival (The netherlands)

The 9th edition of the world’s largest festival of original historic pianos from the 18th and 19th centuries, the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival, took place from 8 to 22 August 2019. The Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona was present with performances and presentations by Marina Rodríguez Brià and Joan Josep Gutiérrez.

CALENDAR

2019 08 08: Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival (Holanda)Rafael Bonet2020-04-28T15:42:48+02:00

2019 07 19: 19th recital “at home”

Friday, July 19, 2019, the 19th recital “at home” was performed by Marina Rodríguez Brià on the piano table Clementi & Co. of 1824.

The program included works by Muzio Clementi and John Field, who had already studied with Clementi and traveled with him to Vienna and Russia, where he lived for more than twenty years and where he formed many pianists. It was he who called “nocturne” to pieces full of poetry, where the right hand generally makes the melody and the left accompanies with wide armonies with pedal, playing the piano already with a totally romantic style.

The sonata op. 34 no. 2 of Clementi is one of the most interesting and complex of this musician. Although it remembers us Beethoven, in 1795, he had not yet composed any symphony and was just beginning his first sonatas.

And finally, the attendees chose the work that closed the recital, from the repertoire that Marina Rodríguez will play at the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival in Holland this August. Dussek? Cramer Marianna Auenbrugger? More Clementi? The assistants chose Marianna Auenbrugger.

The complete program was as follows:

MUZIO CLEMENTI (1752-1832), SONATA op.34 num. 2 en sol menor (1795)

Largo e sostenuto
Allegro con fuoco
Un poco adagio
Finale. Molto allegro

JOHN FIELD (1782-1837), NOCTURNE num. 5 en si bemol mayor

Andantino

MARIANNA AUENBRUGGER (1759-1782). SONATA en Mi bemol mayor, 1st movement

Moderato

2019 07 19: 19th recital “at home”Rafael Bonet2020-04-28T15:42:48+02:00

2019 05 31: 18th recital “at home”

Friday, May 31, 2019, the 18th recital “at home” was performed by Marina Rodríguez Brià on the 1824 square piano Clementi & Co.

The program was devoted to Marianna Auenbrugger and consisted of two sonatas:

Marianna Auenbrugger (1759-1782). Sonata in E flat major. Moderato, Largo, Rondo, Allegro.
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832). Sonata op. 8 no. 1 in G minor (1782). Dedicated to Marianna Auenbrugger. Allegro, Andante cantabile, Presto.

After the famous duel with Mozart in 1781, Clementi stayed a season in Vienna playing and giving classes. Among others, he probably had Marianna Auenbrugger as a disciple, young pianist and composer. Haydn was a teacher of her and admired her talents and that of her sister to whom he dedicated some sonatas. Marianna’s counterpoint teacher was Antonio Salieri. Mozart and other musicians also frequented the Auenbrugger’s house. Unfortunately, Marianna died in 1782 at age 23. Salieri published the only sonata written by the young woman, along with an Ode composed by himself in his memory. For his part, Clementi dedicated the Sonata Op.8 no. 1 to Marianna. Composed in minor key, the emotion contained in the themes and their treatment speak for themselves.

You can read an article by Joan Josep Gutiérrez Yzquierdo following this link.
You can also read a chronicle from Xavier Febrés on his blog following this link.

2019 05 31: 18th recital “at home”Rafael Bonet2020-04-28T15:42:48+02:00

2019 05 29: The Museu de la Música publishes a book about its Zumpe & Buntebart square piano

The Museu de la Música de Barcelona has published an interesting book on its piano table Zumpe & Buntebart. You will find more information in the Publications section of the Museum website, accessible through this link.

It is necessary to emphasize the comments of the main author, Michael Cole, that can be read in its web following this link.

A review of this book written by Joan Josep Gutiérrez can be accessed following this link.

2019 05 29: The Museu de la Música publishes a book about its Zumpe & Buntebart square pianoRafael Bonet2020-04-28T15:42:48+02:00

2019 05 18: Lecture at the Can Cabanyes Museum of Vilanova i La Geltrú

Visit the piano Clementi & Co. of the Masia d’en Cabanyes

On Saturday May 18, 2019, Marina Rodríguez Brià presented a thematic lecture-visit at La Masia d’en Cabanyes in Vilanova i la Geltrú. The activity was framed within the events of the International Day of Museums and was organized by the Manuel de Cabanyes Romanticism Interpretation Center (Garraf County Council) and the Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona (AMCB).

The lecture, entitled 1820 London-Vilanova. A Clementi piano on a liquor boat, focused on the explanation of the Clementi & Co cabinet piano that was acquired in London in 1820 and that is preserved in the Museum. In the first part of the session, held in the lecture room, Marina Rodríguez explained some aspects that would relate the biographies of Muzio Clementi and Josep Anton de Cabanyes (who bought the piano in 1820) and gave details of the pianos of the time and, in particular, of the one that is kept in the house. He also spoke about the way in which the goods traveled and the routes that linked northern Europe with the Mediterranean. In the second part, the audience moved to the music room where Marina finished her presentation before the piano. To finish it opened a small turn of words with the public, who was very interested in the session.

The AMCB carries out a search and classification project of Clementi pianos in Catalonia to provide knowledge about the musical influence of this great composer in Catalan society. At the same time, this research includes the study of pianos of other local or foreign brands that can be found in Catalonia from the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th century. The objective is to give value to a heritage that can explain many elements related to the industry and the development of society in our country.