RECITAL OF MARINA RODRÍGUEZ BRIÀ, piano.

The recital “CLEMENTI and FRIENDS” took place on Friday October 5, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chamber of the Atlants of the Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona, organized by the Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona with the collaboration of the Royal Artistic Circle.

Marina Rodríguez performed the following program:

• Muzio Clementi (1752-1832). Sonata in G minor, op.34 no. 2
• Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812). Within a Mile of Edinburgh
• John Field (1782-1837). Nocturn in B flat major
• Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858). Le petit rien Varied romance
• Muzio Clementi (1752-1832). Sonata in C major, op.37 no. 1
• and as bis, the Six russian arias of Clementi

A full report of this recital can be read here (in catalan)

The concert of Marina Rodríguez is part of the cycle Our guests, from the Royal Artistic Circle.

On Sunday, September 30th, a recital by the piano and historical keyboards player Michael Tsalka ​​took place at the Museu de la Música de Barcelona, organized by the Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona jointly with the Museum. Under the title “A different look to the roots of romanticism,” Tsalka made a tour of an unusual repertoire with special instruments: the Christian Zell clavicord (Hamburg, 1737) and the pianos Zumpe & Buntebart (London, 1776) and Miguel Slocker (Madrid, 1831). The concept of the program was based on piano composers precursors or prefiguring romanticism, such as Scarlatti, Clementi, Ries and Moscheles.

Once the program was finished, a surprise was still reserved. Tsalka invited the public to move to the museum hall where there is the piano by Frederic Mompou, in which he played a bis from this composer and another from Cécile Cheminade. With the assistants arranged randomly around the piano and in a cozy shadow, a special atmosphere was created that closed the recital with an unbeatable flavor.

The concert of Michael Tsalka opened the 2018-2019 concert season of La Música del Museu, Original Instruments in Bones Mans

The Tiana Antica 2018 Festival opened May 26 with the concert “Voices of wood and crystal”, by Marina Rodríguez Brià, with a square piano Collard & Collard, late Clementi, Collard & Collard of 1843, and Montserrat Gascón, with a glass flute by Claude Laurent of 1823.

The program included works by Clementi, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Drouet, Meyerbeer and Dussek, all of them related in some way to the historical instruments that were presented.

The Association visited La Masia d’en Cabanyes in Vilanova i La Geltrú, a house-museum where the romantic poet Manuel de Cabanyes lived. Currently it houses the Center of Interpretation of the Romanticism that takes its name. Among the family legacy, with original 19th century rooms, objects and period decorations, you can admire the piano Clementi & Co. that is in the hall of the dome, object of the visit of the AMCB.

You can read more about this visit by following this link.

Muzio Clementi, The Father of the Pianoforte

Palau de la Música Catalana

Barcelona, from March 9 to 23, 2018

The Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona, in collaboration with the Maria Canals International Music Competition of Barcelona, will present the exhibition “Muzio Clementi, The Father of the Pianoforte” at the Foyer of the Palau de la Música Catala

A brief but intense journey through the path of the multifaceted and fascinating Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) through his facets of man, musician and entrepreneur.

Buried in the Abbey of Westminter with the inscription: “Muzio Clementi, called The Father of the Pianoforte”. The exhibition could not fail to include a review of the history of the piano,completed with the exhibition of a historic fortepiano Collard & Collard. Late Clementi, Collard & Collard.

Free access during the opening hours of the Palau.

Credits

Exhibition organized by:

• María Canals International Music Competition (MCB)
• Muzio Clementi Association of Barcelona (AMCB)

With the collaboration of: Fundació Orfeó Català-Palau de la Música Catalana

Commissioner: Marina Rodríguez Brià

Content design: Joan Josep Gutiérrez and Marina Rodríguez Brià

Portrait of Muzio Clementi: Collage and oil on canvas, 146 × 114. Author: Carme Magem, 2018

Square Fortepiano: Collard & Collard, late Clementi, Collard & Collard. London 1843. Private collection.

Translation to English: Catherine Hart