Mr Yaniewicz and Mme Catalani - evening performance at The Georgian House, Edinburgh on Sunday 23rd October 2022

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Mr Yaniewicz and Mme Catalani - evening performance

Add to my Calendar 23-10-2022 19:30 23-10-2022 21:30 36 Mr Yaniewicz and Mme Catalani - evening performance Kate Semmens and Steven Devine bring to life the intriguing story of the musical collaboration between the Polish-Lithuanian composer, violinist and impresario, Felix Yaniewicz, and the most famous operatic soprano of the day, Angelica Catalani.  Yaniewicz was a musical entrepreneur of great energy and flair, and soon after his arrival in Britain around 1790, he was organising concerts up and down the country.  Demonstrating a keen instinct for fashionable taste, his activities as an impresario were shaped by the musical appetites of contemporary audiences, involving a fine balancing act between musical integrity and commercial appeal.  His partnership with the great diva Mme Catalani richly illustrates the perils of consorting with a musical superstar.  As a celebrated violinist, Yaniewicz himself was renowned for virtuosity, but La Catalani gave the term a whole new meaning, with a level of lavish ornamentation and display that put her performances on a knife-edge between astonishing bravura and what one reviewer termed ‘fantastical excess’.  Drawing on original concert programmes and contemporary reviews, this entertaining recital using the Yaniewicz & Green square piano c.1810 recreates their colourful partnership for a modern audience, and offers a fascinating insight into Yaniewicz’s influential role in Georgian musical culture.This event has been generously supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh. The exhibition Music & Migration in Georgian Edinburgh: The Story of Felix Yaniewicz continues at The Georgian House until 23 October The Georgian House, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYY

Details

The Georgian House
Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4DR
Scotland

Sunday 23rd October 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Joseph Mazzinghi – Hope Told a flatt’ring tale
Felix Yaniewicz – Variations on Hope Told a flatt’ring tale
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Un moto di gioia mi sento, K.579
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Magic Flute: 'O Dolce Contento'
Felix Yaniewicz – Mazurka for piano
Felix Yaniewicz – India War Hoop
George Frideric Handel – Lord! Remember David

Performers

Steven Devine – Piano
Kate Semmens – soprano

Programme Note

Kate Semmens and Steven Devine bring to life the intriguing story of the musical collaboration between the Polish-Lithuanian composer, violinist and impresario, Felix Yaniewicz, and the most famous operatic soprano of the day, Angelica Catalani. Yaniewicz was a musical entrepreneur of great energy and flair, and soon after his arrival in Britain around 1790, he was organising concerts up and down the country. Demonstrating a keen instinct for fashionable taste, his activities as an impresario were shaped by the musical appetites of contemporary audiences, involving a fine balancing act between musical integrity and commercial appeal. His partnership with the great diva Mme Catalani richly illustrates the perils of consorting with a musical superstar. As a celebrated violinist, Yaniewicz himself was renowned for virtuosity, but La Catalani gave the term a whole new meaning, with a level of lavish ornamentation and display that put her performances on a knife-edge between astonishing bravura and what one reviewer termed ‘fantastical excess’. Drawing on original concert programmes and contemporary reviews, this entertaining recital using the Yaniewicz & Green square piano c.1810 recreates their colourful partnership for a modern audience, and offers a fascinating insight into Yaniewicz’s influential role in Georgian musical culture.

This event has been generously supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh.

The exhibition Music & Migration in Georgian Edinburgh: The Story of Felix Yaniewicz continues at The Georgian House until 23 October

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