Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No 1 Op. 89 in C minor - Salomon Jadassohn - Part 2

Believed to be the premiere public performance since the composer's death (b. 1831 - d. 1902). Performed by The Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra (Musical Director: Marius Stravinsky) on 20th December 2008 at The Philharmonic Hall, Petrozavodsk, capital of Karelia State, Russia. Soloist: Valentina Seferinova http://www.valentinaseferinova.com. Apologies for the poor video quality; video was copied from Conductor's own camera who hadn't realised the effect of stage downlighting in advance. The audio track on this video is mid-quality mp3 - but a full professional quality CD of the event is available on-line at http://www.cameo-classics.com as CC9026CD. Hope you enjoy!
Salomon Jadassohn? (1831-1902)
German/Silesian born (Breslau) Jewish Romantic era composer.
His significance?
He was a student of Hauptmann, Ernst Richter and Julius Rietz, as well as Ignaz Moscheles. He also studied privately with Franz Liszt in Weimar.
In his own turn he was a teacher of Edvard Grieg, Ferruccio Busoni, Frederick Delius, Richard Franck, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Ruben Liljefors, Emil Reznicek and Felix Weingartner amongst others.
Thus he's an important musical development link between the generations.
What happened to his works?
He possibly lived in the shadow of contemporary Carl Reinecke, and somehow history has overlooked/forgotten his contributions. There's also much debate about who was the worst despot of the 20th Century. Hitler, Stalin, Mao tse Tung, Pol Pot? Certainly Jadassohn, and his works, suffered a double whammy of suppression by two of them for reasons of ancestry and birth.
His works (140 in virtually every genre) are now being rediscovered, re-evaluated, and enjoying somewhat of a renaissance.
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1 Op. 89 in C Minor? (1887)
OK it's not mainstream piano repertoire, but interesting nonetheless; and, judging by the audience reaction in Petrozavodsk, a crowd pleaser.

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[uranrising]

This is wonderful in variety of ways.

Firstly to hear some Jadassohn at all; then to hear it done so well; and to see it done at a concert and not merely on disc; and again to be 'present' at a concert in a place rather off-the-beaten-track, that is, not in a Paris or new York or Berlin, let alone Moscow; and for the recording to be very good to enjoy work and performance.

So, for so many reasons, bravissimo. And of course thanks for sharing.

Greetings from Norfolk in England.

[valentinaseferinova]

@uranrising Hi - many thanks for your very positive remarks about the Jadassohn piano concerto!

If you are interested in either (or both) a CD &/or DVD please contact me directly.

You will have gathered that I'm the soloist - Valentina Seferinova, in the performance, and poster of the videos!

Regards from Hampshire in England!!

Valentina Seferinova

[acorntechnique]

What a pleasure to be the first to comment.

I hadn't even heard of Salomon Jadassohn until i listened to the 2nd piano concerto on Classic FM today.

great piece and great performance and recording too, even if the video is a little bright!

[valentinaseferinova]

Many thanks for the positive comments.

There's a little bit more about Jadassohn if you click the (more info) link just under my name to the right of the video; hope it's informative.

[shishirth]

A very fine performance - thank you!

[helgeevju]

The pianist has excellent fingers, cutting like steel through the often massive orchestra. The clarinet solo early on is very Weber-like, but otherwise the work is more in the later Romantic style. Quite enjoyable.