TThe Tuesdays Till Two summer season continues with a concert by Leicester-based Japanese pianist Mariko Terashi. Last year Mariko very kindly agreed to play for us at just 48 hours notice, after another performer had to withdraw due to a family emergency. We weren’t quite sure what to expect, but it’s fair to say that we were amazed by just how wonderful Mariko’s concert was that day, so we had no hesitation in inviting her back for a return appearance this year. This lunchtime concert will again include baroque period music by Scarlatti and Seixas, but also more recent works, including one by Joe Hisaishi, the composer for many of Studio Ghibli’s animated films, a taster for Mariko’s next appearance on 29th October, when she’ll be performing in a special candle-lit concert with violinist Tamaki Higashi, when they’ll be playing more music by Joe Hisaishi.
As ever the church will be open for an hour before the concert begins, with volunteers from the pop-up café team offering lots of home made sweet and savoury treats as well as hot and cold drinks.
The concert will begin promptly at 1pm. Admission is free, but those who are able to afford it are asked to make a donation. The suggested amount is £5.
Programme:
Sonata in E flat Major K. 414. Andante Cantabile – D. Scarlatti
Sonata in G Major K.146 Allegretto – D. Scarlatti
Sonata n.50 in G minor Allegro – C. Seixas.
Prelude & Fugue in A minor J. S. Bach arr Liszt
Sarabande from Suite N.2 Op.10 – G. Enesco
Etude in C-Sharp Minor Op.2 N.1 – A. Scriabin,
Étude in E Major Op.8 N.5 – A. Scriabin
Étude in D-sharp minor Op.8 N.12 – A. Scriabin
One Summer’s day – Joe Hisaishi
About Mariko Terashi
Japanese pianist Mariko Terashi pursued her musical training with Yvonne Lefébure in France, with début appearances in public concerts after winning the György Cziffra Award in Senlis, France.
Since moving to the UK in 1995, she has regularly appeared on the concert platform as a soloist and chamber musician, including concertos by Ravel and Mozart with the University of Leicester Sinfonia.
Mariko is particularly interested in the piano adaptation of 17th/18th century French harpsichord music, and she has continued to deepen her understanding of this repertoire, notably in dialogue with Huguette Dreyfus, the renowned, now late, French harpsichordist. She has developed her own playing style that retains the poise and ornamentation of the original music, while exploring the warmer timbre of the piano. Regarded as ‘offering fresh insights into music’, she responds with ‘delicate nuance’ and ‘tremendous emotional depth’.
Her last CD ‘Carlos de Seixas, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau’ has received great reviews so far – “splendid, revealing with great clarity all the harmonic, contrapuntal and decorative detail”, “Terashi’s playing is elegant, sober, and poetic, mining for more sonority than could ever be obtained from a harpsichord”. It has been broadcasted on Antena 2 in Portugal, and is referenced in Vol.6 of Portuguese Composers repertoire for pianists.
St John's CIC, Peterborough 