This is the fifth and final post in pianist and teacher Julian Jacobson’s series documenting his journey preparing and performing Margaret Lyell’s Piano Concerto. Lyell, who was Julian’s mother, wrote this piece, known as ‘Schiehallion’, when she was just 19 years old and still a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London. And…
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Margaret Lyell and her Piano Concerto Part 4: Julian Jacobson
Pianist and teacher Julian Jacobson has written this post which marks the fourth in a series dedicated to the piano concerto composed by his mother Margaret Lyell. Julian will be performing the piece tomorrow night in Birmingham: to find out more and purchase your ticket to this event, click here. And so the abstract score…
Margaret Lyell and her Piano Concerto Part 3: Julian Jacobson
Pianist and teacher Julian Jacobson continues this series focusing on his mother’s music (pictured above), and specifically her piano concerto which he will be performing on May 30th at the CBSO Centre Birmingham with the Romantic Revival Orchestra and conductor Tommaso Nista. You can purchase your tickets for this concert by clicking here. In this…
Margaret Lyell and her Piano Concerto Part 2: Julian Jacobson
This post is the second in a series written by pianist and teacher Julian Jacobson. These articles are dedicated to the music, and, more specifically, the Piano Concerto written by his mother Margaret Lyell. Around 1935 my mother returned to London and joined the staff of J Curwen & Sons, of which my father Maurice…