Unforgettable experience harping for @dior with @12ensemble & @maxrichtermusic 🐫 🇪🇬 Huge thank you to @manalmoheieldin for lending me her harp.
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Moment of Despair by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842-1912) 🇺🇦 I found this piece for the Ukrainian themed concert I did on Sunday and it’s title is most tragically apt. It was written by the grandfather of modern Ukrainian classical music, Mykola Lysenko. Lysenko was a virtuoso pianist who studied at Leipzig conservatoire [You can find a large number of his piano pieces on imslp (including this one)]
I was about to paraphrase this but thought I should probably be upfront about my Wikipedia sourcing, so I have just copied it in full :
“His Ukrainophilic approach to composition was not supported by the Russian Imperial Music Society which promoted a Great Russian cultural presence in Ukraine. As a result, Lysenko severed his relationship with them, never to compose any music set to the Russian language, nor allow any translations of his works into the Russian language. The Ems Ukaz, which banned use of Ukrainian language in print, was one of the obstacles for Lysenko; he had to publish some of his scores abroad, while performances of his music had to be authorized by the imperial censor.
In order to improve his orchestration and composition skills the young Lysenko traveled to Saint Petersburg where he took orchestration lessons from Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in the mid-1870s, but his fervent Ukrainian national position and disdain for Great Russian autocracy impeded his career. He supported the 1905 revolution and was in jail briefly in 1907. In 1908, he was the head of the Ukrainian Club, an association of Ukrainian national public figures in Kyiv.
For his opera libretti Lysenko insisted on using only the Ukrainian language. He was intent on promoting and elevating the Ukrainian culture so that he refused to allow his opera Taras Bulba to be translated and maintained that it was too ambitious to be staged in Ukrainian opera houses.Tchaikovsky was impressed by the opera and wanted to stage the work in Moscow. Lysenko's insistence on it being performed in the Ukrainian language, not Russian, prevented the performance from taking place in Moscow.”
Venus (The Bringer of Peace) from The Planets 🪐 by Holst. My own arrangement based on Everard Sigal’s piano reduction. Whole piece is on YouTube if you want to hear more. Link in bio. 💫
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Last minute reminder for London folk, our girl band The Erda Ensemble are playing at @dulwichfestival TONIGHT (Wednesday 13th May) 7:30pm @stbarnabasdulwich . Our programme includes all our favourite arrangements and originals for mezzo, flute and harp from composers like Rosy Wertheim, Amy Beach, @cherylhoad , @harrietadie and @roxannapanufnik . Link in bio for tickets 🎫 🎶
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Some Olivia Dean for my first ever proposal (in the chapel where I got married!) 💍 🥹 @fitzroviachapel
Congratulations Sean and Judith ❤️
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My first Mother’s Day 🌷 Thank you to those who messaged today. It turns out today felt no worse than all the other days. I know we are not allowed to “scare” women, but what I do really really want everyone on here to know is that induction happens for a reason. I heard so much anti-induction rhetoric anecdotally that I never even knew WHY women were induced. It seems totally crazy to me now that even though I went to all the antenatal classes and all my midwife appointments, I never knew this: you are induced to reduce the risk of the placenta failing and your baby dying. All I ever heard was “It is your choice to get induced”. My baby Florence was perfect, and I have been told by two different consultants at my hospital that she would have lived if I had been booked in for an earlier induction.
So, my Mother’s Day message to you is don’t be afraid of induction, it might just save your baby’s life. And if you were induced, thankfully you will never know if that process did in fact save your baby’s life, because your baby is alive.
P.s. Please be sensitive in your comments. Whilst I appreciate people’s anger at my situation (I followed my care provider’s guidance) I don’t find it helpful. I’m just trying to help others not be scared of a system that is in place for a reason.
The Harp Agency’s founder @15secondharp sat down to chat with @theweddingedition and discuss all things music, AI, Bridgerton & why live harp music feels so right for now!
Head over to theweddingedition.co.uk to read the full article and find out more about @theharpagency and our mission to elevate your events with the finest harp talent.
Had so much fun working with @15secondharp on this album. We haven’t known each other long but we clicked immediately 🤞🏾
Thank you OLIVIA X
Also shoutout @mattrobertstpt for connecting us 👊🏽
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![Moment of Despair by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842-1912) I found this piece for the Ukrainian themed concert I did on Sunday and it’s title is most tragically apt. It was written by the grandfather of modern Ukrainian classical music, Mykola Lysenko. Lysenko was a virtuoso pianist who studied at Leipzig conservatoire [You can find a large number of his piano pieces on imslp (including this one)]I was about to paraphrase this but thought I should probably be upfront about my Wikipedia sourcing, so I have just copied it in full :“His Ukrainophilic approach to composition was not supported by the Russian Imperial Music Society which promoted a Great Russian cultural presence in Ukraine. As a result, Lysenko severed his relationship with them, never to compose any music set to the Russian language, nor allow any translations of his works into the Russian language. The Ems Ukaz, which banned use of Ukrainian language in print, was one of the obstacles for Lysenko; he had to publish some of his scores abroad, while performances of his music had to be authorized by the imperial censor.In order to improve his orchestration and composition skills the young Lysenko traveled to Saint Petersburg where he took orchestration lessons from Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in the mid-1870s, but his fervent Ukrainian national position and disdain for Great Russian autocracy impeded his career. He supported the 1905 revolution and was in jail briefly in 1907. In 1908, he was the head of the Ukrainian Club, an association of Ukrainian national public figures in Kyiv.For his opera libretti Lysenko insisted on using only the Ukrainian language. He was intent on promoting and elevating the Ukrainian culture so that he refused to allow his opera Taras Bulba to be translated and maintained that it was too ambitious to be staged in Ukrainian opera houses.Tchaikovsky was impressed by the opera and wanted to stage the work in Moscow. Lysenko's insistence on it being performed in the Ukrainian language, not Russian, prevented the performance from taking place in Moscow.”](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6828716521281713525639_0_f60ff44591bb18d78ce9c72a8463b474.jpg?o=aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC1hdGwzLTEuY2RuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS92L3Q1MS43MTg3OC0xNS82MjMyNjA3OTRfNDE4NzM4MzMwMTQ3ODkyN180ODA0OTgxODg4MTM2MzQ4NzYwX24uanBnP3N0cD1kc3QtanBnX2UxNV9zNjQweDY0MF90dDYmX25jX2h0PXNjb250ZW50LWF0bDMtMS5jZG5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tJl9uY19jYXQ9MTAzJl9uY19vYz1RNmNaMmdIano0RUhWNXo1TlNNZF9OeUdEakdaLWt0Y1AxbnA5aEMxNXRRdWZOOW1oUk42NXBrSDgxNkt0bDNabnZYR0U2Y1hqajFxMXVwOWFGQTN1WjNuS0oxeSZfbmNfb2hjPVc4ckhSc0xOZTg0UTdrTnZ3Rm51bFpVJl9uY19naWQ9SkVzZ2VDUWhzRXU1NzlIM3dzR0xldyZlZG09QVBVODlGQUJBQUFBJmNjYj03LTUmb2g9MDBfQWY3bXhyYnk0Ri16eUpNQ1IwbGhNYU1VWW41TlFPS2JuMm1vcE1TRG5wUlQ5ZyZvZT02QTBGN0NCRiZfbmNfc2lkPWJjMGMyYw==&h=90b90833709bfc7b66583533c7c09987)
