Michala Petri (1988)
| Performer | Michala Petri Hanne Petri |
|---|---|
| Venue | The Priory Church |
| Date(s) | Sunday 5th June 1988 |
| Time | 7.30pm |
| Cost | £4.00 (£3 and £1 concs) |
Programme Listing
MICHALA PETRI
Accompanied by Hanne Petri
When Miss Petri made her debut in Australia this year, “The Australian” said of her, “Michala Petri, brought to her playing the technical command and musical insight of an assured and mature exponent. Her command of the instrument, or more accurately, instruments (because recorders come in many sizes and timbres) is phenomenal. Her playing raises to celestial heights an instrument which all too often is looked down upon as little more than a medium for mass education of primary school children or for earnest amateur ensembles.”
Born in Copenhagen, Miss Petri began playing the recorder at the age of three and was first heard on Danish Radio when she was five. Her debut as concerto soloist took place at the Tivoli in 1969, the year in which she began her studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover.
Since then she has given hundreds of concerts in Scandinavia, East and West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Australia, the United States of America and Great Britain. Everywhere she has received the highest praise for her astonishing virtuosity in a repertoire ranging from the early baroque to avante garde works.
Michala Petri has visited this country many times both as a soloist and as a member of her Trio, in which she is joined by her brother David, one of Denmark’s leading young cellists and her mother Hanne, who is her regular harpsichord accompanist. In 1983 she launched a duo with Hanne playing both piano and harpsichord.
During her concert in Leominster she will be accompanied on harpsichord by her mother, Hanne, who was also born in Copenhagen, in 1929. She studied at the Copenhagen Music Conservatorium and later in Vienna with Bruno Seidlhofer. She gave her first concert in 1954 and has given many concerts in Scandanavia and Austria. She has a great interest in contemporary music and has a piano concerto dedicated to her by Henning Christiansen and many other works written for her.
Since 1970 she has concentrated on playing the harpsichord and has been her daughter’s regular recital partner since then, playing with her all over the world and on recordings for Philips and R.C.A. Red Seal.
The Festival performance will include works by Corelli, Heberle, Telemann, Krähmer, Buck, Arnold and Quantz. A full programme will be available before the event.
Notes
Sponsors: John Needham Partnership, Hereford and Worcester County Council