Having abandoned the land of the muskrat, my short-form posts can now be found in the land of BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/alyssawright.bsky.social (no feed available yet, hopefully added to the template soon!)
Thank you to Billboard Canada for sharing so many of our memories of Time Harrison, and this beautiful tribute to him: https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/obituaries-tim-harrison-william-orbit
Still so hard to believe he's no longer walking among us. But I bet he's singing hard with…
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🎶 But all of the goodbyes we say in our lives 🎶
🎶 Fall like silence on a dark midnight street 🎶
🎶 Where in quiet longing the angels are calling 🎶
🎶 The ones who are left to their…
For those of you who were unable to attend the Canadian premiere of Leocadiya Kashperova's Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op.1 No.1, the live recording of “Troubled Times, Indomitable Spirits” is now available for streaming at https://duokashperova.com/video
We are…
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Hello everyone, we're still glowing from the wonderful reception on Sunday for “Troubled Times, Indomitable Spirits” and our Canadian premiere of Kaspherova's Opus 1 Number 1. We are so thrilled that the audience was as excited about her music as…
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Anya Wassenberg has published an article on our upcoming Canadian premiere of Kashperova's Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op.1 No.1, and has taken the time to do some great research on the composer, as well. Check it out at…
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Barrie Today has published an article about our upcoming “Troubled Times, Indomitable Spirits” concert for the Barrie Concert Association, featuring the Canadian premiere of Kashperova's first Sonata for Piano and Cello.
Please check it out at https://www.barrietoday.com/local-entertainment/rediscovered-sonata-getting-closer-inspection-at-barrie-concert-12155874
The Barrie Concert Association presents “Troubled Times, Indomitable Spirits”, with Barrie’s own Duo Kashperova (pianist Sandra Ruttan and cellist Alyssa Wright), on Sunday, April 26 at 2:30pm. The concert takes place at Bethel Community Church, 128 St…
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The Barrie Concert Association presents “Troubled Times, Indomitable Spirits”, with Barrie’s own Duo Kashperova (pianist Sandra Ruttan and cellist Alyssa Wright), on Sunday, April 26 at 2:30pm. The concert takes place at Bethel Community Church, 128 St…
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From Sandra
Allusions to war in the Andante?
“...my first independent composition was a Sonata for piano and cello, dedicated of course to Verzhbilovich. I wrote it in the summer and wanted to show it to him in the autumn…
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From Sandra
To B or not to B
In his book, Leokadiya Kashperova: Biography, ‘Memoirs’, and ‘Recollections of Anton Rubinstein’ , Graham Griffiths notes that Kashperova seemed to attach meaning to a sequence of 4 pitches (B-A-C-B), quoted from her…
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