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Daniel Tong
Piano
- 12th January 2012 - BBC Radio 3 In Tune Live Broadcast 12th Jan 4.30pm
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Songs from Die Winterreise, D 911:Die Post; Der greise Kopf; Die Krahe
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Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 - 2nd movement: Adagio
You will also be able to hear, for the very first time, part of Daniel Tong’s recording of the Schubert Piano Sonata no. 20 in A major which will be released on Quartz in March.
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- 14th October 2011 - Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival Film
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival by Rebecca Harley - Artistic Director Daniel Tong.
- 2nd October 2011 - Opus 1 Website launched
Read about Daniel's piano trio - opus 1 - here - on their new website
- 15th August 2011 - Bridge Disc shortlisted for Gramophone Award 2011
- The London Bridge Ensemble's second disc in their survey of Bridge's early works for Dutton, which was given unreserved commendations by both Gramophone Magazine and American Record Guide on release, has now been shortlisted for the Gramophone Chamber Music Award 2011.
- 13th August 2011 - Andrew McGregor - Radio 3 CD review - Bridge Disc
London Bridge Ensemble Dutton Epoch CDLX7254
"Lovely Lyricism"
"Fine Performances"
"Pretty Excellent Recording"
Andrew McGregor - 13th August 2011
Listen again available for 7 days from the 13th August here
- 16th June 2011 - Calling all Wye Valley Chamber Music Supporters
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival's Artistic Director, Daniel Tong, would be delighted to see any supporters at one of the following fundraisers, which both offer a super evening of music.
London: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Please also see the festival's website here
- 10th June 2011 - Tong is Roland V-Piano Grand Launch Pianist
- 19th April 2011 - Tong, Bitlloch and Norrington Launch Opus 1
9th June 2011 - 7:30pm - St. Gabriel's, Pimlico
Opus 1: Sara Bitlloch (violin), Amy Norrington (cello) and Daniel Tong (piano)
- Haydn Piano Trio no. 18 in A major, Hob XV:18
- Beethoven Piano Trio no. 2 in G major, op. 1 no. 2
- Schumann Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 63
- 13th January 2011 - Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival Live Recordings
The London Bridge Ensemble's recent Schumann release (Sonimage), a recording of performances at Wyastone Hall as part of Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival which Daniel founded, is featured in the February issue of Gramophone. It is one of six recordings highlighted in the Round-Up of Romantic Chamber Music: "David Threasher enjoys some riveting new recordings" with the writer commenting that their performance of the piano quartet "builds to a compelling intensity"
- 4th January 2011 - Festival Featured in BBC Music Magazine Jan Issue
The Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival, founded by Daniel Tong and now in its twelfth year, is featured in in BBC Music Magazine's "20 unmissable events for January 2011"
- 15th December 2010 - Tong Delivered a Spell Binding Account
- “Schubert wove his magical spell and all was forgotten as Tong delivered a spell binding account of the penultimate Sonata of the Austrian master”“a fine interpretation”“splendid”The full review of Daniel's recent Schubert recital at St. John's Smith Square can be found here
- 2nd December 2010 - Wye Valley Chamber Music returns for 12th Festival
In January 2011 Wye Valley Chamber Music return for the 12th annual Festival, performing six concerts in venues up and down the Wye Valley. Daniel Tong is the festival's Artistic Director.
Repertoire for the 2011 festival includes French chamber music from the turn of the 19th/20th centuries and a Discovery Day and associated works based around Vienna in the 1790s and 1820s – at either end of Beethoven’s life. There are pre-concert talks to complement the programmed works.
Full details here
- 20th November 2010 - Classy Showing by Daniel Tong - Gramophone
Daniel Tong is congratulated on his "classy showing" by Andrew Achenbach in the December issue of Gramophone Magazine. Daniel’s recording of Frank Bridge’s 3 Sketches has just been released as part of the London Bridge Ensemble’s second disc for Dutton Epoch. Full review here.
- 25th September 2010 - MusicWeb International review Dutton Epoch Release
"The disc has been assembled with a practised eye to variety and to listening to the disc all through. Michael Ponder's engineering brings the listener front-seat close to the players. The blood-rushing triumphant romance of the Piano Quintet is magnificently put across by London Bridge Ensemble.........
The work has a towering sense of cohesion. Bridge remonstrates with the listener in the outer movements rather as if he were emulating the stormiest passions of Thuille or Bax in their Piano Quintets. The Adagio has some of the elusive harmonic tang of the later Bridge and the lyricism of early Fauré. After such torrid emotions and tumultuous striving the Three Sketches are charming, shapely and familiar miniatures with a hint of what we later associate with the manner of Mayerl, Chopin and Godowsky. Daniel Tong turns these little lovelies with real sensitivity. "
Full review available here
- 12th July 2010 - Latest Recording with The London Bridge Ensemble
The London Bridge Ensemble's survey of the early works of Bridge continues with this release from Dutton Epoch. Don't miss this fabulous recording which is now on sale! Soundclips, courtesy of Dutton Epoch, are available here.
- 16th May 2010 - Planning Ideas for 11-12 now available
Please see Daniel Tong's updated "Planning Ideas and Repertoire" page here
- 25th February 2010 - The Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Cellist Robin Michael and pianist Daniel Tong have forged an exciting collaboration to explore the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas, which will culminate in a new recording of all five works.
Robin is principal cello with John Eliot Gardiner's Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique as well as being principal with the Academy of Ancient Music and guest principal with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and is therefore extremely well equipped for this project. Indeed, Daniel's performances of works by Beethoven have always been enthusiastically received and it is this shared affinity with the composer's works that has led to this partnership with Robin, as part of Daniel’s ongoing programming of Beethoven's solo and chamber output.
The duo ideally present the sonatas in two concerts: a lunchtime or short concert and a full evening recital. Alternatively, for two evening recitals they add Beethoven's own arrangement of his youthful horn sonata. Exceptionally, the five sonatas can also be performed in one evening with two intervals.
- 18th February 2010 - French Horn and Piano Duo
The write up of the recent concert given by French Horn player, Alec Frank-Gemmill, and Daniel Tong for Dolgellau Music Club, describes their programme "an imaginative and varied evening of contrasting colours and moods". The full review, written by Ben Ridler, can be found here.
Their programme included two piano solos with the writer commenting "Daniel Tong’s finely calibrated performance of Beethoven’s Sonata in F sharp op.78 ... added depth and range to the programme."
Alec Frank-Gemmill was appointed Principal Horn in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in September 2009, having played as Principal Horn in the European Union Youth Orchestra in 2008. He has also worked with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia and the Staatskapelle Dresden.
- 20th January 2010 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
You might like to hear the broadcast of the recital given by Jennifer Pike and Daniel Tong in November at Cowdray Hall. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Wed 20th January - as part of the Radio 3's Beethoven and Brahms Series - the recording will be available until the 27th January and can be found, with details of their programme, via the BBC Radio 3 website.
"taking an equal share of the spotlight in this concert, was pianist Daniel Tong"
"both players impressed equally in a performance of sparkling virtuosity"
"the violin serenaded us with warm passion borne aloft by Daniel Tong's rich and fulsome piano playing"
"a thunderous ovation burst from a packed Cowdray Hall"
This concert, in association with the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme, was part of the Cowdray Hall Lunchbreak Concerts presented by the City of Aberdeen and the Cowdray Hall. The above quotes are taken from the concert review subsequently published by Aberdeen City Council.