Until now, Agnes Jama (1911 Dürnstein, Austria – 1993, The Hague, The Netherlands) has been a completely unknown musician to the Slovenian audience. An acquaintance with her personality is particularly interesting for the Slovenian cultural sphere not only due to her close family connection with the celebrated impressionist Matija Jama, but also because of her own creative work as a composer. Although modest in scope, her opus is nonetheless worthy of our attention for the role and conception of the piano works alone, which bear witness to Agnes Jama’s skill as a pianist drawn to reflection both on the compositional questions of contemporary European music and on the purely technical side of piano performance.
Radovan Škerjanc
Programme
Sunday, 21 March, 11 am
National Gallery of Slovenia
Bela Bartok
Suite for Piano, Op. 14:
Allegretto, Scherzo, Allegro molto, Sostenuto
Claude Debussy
Two Preludes from the 2nd Book of Preludes for piano:
La terrasse des audiences du Clair de Lune, General Lavine – eccentric
Agnes Jama
Sonatina for piano:
Grave Sinistro, Poco allegro rubato
Agnes Jama
Suite for violin and piano:
Tempo rubato, Calmo assai, Allegro ritmico
Soesja Citroen
Song for Ma
Performers
Marcel Worms, piano
Soesja Citroen, voice
Tomaž Lorenz, violin
dr. Radovan Škerjanc, lecturer
Admission: 15€
Information and ticket presales: National Gallery's box office, Cankarjeva 20, Ljubljana.
Open every day from 10 am to 6 pm and one hour before the beginning of the concert, closed on Mondays.
21. 3. 2010
Narodna galerija
Cankarjeva 20
1000 Ljubljana