Discoveries - Agnes Jama, composer and pianist

25th Slovenian Music Days

Discoveries − Agnes Jama composer and pianist
(1911 Dürnstein, Austria–1993, The Hague, The Netherlands)
Marcel Worms, piano
Soesje Citroen,voice
Tomaž Lorenz, violin

dr. Radovan Škerjanc, lecturer

Programme:
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

Until now, Agnes Jama (1911–1993) 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

Information and ticket presales:
National Gallery,  Cankarjeva 20, 1000 Ljubljana;
The National Gallery box office is open every day from 10 am to 6 pm and one hour before the beginning of the concert. Closed on Mondays.