#  Piano Recital 

 



## Piano Recital of the G.I. Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Music

#### December 5, 2024, 5-6 pm, Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA



 

##  Program 

### Cecilia Ignatieff

Kurd Melody from Isfahan

Atarnakh, Kurd Song

Persian Song

Moorish Dance (Dervish)

Untitled (Volume II, No. 37)

Night Procession

Hymns from a Great Temple

- Hymn of the Cherubim
- Essene Hymn
- No. 8

### Charles Ketcham

Meditation

Ancient Greek Melody

Sayyid Dance

The Initiation of the Priestess

The Bokharian Dervish



 

##  About the Pianists 

 



### Cecilia Ignatieff 

 

Cecilia Ignatieff has appeared in many roles as a pianist: soloist, collaborative pianist for vocalists and instrumentalists, and recording artist.

Over many years she has taught privately and at the Seneca College (Toronto) Suzuki School of Music, and also at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto). She was a lecturer in Piano Literature and Performance at York University (Toronto). Cecilia has given numerous public recitals of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann music (Cleveland, London Ontario, Toronto, Ottawa) and has introduced some of Thomas de Hartmann’s own compositions in recital.



 



      ![Cecilia Ignatieff](/sites/g/files/omnuum3886/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2024-10/Ignatieff_square.png?itok=yki7ovmJ) 

 

 

  

 



### Charles Ketcham 

 

Charles Ketcham has conducted many of the major orchestras in the United States, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony. He has held the position of Resident conductor with the Utah Symphony and the San Diego Symphony.

He has conducted orchestras in a number of European countries including the London Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Russian National Orchestra. He has recorded for RCA Red Label, Pro Arte and Varèse Sarabande.

Mr. Ketcham led the team to prepare and edit the Four Volume set of *Music for the Piano* by G.I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann. He, with the other editors, recorded the entire edition for the German label, Wergo Schallplatten.

He has performed concerts of Gurdjieff’s music in the United States, Canada and Europe as well as in South America. During the Pandemic, Mr. Ketcham broadcast eight programs of the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann music via YouTube.



 



      ![Charles Ketcham ](/sites/g/files/omnuum3886/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2024-09/Ketcham_square.png?itok=Yt9RVy0P)