Tonight we are off to the Philharmonia Orchestra's performance of RVW's The Pilgrim's Progress at Sadlers Wells Theatre. Everyone seems to be celebrating RVW this year in a relatively small, Riders to the Sea is cropping up quite a lot. So it is heartening to see that not only are Hickox and the Philharmonia doing all the symphonies but they are doing these semi-staged performances of RVW's longest opera, one that I have long enjoyed. I am luck enough to have seen the staging at the Royal Northern College of Music, but also Hickox did semi staged performances at the Barbican as well.
Then tomorrow we are off to Grange Park Opera for our 2nd visit, this time taking in La Fanciulla del West and Russalka.
Reviews of these will, of course, appear in due course
Friday, 20 June 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts this month
-
Total Permission underwater As part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad there was a strand called Unlimited which encouraged deaf and ... -
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra I get all sorts of mail, people sending my information on concerts and recordings. Everything gets gl... -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Bernard Haitink, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2019 BBC Proms (Photo BBC / Chris Christodoulou) In 201... -
The Maggini Quartet in Battersea Park - Bandstand Chamber Festival (Photo William Marsey) Beethoven String Quartet in G, Op.18 No. 2 , D... -
Tim Mead and La Nuova Musica (taken from videostream ) Whilst this week has been notable for live performances in peron, there has been plen... -
Suzi Digby and ORA Singers in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern Our week started with Joyce DiDonato who gave a live recital as part of the Met ... -
Aurora Orchestra under the West Handyside Canopy at Kings Cross Beethoven Symphony No. 7 ; Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon; West Handy... -
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov Whilst the BBC Proms' live performances started last week with the BBC Symphony Orchestra i... -
Janacek: Diary of One Who Disappeared - Ed Lyon, Lucy Schaufer - Scottish Opera (image take from live stream) As part of the Lammermuir Fes... -
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet - Solem Quartet, Anthony Friend Bandstand Chamber Festival at Battersea Park (Photo William Marsey) Haydn Quarte...
Ah, dear old Ralph. I knew him, briefly. (Well, I spoke to him, and shook his hand!)
ReplyDelete