tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.comments2024-03-06T15:42:42.589+00:00Planet HugillAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05139360579883837086noreply@blogger.comBlogger775125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-15576212829020956372024-02-02T10:46:19.065+00:002024-02-02T10:46:19.065+00:00After hearing her scary performance in this, I'...After hearing her scary performance in this, I'd love to hear Rachel Nicholls as Ortrud (Lohengrin) and Eglantine (Weber's Euryanthe)Planet Hugillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313336412497998666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-26013386149360442782023-11-17T10:46:24.978+00:002023-11-17T10:46:24.978+00:00I have just returned from Wexford and if I had rea...I have just returned from Wexford and if I had read any other review of L'Aube Rouge, I would have sold my tickets. I absolutely thrilled to have found a reviewer who found the opera as exciting as I did. How an opera of this quality gets consigned to oblivion beats me. It is far better than many other operas in the repertory. I have been humming the tunes since I left Wexford and thank goodness it is on YouTube, so I have been able to relive the experience. Who really cares about the plot? most opera plots are stupid anyway, and this is better than most. The music and the singing were fabulous. Please may somebody put on another of his operas - I would travel anywhere to experience itfrancis nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832945892055046700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-85594426841615010712023-11-08T05:48:04.359+00:002023-11-08T05:48:04.359+00:00NicNicSafia Jilanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17165257606577817427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-58068343389304915782023-09-25T12:32:41.331+01:002023-09-25T12:32:41.331+01:00I have had a couple of private comments about Land...I have had a couple of private comments about Landowska's harpsichord. She favoured a Pleyel model, created to her specifications, 7ft 6in long with a 16ft register, and iron frame. It was designed to be of sufficient power to be heard in a concert hall and robust enough to withstand frequent moving. There is an illuminating article in The English Harpsichord Magazine, Vol 2, No 5 1979 from the British Harpsichord Society.Planet Hugillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313336412497998666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-67026661958384238862023-09-11T22:27:10.730+01:002023-09-11T22:27:10.730+01:00I have just found your blog. This week our writers...I have just found your blog. This week our writers' workshop was working on the theme of inspirational teachers and my most immediate memory was of Jefferey Babb. I had very little talent but he inspired and enthused me with a lifelong love of music. So I wrote this.<br /><br />"Jeffery Babb, eccentric music master in a well-worn gown <br />took one look at our upturned, hopeful faces sitting cross-legged in the hall<br />and decided that thirty boy sopranos in their first year at grammar school<br />should learn to sing Handel's Messiah.<br /><br />We listened first to records on the gramophone.<br />And then we screeched, we warbled, and some of us sang:<br /><br />Behold, a virgin shall conceive <br />and bear a son, <br />and shall call His name Emmanuel, <br />God with us. /de dum/<br /><br />O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, <br />get thee up into the high mountain.<br /><br />And nearly sixty years on I still remember<br />and I sing to honour him."<br />mike stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718362491689089037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-62364829110353358392023-08-07T09:22:45.288+01:002023-08-07T09:22:45.288+01:00Thanks so much for posting this Robert. Very much ...Thanks so much for posting this Robert. Very much looking forward to this event - just working on the programme and script this month.. so its all getting very exciting. HOpe you'll be able to come along electric voice theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617955038572413294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-58134442485773834942023-06-05T06:25:18.433+01:002023-06-05T06:25:18.433+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Smith H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175822753813358733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-66449512778183235062023-05-15T18:15:30.223+01:002023-05-15T18:15:30.223+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.YOYOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195492653450087314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-21518119875795941372023-02-23T09:06:44.814+00:002023-02-23T09:06:44.814+00:00Thanks, will have to explore the Bach one too, eve...Thanks, will have to explore the Bach one too, even more music!Planet Hugillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313336412497998666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-21899702093743981822023-02-23T09:05:00.652+00:002023-02-23T09:05:00.652+00:00Excellent. Presumably inspired in part by the Net...Excellent. Presumably inspired in part by the Netherlands Bach Society who are making films of Bach's complete works available in their All of Bach project. It's at https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach and is highly recommended.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275124217216068299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-80209775606412608262023-02-11T00:58:38.544+00:002023-02-11T00:58:38.544+00:00Thank you for this - I've been listening to th...Thank you for this - I've been listening to this wonderful album quite a bit on Spotify, and I'm pleased to find this additional information about the album - in particular to learn which track is by which composer!Andrew Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09237116717370542536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-14444281566863300732023-01-16T21:09:42.270+00:002023-01-16T21:09:42.270+00:00This production was stellar in every way. Savall’s...This production was stellar in every way. Savall’s conducting is fascinating to watch, so relaxed, but accurate. Visually the sets and costumes were very aesthetic, the dancing enchanting. The soloists sang beautifully and with free tones, not always the case with early music singers. I imagine Arianna and Jordi revisit this video to remember their Montserrat, RIP.AMalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332138742805607376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-48865201251114890342022-11-30T10:45:43.624+00:002022-11-30T10:45:43.624+00:00Thank you!Thank you!Beth Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919978489536166751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-26325813977523986482022-10-30T00:16:09.330+01:002022-10-30T00:16:09.330+01:00Like the 'story'. Hope today's (yester...Like the 'story'. Hope today's (yesterday's now) performance went well.<br />Suspect it will have been stunning!bellhopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204876421217864444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-6027955229120245472022-07-13T12:41:49.004+01:002022-07-13T12:41:49.004+01:00The Frau Ohne Schatten where Gwynneth sang both th...The Frau Ohne Schatten where Gwynneth sang both the wife and empress was NOT a concert! It was a fully staged opera. The Empress was performed by an actress whilst Gwynneth sang (either with her back turned, or behind a scrim). They only sing together at the end, where another soprano sang from the pit.Fatfaranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18032996787239099842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-74396245869993397712022-07-01T11:05:30.204+01:002022-07-01T11:05:30.204+01:00 Fauré and Poulenc from Bertrand de Billy Fauré and Poulenc from Bertrand de BillyJoschClanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322938021217105531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-33175461818515653772022-06-25T01:59:54.628+01:002022-06-25T01:59:54.628+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Timoty Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498704099349814146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-46082840201618172102022-06-25T01:58:15.457+01:002022-06-25T01:58:15.457+01:00 experimental nature of the libretto meant experimental nature of the libretto meantHenry Cambellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031160783569010249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-16663865877709499272022-06-14T17:29:31.734+01:002022-06-14T17:29:31.734+01:00Terrific composer that I didn't know. I just ...Terrific composer that I didn't know. I just listened to the 4th symphony. <br />Before reading your post, I was thinking: this composer is close to Shostakovich. The same sure hand, the same definition and absence of self-doubt. No fuzzy writing, no mush. <br />But he is definitely not Shostakovich; more mellow, at times more calm and self-contained. Mr. Hugill, I applaud your characterization: "as intense as the music of his friend Shostakovich but less sardonic." <br />Thanks for your post. I look forward to hearing more from Weinberg. Eduardo from Tacuarembó and Chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10351620002256499743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-69245702952907933102022-05-26T16:01:39.232+01:002022-05-26T16:01:39.232+01:00Funny review. In the booklet it's repeatedly s...Funny review. In the booklet it's repeatedly stated that the orchestra plays on original instruments. So... Anton Beerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000761775334494524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-37507309024686377812022-04-23T11:36:13.985+01:002022-04-23T11:36:13.985+01:00I was fortunate to be present at that recording he...I was fortunate to be present at that recording held in the Watford Colosseum in October 2018.<br />The audience found this new piece absolutely enthralling, captivating and inspiring played by the young Jussen brothers. <br />I too wish there was a recording by them to add to my collection..Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212631327105086976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-77577613063034804112022-04-10T18:43:08.383+01:002022-04-10T18:43:08.383+01:00I loved your singing in New York on Thursday. Cou...I loved your singing in New York on Thursday. Couldn't stay for Part II, but even so. I've only ever heard Florence Quivar in this role, so you had a high bar to attain. Kudos.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917151159785023122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-39297668613884761302022-03-22T22:32:40.670+00:002022-03-22T22:32:40.670+00:00'But there is no sense of special pleading, th...'But there is no sense of special pleading, this is terrific music in fine performances and it deserves to be **hear** more.'<br /><br />Nice (perhaps unintentional) pun. ;) Stephen Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487247156277671345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-23213143591017425612022-03-17T03:34:52.895+00:002022-03-17T03:34:52.895+00:00Thanks so much for this information. I’m looking f...Thanks so much for this information. I’m looking forward to watching this program!Natalie Hanna Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805934902942478472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336161.post-19773385281113560932022-02-28T12:56:23.866+00:002022-02-28T12:56:23.866+00:00Thank you, this is a really helpful review, even s...Thank you, this is a really helpful review, even some 3 years later. I do wish I'd been there. I expect you are familiar now [if maybe not then] with The English Rachmaninov CD from PRIORY PRCD 860. As to the Vespers in English, I have sung selected movements in English with an amateur choir in S. London. The Vespers are published in English as 'Songs from [for?] the Church', a slightly misleading title. And it's still in print, though the publisher's name escapes me as I write. I would love to hear a CD or full performance of the Vespers in English! All good wishes, Stuart DonaldsonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940747254233512585noreply@blogger.com