I came across this video by accident. Looking for an account on YouTube of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in the composer's version for choir, soloists, two pianos and percussion, I found this video which was recorded in Damascus in 2011. It isn't perfect, but it is a touching tribute to the vibrant musical life that was possible before the current conflict.
The pianists are Evgeniy Avramenko and Marat Gubaidullin, conducted by Nouri Al-Reihbany with the choir of the Higher Institute of Music, Damascus, recorded at Damascus Opera House in April 2011
I have no idea where these people are now.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts this month
-
Luke Styles On 4 July 2021 at Cheltenham Music Festival , conductor George Vass and Nova Music Opera will premiere composer Luke Styles &#... -
This year's list is slightly longer than usual, perhaps in part because there have been so many terrific and interesting discs, but also...
-
Rachel Podger - Kings Place (Photo Monika S Jakubowska/Kings Place) Well, what a year it has been, yet there have been some terrific evenin...
-
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra I get all sorts of mail, people sending my information on concerts and recordings. Everything gets gl... -
Beethoven: Fidelio - Adam Smith - Glyndebourne on Tour (© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith First prizes for imagin...
-
Jan-Peter de Graaff, Maya Fridman and North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra after the premiere of The Forest in April , live-streamed from Ti...
-
Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz The Christmas Story ; Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen; Wigmore Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 23 Decem...
-
1984 - New European Ensemble, Mihkel Kerem George Orwell, Mihkel Kerem 1984 ; Edward Snowden, Joseph Thompson, Willem Stam, New European... -
Edward Jessen: Syllable - Claudia Hilda Rodriguez Pozo - Trinity Laban Opera (Photo John Hunter at RULER) Edward Jessen Syllable ; Con...
-
Choir of Puebla Cathedral (Photo by Gusvel / Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0) Christmas in Puebla ; Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies; Wigmore Hall ...
Pianists are in Russia. Conductor in Germany.
ReplyDeletePianists are in Russia. Conductor in Germany.
ReplyDelete