Another orchestra trying out a different concert experience (see my post below about the City of London Sinfonia) it the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Tomorrow (Saturday 5 October 2019) the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales presents Classical Playlist:LIVE at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, that aims to deliver an
accessible, enveloping experience that showcases a wide variety of music in a relaxed listening
environment.
There will be three different stages, enabling a wide range of music to be performed from full orchestra, to solos, chamber and unaccompanied choral. Most of the seats will be removed, so the audience can walk around, sit or lie on the floor during the performance, and enjoy a drink alongside the music, and audiences will be able to keep their phones on and share on social media. The programme is full of well known music by Elgar, Wagner, Prokofiev, Orff, Bruckner, Copland, Mozart, Ravel, Sir Karl Jenkins and Huw Watkins (BBC NOW's composer-in-association). Featured soloists will include saxophonist Amy Dickson, Huw Watkins (wearing his pianist hat as well as his composer one) and Huw Williams (director of music at Bath Abbey and a Swansea native), and there will be special appearance from young string musicians from Six Counties Music playing Sir Karl Jenkins' Palladio.
Classical Playlist: LIVE forms part of Swansea Fringe Festival 3-6 October. For more information visit
theswanseafringe.com or the BBC NOW website.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts this month
-
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra I get all sorts of mail, people sending my information on concerts and recordings. Everything gets gl...
-
Handel Suites de Pièces nos 1-4, 1720; Pierre Hantaï; Mirare Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 4 December 2020 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★)...
-
My top CD this year must be the world premiere recording of Ethel Smyth's late masterwork The Prison , an amazing discovery and a terrif...
-
On 17 October 2020, the Lithuanian composer and conductor Gediminas Gelgotas conducted musicians from his New Ideas Chamber Orchestra and ...
-
Vincent Larderet (Photo Karis Kennedy) The French pianist Vincent Larderet 's most recent discs have involved the music of his countryme...
-
Tippett: The Heart's Assurance - Tom Elwin, English Touring Opera The week leading up to Christmas Day got off to a great musical sta...
-
Lee Hoiby: Bon Appetit! - Jamie Barton as Julia Child This week's listening has been quite varied, with Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven al...
-
Haydn String Quartets Op.74 , Folk music from Scotland; Maxwell Quartet; Linn Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 31 December 2020...
-
Puccini: Tosca - Kristján Jóhannsson, Claire Rutter - Icelandic Opera 2017 (Photo Johanna Olafsdottir) All is not happy in opera in the Lan...
-
Donizetti Il Paria ; Albina Shagimuratova, René Barbera, Misha Kiria, Marko Mimica, Britten Sinfonia, Sir Mark Elder; Opera Rara Revi...

No comments:
Post a comment