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Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Piccadilly Sinfonietta returns to St James's Piccadilly for its second live-streamed concert

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Having recently giving its first live-streamed concert from St James's Piccadilly, the Piccadilly Sinfonietta is returning to the church...

Charity premieres: new works by Roxanna Panufnik and Paul Mealor in events raising money for musical charities

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Composers Roxanna Panufnik and Paul Mealor have premieres happening on-line in the forthcoming weeks, in events raising money for musical ...

Joyful and imaginative: written for a late-18th century English aristocrat, Tommaso Giordani trios for violin, viola da gamba & fortepiano prove delightful finds,

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Tommaso Giordani Sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and fortepiano, Op. 30 , Antonin Kammell Sonata in C major, Op. 1, no. 1 ; Luchkow Sta...
Monday, 13 July 2020

Wide open spaces: Pete M Wyer's iForest installations in the natural landcape

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Whilst travel abroad is limited we can still dream, and the British composer Pete M. Wyer has a pair of intriguing projects in America. Re...

The Invention of English Opera: the surprising history of opera in 17th century England, part one, from masques to dramatic-opera

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Inigo Jones' design for Oberon's Palace from The Masque of Oberon (1611) Considering that the country went through two revolution...
Sunday, 12 July 2020

A Life On-Line: the other Semele, and an alternative Tristan and Isolde

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Frank Martin: Le vin herbé - Caitlin Hulcup, Tom Randle Welsh National Opera (Photo Robert Workman) Our opera viewing this week was very mu...
Saturday, 11 July 2020

Heroic Handel: I chat to Chris Parsons, artistic director of Eboracum Baroque, about the group's plans including a large-scale on-line concert

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Chris Parsons conducting Eboracum Baroque in Handel's Messiah at the Senate House, Cambridge Much of the music making that has been happ...
Friday, 10 July 2020

Incidental music to The Ruins of Athens: prime Beethoven linked to a forgetten play

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Beethoven Die Ruinen von Athen ; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Cappella Aquileia, Marcus Bosch; cpo Reviewed by Robert Hugill on ...

Remarkable double: after 20 years performing it, Lang Lang takes Bach's Goldberg Variations into the studio

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The pianist Lang Lang first performed Bach's Goldberg Variations when he was 17, performing from memory for conductor and pianist Chri...

Dan Brown's Wild Symphony

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Dan Brown, the author of the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code , has a new book out later this year. Not, perhaps, a project that might be...
Thursday, 9 July 2020

AMAZON - a first digital commission from Alex Ho and Elayce Ismail

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AMAZON is a new digital piece commissioned by Music Theatre Wales and the London Sinfonietta. It is created by composer Alex Ho and theatr...

Bastille Day: Institut français celebrates on-line with live-streamed recital from Anne Lovett

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Anne Lovett The Institut français du Royaume-Uni in South Kensington will be celebrating the 14 July 2020 digitally this year. The French pi...
Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Schubert's Four Seasons: an imaginative exploration of Schubert song from Sharon Carty and Jonathan Ware

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Schubert's Four Seasons - Viola, Klage der Ceres and other songs; Sharon Carty, Jonathan Ware; GENUIN Reviewed by Robert Hugill ...

JAM on the Marsh: Virtual

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JAM on the Marsh has developed into a lively annual music and arts festival in and around the historic churches of Romney Marsh, and always...
Tuesday, 7 July 2020

They that in ships unto the sea go down - Music for the Mayflower from Passamezzo on Resonus Classics

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They that in ships unto the sea go down: Music for the Mayflower ; Passamezzo; Resonus Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 July 2...

A cautious return to live music making: the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Sessions

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Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Henry Wood Hall The musicians of the London Philharmonic Orchestra are returning to live per...

Historical temperaments, Handel's Harpsichord Suites and Vauxhall Gardens: London Early Opera

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On Wednesday 8 July 2020, Bridget Cunningham of London Early Opera will be giving a live on-line recital from her own salon at home as part ...
Monday, 6 July 2020

Youth has it: 24-year-old Patrick Hahn appointed as General Music Director in Wuppertal

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Patrick Hahn (Photo Gerhard Donauer) The Austrian conductor Patrick Hahn has been appointed as the new General Music Director of Wuppertale...

Waterperry Opera Festival offers a socially-distanced mini-festival in Waterperry Gardens this August

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Waterperry Gardens This Summer, it seems that live music in gardens is going to be the way forward through the present restrictions. Both Gl...

Six commissions announced for a future Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival as part of the Riot Ensemble's Zeitgeist commissioning project

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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and the Riot Ensemble have announced six commissions as part of the ensemble's ongoing Zeitgei...
Sunday, 5 July 2020

A Life On-Line: Dreaming of the Silver Screen in Montpellier, Weber's Euryanthe in Vienna, Tippett's The Ice Break in Birmingham,

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Weber: Euryanthe - Theresa Kronthaler (Eglantine), Andrew Foster-Williams (Lysiart) Theater an der Wien (Photo © Monika Rittershaus) Opera ...
Saturday, 4 July 2020

French seasons and a Belgian violinist: I chat to Anna Ovsyanikova about her explorations of violin repertoire and her new disc

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Julian Sinani and Anna Ovsyanikova (Photo Anton Phatianov) Violinist Anna Ovsyanikova and pianist Julia Sinani have a disc out on Stone Re...
Friday, 3 July 2020

Lyrical English pastoralism and more: the choral music of Owain Park showcased by The Epiphoni Consort on Delphian

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When love speaks - choral music by Owain Park; The Epiphoni Consort, Tim Reader; DELPHIAN Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 3 July 2020 ...

Armonico Consort launches weekly series of performances recorded at the Court House, Warwick

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Christopher Monks & Armonico Consort at the Court House, Warwick The Armonico Consort has launched a weekly series of performances recor...
Thursday, 2 July 2020

Il gondoliere Veneziano: A musical voyage through Venice - baritone Holger Falk evokes the musical world of the 18th century gondolier in this imaginative disc

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Il gondoliere Veneziano: A musical voyage through Venice ; Holger Falk, Nuovo Aspetto, Merzouga; Prospero Reviewed by Robert Hugill on...
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Wednesday, 1 July 2020

A blast from the archives: I Vespri di Santa Cecilia - for 30-part chorus, written for London Concord Singers' 30th anniversary

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After managing to lose sight of the score, I have recently rediscovered this, I Vespri di Santa Cecilia. It was written to celebrate London ...

Pegasus Opera launches Opera Mentoring Programme for next generation of opera singers from BAME backgrounds.

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Despite a degree of progress, BAME classical singers remain under-represented on the opera stage. In response to this Pegasus Opera, a BAME-...

Seductively original, neither completely new nor completely old: The Red Book of Ossory from Anakronos on Heresy Records

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The Red Book of Ossory ; Anakronos; Heresy Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 30 June 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Neither new n...