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Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Carnet de voyages: exploring the music of Simon Bertrand

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Simon Bertrand (photo Jean Vailhe) The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) is continuing its concert series devoted to portrai...

Comedy with violence: a chance to stream the German premiere of the original French version of Donizetti's Deux Hommes et une Femme

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Donizetti's Rita (or Deux Hommes et une Femme ) is a somewhat problematic work, essentially it is a delightful comedy featuring a spous...

The Art of Transformation: inspired by a Scottish Border ballad Alistair White's Woad is very much an opera for our times

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Alastair White Woad ; Kelly Poukens, Suzy Vanderheiden; Metier Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 16 January 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★...
Monday, 17 January 2022

Celebrating Charles Burney: King's Lynn Festival's first Early Music Weekend

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The Snetlzer organ case at King's Lynn Minster, installed during Charles Burney's time there as organist The King's Lynn Festiva...
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A sense of ritual: Edward Jesson's Syllable, a work of complex musical theatre, is premiered by Trinity Laban Opera

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Edward Jessen Syllable ; Conductor Gregory Rose, director Joseph Alford; Trinity Laban Opera at Laban Theatre Reviewed by Robert Hugi...

Plenty to enjoy: Verdi's Nabucco returns to Covent Garden

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Verdi: Nabucco - Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Liudmyla Monastyrska - Royal Opera House, 2022 (Photo Bill Cooper) Verdi Nabucco ; Liudmyla Monas...
Saturday, 15 January 2022

The sense of eternity that can be found in the simple doing of something: Sven Helbig's Skills

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Sven Helbig in an image he posted on Kickstarter in March 2021 German composer and music-producer  Sven Helbig  and my paths have crossed se...
Friday, 14 January 2022

23 Strings

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The composer Paul Reade (1943-1997) wrote music for film, television, the theatre and the concert hall. Whilst many will be familiar with ...

In stunning control of his material: Gavin Higgins' Ekstasis from Piatti Quartet, Fidelio Trio, Thomas Gould, David Cohen, Sara Roberts

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Gavin Higgins Gursky Landscapes , Ruins of Detroit , Seven Welsh Folk Songs , Ekstasis ; Piatti Quartet, Fidelio Trio, Thomas Gould, Dav...
Thursday, 13 January 2022

Burghley Sessions: Eboracum Baroque explores the Earls of Exeter's music collection at Burghley House

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During the 17th and 18th centuries musically inclined aristocrats and gentry would compile books of favourite pieces of music. Whilst people...

Personal Stories: Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian's Welcome Party on NMIC

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Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian Welcome Party ; Ziazan, Trish Clowes, Tim Giles, London Symphony Orchestra, Jon Hargreaves, Ausias Garrigos Mo...
Wednesday, 12 January 2022

Celebrations continue: two world premieres as part of London Chamber Orchestra's centenary season

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London Chamber Orchestra and Christopher Warren-Green The London Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christopher Warren-Green, continues celebratio...

Panache, intensity and vivid story-telling from Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn in Modest Musorgsky: Unorthodox music at Wigmore Hall

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Modest Musorgsky in around 1870 Modest Musorgsky: Unorthodox music ; Claire Booth, Christopher Glynn; Wigmore Hall Reviewed by Robert...
Tuesday, 11 January 2022

A joy in complexity of texture and rhythm: Sinfonietta Riga in four recent works written for them by Latvian composers

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Ruta Paidere, Andris Dzenītis, Platons Buravickis, Linda Leimane; Aigars Raumanis, Sinfonietta Riga, Normunds Šnē; SKANI Reviewed by Ro...
Monday, 10 January 2022

Inspired by Serbian wedding traditions, Ana Sokolovic's opera Svadba comes to the screen in a collaboration between Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia

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Dancers in the cast of Ana Sokolovic’s Svadba  on Ballston Beach in Truro, Massachesetts Sarah Pacheco, Sasha Peterson, Victoria Awkward, Em...

Crouch End Festival Chorus in cantatas by Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.

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Fanny Mendelssohn's music room at her home with her husband in Berlin (Julius Eduard Wilhelm Helfft) How much of Felix Mendelssohn's...
Saturday, 8 January 2022

We live in a world where nothing has been left untouched by humanity: composer Jan-Peter de Graaff chats about the inspirations for his new cello concerto

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Jan-Peter de Graaff, Maya Fridman and North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra after the premiere of The Forest in April , live-streamed from Ti...
Friday, 7 January 2022

noisenights are back

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Abel Selaocoe at noisenight three (Photo Jack Bazalgette / through the noise) noisenights , the classical club nights from  through the noi...

Music and Migration in Georgian Edinburgh

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Last year The Friends of Felix Yaniewicz presented two recitals in Edinburgh to celebrate the return of the restored 1810 Yaniewicz & Gr...
Thursday, 6 January 2022

Call all aspiring young composers - ORA Singers Composer Competition

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ORA Singers has launched its third Composer Competition - its free mentoring scheme for young composers from UK State Schools. 10 Finalists ...
Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Colour and movement: Patrick Allies and Siglo de Oro transport us to 17th century New Spain

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Choir of Puebla Cathedral (Photo by Gusvel / Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0) Christmas in Puebla ; Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies; Wigmore Hall ...
Saturday, 1 January 2022

Happy New Year

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Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore -  Marcus Farnsworth, Henry Waddington, Ossian Huskinson (Photo Marc Brenner) This year we managed to ...
Friday, 31 December 2021

2021 in opera and music theatre

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Beethoven: Fidelio - Adam Smith - Glyndebourne on Tour (© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith First prizes for imagin...