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Sunday, 15 April 2018

Light Divine: a final glimpse of treble Aksel Rykkvin

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Handel, Albinoni, Ritter, Rameau; Mark Bennett, Aksel Rykkvin, The MIN Ensemble; Signum Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 13 Ma...
Saturday, 14 April 2018

David Hare's The Moderate Soprano at the Duke of York's Theatre

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David Hare: The Moderate Soprano - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Nancy Carroll, Roger Allam, Paul Jesson, Anthony Calf - Duke of Yorks Theatre (P...
Friday, 13 April 2018

Into the musical melting pot again - Ensemble Tempus Fugit at Tara Arts

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In 1690 the East India Company was granted a trading licence by the Nawab of Bengal for three villages on the East bank of the Hooghly riv...

Handel's Teseo at the London Handel Festival

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Hippolyte Flandrin (1806-1864): Theseus Recognized by his Father (1832), École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Wikimedia Com...
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Thursday, 12 April 2018

Handel's Giulio Cesare from Early Opera Company at London Handel Festival

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Handel: Giulio Cesare , first edition of July 1724 printed by Cluer and Creake Handel Giulio Cesare ; Tim Mead, Anna Devin, Hilary S...

Pirates ahoy: Moonfleet at Salisbury Playhouse

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The composer Russell Hepplewhite has popped up on this blog quite a few times, he was responsible for the music for English Touring Opera...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Concrete Dreams

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Southbank Centre: Concrete Dreams Concrete Dreams ; Southbank Centre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 10 Apr 2018 Star rating: 4.0 ...

Streetwise Opera's Tell me the truth about Love

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Streetwise Opera is presenting its latest opera, Tell me the truth about love , at the Sage Gateshead on 14 & 15 April 2018.  The o...

Britten, Bernstein, Moore, Sutherland, Chagall, Piper - Walter Hussey & his commissions

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Peter Webster Church and patronage in 20th century Britain: Walter Hussey and the Arts ; Palgrave Macmillan Reviewed by Robert Hugill...
Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Europe and the world: a symphony of cultures

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The British Museum is holding a music festival, Europe and the world: a symphony of cultures which will open up the museum's gallerie...

International Opera Awards 2018

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Teresa Berganza, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 International Opera Awards (photo Chris Christodoulou) The 2018 I...

Shedding light on Claude Le Jeune's psalm settings

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Claude Le Jeune psalms from Dodecacorde ; choir fo St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Edward Wickham; Resonus Classics Reviewed b...

Pro Youth Philharmonia makes its debut

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In April a new orchestra for young professionals aged 22 to 32 gives its debut concerts. The Pro Youth Philharmonia will be performing at...
Monday, 9 April 2018

Journey to Nidaros

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Alexander Chapman Campbell Journey to Nidaros ; Alexander Chapman Campbell Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Mar 07 2018 Star...

Fantasies can be dangerous: Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'Coraline'

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Mark-Anthony Turnage: Coraline - Mary Bevan (Coraline), Kitty Whatley (Other Mother) and Ghost Children (Dominic Sedgwick, Harry Nicoll...

The Chichester connection - celebrating Bernstein

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Walter Hussey The Chichester Psalms is a most unlikely piece, a setting of texts from the Psalms in Hebrew for soloist, choir and instr...

Philip Venables: The Gender Agenda & 4:48 Psychosis

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The composer Philip Venables has two challenging works being performed in London during April. His 2016 opera 4:48 Psychosis returns to ...
Sunday, 8 April 2018

Competitive edge: Thomas Arne's 'The Judgement of Paris' and arias from Handel's 'Semele'

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Angelica Kauffman, The Judgement of Paris c. 1770-1797 Arne The Judgement of Paris , Handel Semele (excerpts); Soraya Mafi, Gillian ...
Saturday, 7 April 2018

A labour of love: new musical directions at Finchcocks House

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Finchcocks Manor House Buying a significant country house is not for everyone, it takes a particular type of bravery and clear-sightedn...
Friday, 6 April 2018

Spellbinding: Anna Netrebko and Željko Lučić in Verdi's Macbeth - Royal Opera House Live Cinema

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Verdi: Macbeth - Anna Netrebko - Royal Opera (Photo Bill Cooper) Željko Lučić, Anna Netrebko Royal Opera (Photo Bill Cooper) Verd...