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Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Born in Latvia, trained in Paris, lived in Canada: introducing Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, a very global 20th century composer

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Tālivaldis Ķeniņš Violin Concerto , Percussion Concerto ; Eva Bindere, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga; SKANI Review...
Tuesday, 17 November 2020

A riot of colours and textures: Avi Avital's imaginative programme of over 300 years of music for the mandolin - Art of the Mandolin

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Art of the Mandolin - Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Ben Haim, Henze, Sollima Bruce - Avi Avital, Alon Sariel, Anneleen Lennaerts, Sea...

From Rossini's William Tell to 20 newly commissioned operas: Irish National Opera reinforces its commitment to contemporary work as a result of pandemic restrictions

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For its 2020/21 season, Irish National Opera (INO) was planning a staging of Rossini's grand opera William Tell , the work's first p...
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Musical Chain: Baltic Sea Philharmonic's innovative video response to lockdown

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Anyone who has read my recent interview with conductor Kristjan Järvi will not be surprised to find that the conductor's response to ...
Monday, 16 November 2020

The Auditions: Augusta Read Thomas' new ballet score on disc as part of Nimbus ongoing series devoted to her music

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Augusta Read Thomas The Auditions , Selene ; ICE Ensemble, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Third Coast Percussion, CLiff Colnot; NIMBUS ALLIANCE Re...

Smetana's Má vlast performed in honour of Velvet Revolution: Czech Philharmonic live & on-line

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Semyon Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic (Photo Marco Borggreve) In collaboration with Prague Spring International Music Festival, the Czech Philh...
Sunday, 15 November 2020

A Life On-Line: Baroque in Wiltshire, Stravinsky in Chelsea, Beethoven in Poole

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Telemann: Cantata 'Der am Olberg Zagende Jesus' - Roderick Williams, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Photo Southbank Centre ...
Saturday, 14 November 2020

The folk-song as art song: Albion Records's first volume of its complete Vaughan Williams folk-song arrangements

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Ralph Vaughan Williams Folk Songs, Vol. 1 ; Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams, Jack Liebeck, William Vann; Albion Records R...
Friday, 13 November 2020

Eight commissions for ORA Singers' Emergency Composers in collaboration with Tate Modern

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The eight composers chosen for ORA Singers and Tate Modern's commissions Dani Howard, Sorana Santos, Eunseog Lee, James B. Wilson, Kemal...

Stone marimbas & Norse mythology: Sigur Ros release video from forthcoming Odin's Raven Magic

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I have just finished reading Neil Price's terrific book Children of Ash and Elm , [ Amazon , Hive ] about the Vikings and their culture...

Closely worked arguments: Rory MacDonald & the RSNO in Thomas Wilson's Symphonies No. 3 & 4

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Thomas Wilson Symphonies No. 2 & 5 ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory MacDonald; LINN Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 26 Oc...
Thursday, 12 November 2020

The Soldier's Return: Opera Sunderland's powerful film premiere of Marcos Fernandez-Barrero's new opera

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Marcos Fernandez-Barrero: The Soldier's Return - Ian Priestley, Austin Gunn - Opera Sunderland (Photo Mark Savage) Marcos Fernandez-...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020

As the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation spends 5.6 million euros on contemporary music in 2020, its ensemble prize goes to the Riot Ensemble and Synaesthesis

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Riot Ensemble, winners of the one of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation's new Ensemble Prizes The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation ha...

Looking back, looking forward: after an extraordinary year, Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival presents a final opera, and two talks centred on the 2020 festival

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This year's Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival was a triumph of will and creativity over circumstance. During July, the festival presented ...

Espiral: new music from Spain and Latin-America from Camerata Gala and Alejandro Muñoz

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Espiral - Igmar Alderete, Ruben Jordan, Juan de Dios Garcia Aguilera, Raquel Rodriguez, Monica Cardenas, Jose Javier Delgado; Camerata ...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Handel, ecology and a recently discovered bacteria: L'Apothéose - Ideonella Sakaiensis

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Spanish period instrument ensemble, L'Apothéose has released a new video Ideonella Sakaiensis . Joining forces with animators Chow Jua...

Embracing a changed world and a developed on-line presence: arts organisations change and adapt to the new reality

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Telemann: Cantata 'Der am Olberg Zagende Jesus' - Roderick Williams, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Photo: Soutbank Centre, ...
Monday, 9 November 2020

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My apologies if you are having difficulties accessing the site. Unfortunately the https (secure) version of the site has ceased to work. If ...

Dancing Folk: Jeff Moore's homage to Percy Grainger played by amateur and professional musicians across the globe in aid of Help Musicians

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The Musicians for Musicians project, which aims to raise funds for Help Musicians, has released a new track as a follow up to the album Many...

The See Within from Belgian ensemble The Echo Collective

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The See Within ; The Echo Collective; 7K! Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 November 2020 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) The Belgian post-...