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2024-04-01 13:54:15
This Week in Classical Music: April 1, 2024. Easter Sunday was yesterday. Here is the first chorus of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen" (Come ye daughters, join my lament). Collegium Vocale Gent is conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. Two composers (great pianists both) were born on this day: Ferruccio Busoni in 1866 and Sergei Rachmaninov in 1873.
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2024-01-02 18:53:39
Bach Masterclass 2024 From 13th till 16th January 2024 Collegium Vocale Gent is organising a Bach masterclass for young vocal soloists!For four days conductor Philippe Herreweghe and bass Peter Kooij will coach young talent through the world of Bach’s cantatas. Interested? Read on for more information, deadlines and registration! BACH MASTERCLASS YOUNG SOLOISTS Collegium Vocale Gent – BACH ACADEMY BRUGGE 13-16 […]
2023-12-01 10:37:00
Monteverdi's first opera, the historically informed Ring Cycle continues, Bruckner's 200th birthday, composer Sven Helbig live - Dresden's 47th music festival
[…] performances include soprano Janine de Bique and Concerto Köln in arias by Handel, Graun, Broschi, Telemann and Vinci, Haydn's The Seasons with Jordi Savall and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations, Mark Minkowski and the Dresdner Festspielorchester in Wagner, Mendelssohn and excerpts from Offenbach's rare grand opera Die Rheinnixen. The ensemble lautten compagney BERLIN directed by Nikolaus Habjan, with the conductor and lute player Wolfgang Katschner stage Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with Rolando Villazón in the title role. Philippe Herreweghe directs Collegium Vocale Gent in Bach's Mass in B Minor.For the festival's official opening night, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and chief conductor designate, Klaus Mäkelä, celebrate Anton Bruckner’s 200th birthday with a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 5, and for the final concert Jakub Hrůša directs the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-Smetana programme.Dresden’s Staatsschauspiel presents Brecht & Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper with the action transposed to today’s Germany. Thomas Quasthoff joins the Amatis Trio for a programme that […]
2022-03-30 15:51:21
Philippe Herreweghe was born in Ghent, Belgium and studied at both the university and music conservatory there, studying piano with Marcel Gazelle. During this period he started conducting and founded the Collegium Vocale Gent in 1970. He was invited by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt, who had noticed his innovative work, to participate in their recordings of the complete cantatas of J.S. Bach. Herreweghe continually seeks out new musical challenges, and has been very active performing the great symphonic repertoire, from Beethoven to Stravinsky. Since 1997 he is directing the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra as principal and guest conductor. He has
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