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2024-02-24 09:51:00
The Lady of Satis House: composer Jacques Cohen talks about finally bringing his 2012 Charles Dickens-inspired monodrama to disc
Jacques Cohen: The Lady of Satis House - Marie Vassiliou at Tete-a-Tete: The Opera Festival in 2012 (Photo: Claire Shovelton)Jacques Cohen's operatic monodrama The Lady of Satis House premiered in 2012. A commission from Bill Bankes-Jones' Tete-a-Tete: The Opera Festival, it was directed by Joe Austin, designed by Emily Harwood and performed by soprano Marie Vassiliou and the Piatti Quartet. 2012 was also the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth and faced with writing the opera in six weeks, Jacques chose Miss Havisham from Great Expectations as the subject, drawing his text from Dickens' book.Jacques Cohen (Photo: Lester Barnes)Now, some 12 years after those first performances, the work has appeared on disc, on the Meridian label, again performed by Marie Vassiliou with the Tippett Quartet. The disc also features two of Jacques' works for string quartet, When the Bough Breaks: Three Lullabies for String Quartet and From Behind Glass: Tone Poem for […]
2022-04-23 07:42:00
Korros: I chat to the trio about rediscovering Elizabeth Poston's trio for flute, clarinet and harp
[…] sensibilities: a powerful Tamerlano from Cambridge Handel Opera Company - opera review The Handmaid's Tale: Poul Ruders operatic version of Margaret Atwood's dystopic tale returns in a stark new production with an astonishing performance from Kate Lindsey in the title role - opera review British Piano Concertos: Simon Callaghan revives six undeservedly neglected mid-Century works - record review Alertness and vivacity: Geoffroy Jourdain and Les Cris de Paris in Heinrich Schütz - record review 'Ghostly stuff' - the Tippett Quartet and Emma Abbate in Elgar's Piano Quintet at Conway Hall - concert review Home
2022-04-22 09:55:05
Songs of Loneliness: Noah Max's haunting and disturbing chamber music on a disc from Toccata Classics
[…] sensibilities: a powerful Tamerlano from Cambridge Handel Opera Company - opera review The Handmaid's Tale: Poul Ruders operatic version of Margaret Atwood's dystopic tale returns in a stark new production with an astonishing performance from Kate Lindsey in the title role - opera review British Piano Concertos: Simon Callaghan revives six undeservedly neglected mid-Century works - record review Alertness and vivacity: Geoffroy Jourdain and Les Cris de Paris in Heinrich Schütz - record review 'Ghostly stuff' - the Tippett Quartet and Emma Abbate in Elgar's Piano Quintet at Conway Hall - concert review The very particular sound-world of 17th century London: Blow's Venus and Adonis from Early Opera Company - opera review Home