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2024-03-08 17:19:30
If you've been following the classical music world, you've likely heard the buzz about Sterling Elliott, the stunningly talented young cellist taking stages by storm. Only in his early 20s, he has already achieved what most musicians only dream of—solo performances with top orchestras like the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra...
2024-03-04 07:33:00
Musical strengths, visual confusion & two Rakes: English Touring Opera's new production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
[…] "it isn't neo-anything: it's pure Stravinsky, and Russian Stravinsky, the same person who wrote The Rite of Spring". I have to confess that rather too often the opera's 18th-century setting and this idea of a neo-classical work, perhaps even a pastiche, seem something of a straight-jacket for productions. Glyndebourne's iconic Hockney-designed version is wonderful but is only one approach.Stravinsky: The Rake's Progess - Act One, scene oneFrederick Jones, Nazan Fikret, David Horton, Jerome Knox, Trevor Elliott Bowes - English Touring Opera (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith)Director Polly Graham (artistic director of Longborough Festival) and designer April Dalton deliberately approach the work from a different direction, which seems to have arisen from a close reading of Auden and Kallman's text. The opening scene was a May Day celebration, albeit one so over-designed that it might have been from schlock horror film, and with the Punch and Judy theatre, there seemed deliberate, if […]
2024-02-06 07:24:00
Late romantic at Wigmore Hall: Timothy Ridout & Frank Dupree in York Bowen and Rebecca Clarke
York Bowen by Elliott & Fry, bromide print (NPG x86430, © National Portrait Gallery, London)Enescu, Fauré, Kreisler, Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata, York Bowen: Viola Sonata No. 1; Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree; Wigmore Hall3 February 2024Youthful muscularity, engaging manner and sweetly singing tone in Timothy Ridout's exploration of early 20th century music for viola with a focus on those inspired by Lionel TertisFollowing on from Simon Callaghan's lunchtime concert performing Cyril Scott [see my review], the evening concert at Wigmore Hall on 3 February 2024 featured viola player Timothy Ridout and pianist Frank Dupree in a programme inspired by viola player Lionel Tertis that featured York Bowen's Viola Sonata no. 1 and Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata along with music by Enescu, Fauré and Fritz Kreisler.Born the same year as Pablo Casals (1876), Lionel Tertis devoted his life to opening composers' and performers' eyes to the viola as a solo instrument. A wide range of […]
2024-01-30 09:55:00
The Cumnock Tryst hosting International Summer School for composers with Sir James MacMillan and Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Dumfries HouseThe Cumnock Tryst, the festival founded by Sir James MacMillan, is hosting its first International Summer School for composers. Taking place from 4 to 10 August 2024 at Dumfries House, the Summer School will give composers aged between 18 and 30 the opportunity to work closely with leading composers Sir James MacMillan and Anna Thorvaldstottir. The week will culminate in a public performance at Dumfries House on Saturday 10 August, when the composers’ work from the week will be brought to life by a professional ensemble consisting of string trio and contrabass clarinet. The ensemble, which has been specially created for this occasion, consists of the distinctive combination of strings and contrabass clarinet and is comprised of some of the finest instrumentalists in the UK – Gordon Bragg (violin), Ruth Gibson (viola), Christian Elliott (cello) and Contrabass Clarinet (Scott Lygate). The ensemble will be on hand to work with the composers […]
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