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British conductor (1882-1953)
- classical music, opera
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Russian Empire
- conductor, composer
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2024-02-15 07:23:00
A Lionel Tertis Celebration: Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree, James Baillieu; Harmonia Mundi
A Lionel Tertis Celebration - York Bowen, Rebecca Clarke, Vaughan Williams, Lionel Tertis, Frank Bridge, Brahms, Schumann, Faure, William Wolstenholme, Kreisler, W.H. Reed, Eric Coates, Cecil Forsyth, John Ireland, and Mendelssohn; Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree, James Baillieu; Harmonia Mundi12 February 2024Timothy Ridout's warm tribute to Lionel Tertis moves between powerful dramatic utterance and more domesticated, salon pieces, with every piece in a finely judged performanceInspired by the supple violin playing of Fritz Kreisler, though entirely self-taught, Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) made it his mission to bring the viola back to the foreground in classical music. In order to create a repertoire, Tertis adapted existing material (famously creating a viola concerto from Elgar's Cello Concerto, see my review of Ridout's 2023 recording of this), as well as badgering composers for pieces. Like other such figures (his friend the cellist Pablo Casals, and the guitarist Segovia), Tertis' taste in music was relatively conservative and famously […]
2024-02-06 07:24:00
Late romantic at Wigmore Hall: Timothy Ridout & Frank Dupree in York Bowen and Rebecca Clarke
[…] development, and the ending was one of real emotional strength. Terrific, strong stuff.Impressively, Ridout played the entire programme from memory. He and pianist Frank Dupree seemed to have a warmly communicative relationship, with Ridout playing the programme alongside Dupree rather than sheltering in front of the piano. Throughout the programme, Dupree matched Ridout's approach, so all the pieces had an engaging warmth, poetry and communicativeness alongside a robust strength.We were treated to an encore. Eric Coates wrote his Souvenir of first meeting in 1943 for Tertis and though Tertis played it privately with Coates, the viola player had retired. It was only ever performed in a version for violin and the viola version was reconstructed thanks to John Wilson.Timothy Ridout's celebration of the art of Lionel Tertis is now out on Harmonia MundiNever miss outon future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your […]
2023-11-10 00:00:00
Farquhar, Farr, Finzi, Imogen Holst, Lilburn, McCabe, Psathas, Rubbra & The King's Alchemist: British and New Zealand Chamber Music
[…] Hulse; Producer: Murray KhouriImogen Holst - String Chamber Music (all first recordings):01 String Quartet 'Phantasy' (1928) [10'00]02 - 04 Duo for Viola and Piano ^ (1968) [9'53]05 - 08 String Trio No. 1 (1944) [14'30]09 - 13 The Fall of the Leaf for Cello (1962) * [7'47]14 - 16 Sonata for Violin and Cello (1930) [18'26]17 - 19 String Quintet * (1982) [14'16]Court Lane Music (Simon Hewitt Jones and David Warswick-violins, Tom Hankey- viola, Oliver Coates and Thomas Hewitt Jones*- cellos, Dniel Swain^- piano)NMC D236 [recorded August 2007; originally issued as Court Lane Music CLM37601 in 2008; NMC re-release in 2017[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans; no booklet is provided with digital downloads so I have included the booklet for the original Court Lane Music issue sourced from the internet]Recording venue: All Saints Church, West Dulwich, LondonRecording engineer and Producer: Thomas Hewitt JonesDouglas Lilburn - Master Works for Strings:01 […]
2023-10-14 08:18:00
Inspired by the Sea: composer Ed Bennett on the ideas behind 'Strange Waves', his large-scale immersive work eight-part multitracked cello & field recordings,
[…] is also working on some new piano music. Also for 2024, there is a new project with Decibel, working with an Irish poet on an evening-length work.He describes his influences as broad, he likes all sorts of things, not necessarily all of which things he would do in his own music. He enjoys the energy of Louis Andriessen's music, and the delicacy and clarity of Morten Feldman's, whilst he finds fascinating the music of Gloria Coates (the American composer based in Germany, who recently died). He feels that we don't hear enough of Coates' music and mentions her symphonies. He also has strong interests in jazz, electronic music and improvisation, as well as music that falls into the cracks between established genres.Ed Bennett: Strange Waves - Kate Ellis - Ergodos Ed Bennett: Psychedelia - RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, David Brophy, Kate Ellis, Decibel, Daniele Rosina, Orkest de Ereprijs, Wim Boerman, Jack McNeil, Eliza McCarthy […]
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