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Premeres of two new song cycles by Iain Bell at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the London Song Festival
Thom Gunn (Photo Ander Gunn) The forthcoming weeks see the premieres of two song cycles by Iain Bell, in Salzburg and in London. Both setting texts by poets based in the USA, albeit 100 years apart, and both examining gay themes. We Two, setting poems by Walt Whitman, will be performed by American bass baritone Douglas Williams and pianist Levi Hammer at the Mozarteum in Salzburg on 27 November 2020, and The Man with Night Sweats, setting poems by Thom Gunn, will be performed by baritone Jarrett Ott and pianist Nigel Foster at the London Song Festival on 4 December 2020. We Two sets eight poems by Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass and explores the twin passions of Whitman's work; the joy and wonder of nature and the ecstasy of male physical contact. Williams and Hammer's recital also includes Kurt Weill's Whitman songs, Leonard Bernstein's Whitman setting from […]
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2018-01-05 20:05:09
Winter Journeys
At this point in the winter, 19 degrees would probably feel like a heat wave - but that temperature still felt plenty cold the day that I gave winter biking a try with filmmakers Alex Weiser and Ander Kazmerski , for Rochester Street Films , a project by Reconnect Rochester . You can see the results in a short movie here: Here are a few other musical winter journeys - with Sibelius, Barber, and Schubert: “No night could be darker than this night, No cold so cold, As the blood snaps like a wire, And the heart’s sap stills, And the year seems defeated” (Laurie Lee, set to music by Samuel Barber) Der Leiermann (The Hurdy Gurdy Man) - poetry by Wilhelm Müller, music by Franz Schubert More music for traveling through this season: Five Ways of Looking at a Snow Day
2017-10-03 23:30:00
Wyn Morris: Mahler Symphony No.2 (HD)
Gustav Mahler:01. - 05. Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' [90'23]Elizabeth Ander- soprano, Alfreda Hodgson- alto, The Ambrosian Singers, Symphonica of London conducted by Wyn MorrisSymphonica LP SYM7/8 (recorded May 1974; original LP issue 1978)(24bit/48kHz LP rip to FLAC, sleeve front and back scans)Recording venue: Not disclosedRecording engineer: Michael Gray; Producer: Isabella WallichThese files of a famous, not to say notorious, recording came to me from a friend without any documentation so I have no idea of their provenance. When first released, these LPs, like the earlier release of Symphony No.8, had universally noisy surfaces and after a number of exchanges, I eventually received a listenable copy from a special stash held in producer Isabella Wallich's central London apartment. As far as I know, this recording has never been issued on CD. (All the Symphonica tapes were reportedly seized by the British Treasury when the financial backers went bankrupt in […]
2016-04-30 15:44:58
Weinig kennis van moderne klassieke muziek van eigen bodem Bij veel klassieke muziekliefhebbers heerst onbekendheid rond modern klassieke muziek van eigen bodem. Gevolg hiervan is, dat veel prachtige hedendaags gecomponeerde muziek van getalenteerde Nederlandse componisten slechts sporadisch wordt uitgevoerd. Gelukkig zijn er nu allerlei initiatieven gaande om hier verAndering in te brengen, denk bijvoorbeeld aan het project Meet the Composer , een initiatief van Stichting Geneco. Doorgaande lijn van bekende klassieke muziek naar hedendaagse klassieke composities Een Ander initiatief waar ik nauw bij betrokken ben is het project Een Dubbele Spiegel – Met Ravel naar Hamburg van het Orion Ensemble . Het doel van dit project is het op levendige wijze onder de aandacht brengen van de doorgaande lijn van ‘bekende’ klassieke muziek naar ‘onbekende’ hedendaags-klassieke composities. Daarbij is het scheppingsproces van een nieuwe compositie vastgelegd in een documentaire, waardoor het ontstaan van een modern vergeleken kan worden met het […]
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