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Something astonishing: Olivia Fuchs' new production of Britten's Death in Venice for Welsh National Opera involved a collaboration with circus arts, NoFit State
[…] to pianist Stephen Wood for all the expressive recitative.Britten: Death in Venice - Mark Le Brocq, Roderick Williams - Welsh National Opera (Photo Johann Persson)Dare we say it, for all its genius status, Britten's Death in Venice can have longeurs. The most successful production I have seen had an added ingredient into the mix. All those years back, the presence of Peter Pears in the title role made the whole mesmerising. At Garsington in 2015, Paul Curran's production added significantly more dance to the mix [see my review], and here, in an astonishing feat, Olivia Fuchs and NoFit State brought music drama and circus arts together to create something unforgettable.Never miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogLumen Christi: I chat to Master of Music, Simon Johnson about his first disc with the choir […]
2023-07-23 08:07:00
No one thought there was a market for the Beatles
[…] he says that it is aleatoric, which means it has been done by the throw of the dice. But I don't believe that is true at all: I don't believe he made it up, I believe he wrote it - but it is extremely effective. BS: That is very interesting. I hadn't heard he claimed it was aleatoric music; obviously there are connections there with John Cage and other contemporary composers like Alvin Curran, whose Inner Cities piano cycle I broadcast on Future Radio recently. It's amazing how all these threads come together; we are not talking here just about early and medieval music, it's much broader than that. CB: Well I think it would have been. I think it had only just started, I'm not sure how much he would have known about John Cage in those days to be quite fair. But I think […]
2021-08-21 05:42:00
Classical Music News of the Week, August 21, 2021
[…] for free streaming from September 8 to October 6, 2021.--Leonard Bernstein PressUpcoming Live PARMA Stream EventOn Thursday, August 26th at 7:00 pm EDT, PARMA presents a program of contemporary works from composers Ben Marino, Rain Worthington, Shirley Mier, and Kamala Sankaram. Tune in to hear the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra perform a diverse selection of works, distinguishable by compositional themes of nuclear physics, human emotion, historic locales, and Bollywood classics.Learn more about the event here: https://www.parmarecordings.com/event/zagreb-philharmonic-08-26-21/--Aidan Curran, PARMA Recordings“Live from Columbia” Streams Pop-Up Concerts“Live from Columbia”: Pop-Ups from Morningside Campus, co-presented with Columbia School of the Arts.Miller invites the public to take a virtual front-row seat to performances by world-class musicians as part of its celebrated (and free) Pop-Up Concerts. In anticipation of the return of in-person programming, Miller shares rare, up-close access to concert experiences in unique Columbia settings, and highlights its commitment to contemporary music, including the long-awaited world […]
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