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Commemorations 2024 (Death: Anna Case)
- soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer, songwriter
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2024-03-24
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2024-03-23 15:27:00
R.I.P. Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024)
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)Maurizio Pollini was one of the guiding lights of my musical life: which is to say, he and his music-making were with me from the moment in my teens when I became seriously interested in music. More, composers and performers alike, are gone now than remain with us; I shall not tempt fate by naming those who are left. One of my very first cassette purchases – it may even have been the first – was his recording of Mozart’s Piano Concertos nos 19 and 23 with Karl Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic. I love it more than I can say. Mozart’s music requires but one thing: perfection. Perfection it receives in what, I suspect, will always be one of my Desert Island Discs. In my first London concert, a Prom for which I took the bus up to London and back to Sheffield for a birthday treat […]
2024-03-21 10:16:00
The Queen of Spades, Deutsche Oper, 20 March 2024
PIQUE DAME von Pjotr I. Tschaikowskij, Premiere am 9. März 2024 in der Deutschen Oper Berlin, copyright: Marcus LieberenzCountess (Doris Soffel) and Hermann (Martin Muehle)Hermann – Martin Muehle Tomsky – Lucio Gallo Prince Yeletsky – Thomas Lehman Chekalinsky – Chance Jonas-O’Toole Surin – Kyle Miller Chaplitsky – Andrew Dickinson Narumov – Artur Garbas Master of Ceremonies – Jörg Schörner The Countess – Doris Soffel Lisa – Maria Motolygina Pauline – Karia Tucker Governess – Nicole Piccolomini Masha – Arianna Manganello Children’s commander – Sofia Kaspruk Little Hermann – Aleksandr Sher Little Lisa – Alma Kraushaar Stage piano – Jisu Park Old servant – Wolfgang SiebnerDirector – Sam BrownDesigner – Stuart NunnChoreography – Ron HowellVideo – Martin EidenbergerLighting – Linus FellbornAssistant directors – Constanze Weidknecht, Silke SenseDramaturgy – Konstantin ParnianChildren’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (director: Christian Lindhorst)Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (director: Jeremy Bines)Statisterie, and Opernballet of the Deutsche OperSebastian […]
2024-03-18 12:48:00
KonzerthausMendelssohn: Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90, ‘Italian’ Mendelssohn: Hymne, op.96 Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Denis Uzun (mezzo-soprano)Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus director: Philipp Ahmann)Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraMartyn Brabbins (conductor) Mendelssohn and Stravinsky might not seem the most obvious bedfellows, but this Berlin Radio Symphony (RSB) concert, originally planned with Andrew Davis but conducted by Martyn Brabbins, offered pause for thought as well as enjoyment. Both composers had fraught relationships either with Wagner or his music—and, by extension, with that strain of musical Romanticism. (Even Liszt, that most generous spirited of composers, could refer dismissively to the ‘opposition’ as ‘leipzigerisch’.) The nature of their (neo)classicism is far from the same, but it offers an interesting perspective, even when the music performed is not so markedly in that mould. One could certainly spill a good deal of ink in discussing the relationship of the two Stravinsky works […]
2024-03-15 17:51:00
New Jersey Symphony. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. March 14, 2024.
NJPAC, Newark, NJ. Orchestra (Seat H101, $46).At the conclusion of the concert. Notice on the far right the regular principal bass.ProgramNightVision (2001, rev. 2002) by Ludwig (b. 1974).Piano Concerto No. 24 (1786) in C Minor, K. 491 by Mozart (1756-1791).Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 by Tchaikovsky.It was a nice spring day. The cherry blossoms are in bloom.The Program Notes contains much praise for the two "classical" pieces for this after (concert start 1:30 pm). And its description of NightVision is quite interesting also. My first thoughts were the concert had the potential of being "great," but would the NJ Symphony be able to deliver?Ludwig's name is David Serkin Ludwig. He is Peter Serkin's nephew, and Rudolf Serkin's grandson. So quite a musical heritage. He is no slouch either, as he is Dean of Music at Julliard. (The others Deans head up dance and drama.) This 7-minute piece […]
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