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2024-02-17 09:41:00
Mythical Creatures: I chat to Polish-born, Australian composer Paul Kopetz about the recent disc of his music
[…] opera to be more sophisticated, but first, he needs a topic and a collaborator. And he points out that any work would have to be small scale (Tales of Scheherazade is for two sopranos, tenor and baritone with violin, cello, clarinet, piano, and percussion) because there is not much money about, he talks about the need to miniaturise your instrumentation.Paul KopetzPaul Kopetz: Mythical Creatures - Leanne Kenneally, soprano; Leon Warnock, baritone; Michal Rosiak, flute, piccolo; Vivienne Brooke, oboe; Rianne Wilschut, clarinet; Paul Kopetz, bass clarinet; Peter Luff, French horn; Katharine Willison, bassoon; Mitchell Leigh, piano; David Quinn, percussion; Lunaire Collective (Patrick Nolan, flute; Eve Newsome, oboe; Rianne Wilschut, clarinet; Ysolt Clark, French horn; Nicole Tait, bassoon) - Navona RecordsMythical Creatures playlist on YouTube on Spotifyon Apple Music 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 blogA […]
2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] Entry of the Boyars [5'06]15 Johan Halvorsen: Danse Visionaire [7'51]16 Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carneval [6'46]17 Rikard Nordraak (orch: Halvorsen): Norwegian National Anthem [1'12]Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Per DrierCD RPO 8015 [recorded January 1989; CD issued 1989][digital download; flacs, cover scan - lo-res inlay and booklet from earlier Aurora/ASV/RPO release sourced from internet]Recording venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, LondonRecording engineer: Sean Lewis; Producer: Arne-Peter RognanDan Godfrey Encores:01 Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa - Overture [8'44]02 Byron Brooke (reconstructed R Corp): Gee Whizz! [4'09]03 Percy Whitlock: Carillon for Organ and Orchestra * [5'08]04 Ethel Smyth: The Boatswain's Mate - Overture [6'46]05 Howard Flynn: Clatter of the Clogs. A Novelty Fox-Trot [3'02]06 Landon Ronald: In an Eastern Garden. No.2 from 'The Garden of Allah' [4'38]07 Armstrong Gibbs (ed. M Pilkington): The Betrothal Ballet Music, op.34 10'40]08 Montague Birch: Dance of the Nymphs [3'56]09 Ina Boyle: The Magic Harp ^ [9'16]10 Ludwig Pleier: Karlsbad's […]
2023-12-06 07:44:00
A lifetime's experience: John Nelson finally records Messiah in a finely engaged performance, with a fantastic quartet of soloists
[…] also singing the title roles in Samson and Jephtha. Here Spyres has that lovely combination of strength and line, with a sense that there is power under the bonnet for these bigger roles. All in all, I loved what he did, drawing us in with his opening sequence in Part One, and ending with a finally judged duet with Potter, 'O Death, where is the sting', the two voices contrasting yet balancing.As the bass soloist, Matthew Brooke is positively on fire through the whole disc. His opening accompanied recitative has the requisite swagger along with a sense that he knows what he is talking about and that the words mean something. He varies his tone subtly throughout, colouring each word. 'The people that walked in darkness' is similarly fully engaged. Later on 'Why do the nations' has a lovely bravura swagger to it and fine passagework, and then 'The trumpet shall […]
2023-01-05 00:16:28
AURA Chamber Choir has chosen a new Artistic Director: Dr. Terry Pitt-Brooke.Charged
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