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A Spring and Summer of new opera: Tête à Tête's plans for 2024
Tête à Tête is not just planning its Summer opera festival in London but is creating a whole Spring and Summer of opera. In May, the company is heading to Newcastle, joining forces with members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia for two days of workshops for opera makers, aimed at encouraging the development of new opera in the North East [further information]June sees the company in London working with student composers from the Royal College of Music (RCM) to present Revolutions, an evening of six short operas by RCM composers performed by RCM students. The programme being presented on 24, 26 and 27 June 2024 includes The Anthem by Jasper Eaglesfield, who is also featured in the RCM Philharmonic’s Orchestral Masterworks concert on 18 April, and Fanny and Stella’s Last Day Out by Jasper Dommett, whose music was praised in The Scotsman for its ‘crystalline gestures’ and ‘languid lyricism’, plus works by […]
2024-02-15 23:29:32
Jasper Quartet will play lyrical pieces by Dvorak, Schumann and Grażyna Bacewicz By Peter Alexander Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m. The Takács Quartet concert series will feature a guest ensemble Sunday and Monday (4 p.m. Feb. 18 and 7 :30 p.m. Feb. 19; details below) that is named for a place none of them have […]
2024-01-22 04:30:00
Peter Jonatan: Psalms Symphony (CD Review)
by Karl NehringJasper Soffers, piano; Aram Kersbergen, bass; Martijn Vink, drums; Metropole Orkest conducted by Jukka Lisakkila; Netherlands Radio Choir conducted by Benjamin Goodson. CD available here, also available on streaming platformsThe Jakarta-born, Boston-based composer and pianist Peter Jonatan, has long been drawn to hybrid forms of jazz and classical music, and the Metropole Orchestra is considered by many in the industry to be the gold standard for performing such music. Vince Mendoza, its former director, was a major artistic influence on Jonatan – you can read our review of a Mendoza release here. This new composition takes as its subject matter four chapters from the Bible’s Book of Psalms, which Jonatan chose for their expressive and musical potential. Broadly speaking, the work’s four movements follow standard symphonic form: I. “God, the Magnificent King” (Psalm 29) - a big opening theme and variations; II. “God, the Merciful” (Psalm 136) - an adagio; III. “God, the Protector” (Psalm 121) - […]
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2023-09-28 09:03:38
The London-based HarrisonParrott agency has been sold overnight... The post Biz news: Jasper Parrott bows out of the biz, still having it both ways first appeared on Slippedisc. The post Biz news: Jasper Parrott bows out of the biz, still having it both ways appeared first on Slippedisc.
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