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Don’t miss this opportunity to bring Class Act to your elementary school! The Frieda Belinfante Class Act Program connects Pacific Symphony to a select number of elementary schools each year. Class Act strives to enhance existing school music programs by providing additional …
2019-10-25 08:40:26
Les Étoiles: Natalie Clein, Ruby Hughes, Julius Drake, Matan Porat in music for voice, cello and piano at Kings Place
Frieda Belinfante & Henriëtte Bosmans Les Étoiles - Robert Schumann, Henriëtte Bosmans, Hector Berlioz, Pauline Viardot, Claude Debussy, Judith Weir, Johannes Brahms; Natalie Clein, Ruby Hughes, Julius Drake, Matan Porat; Kings Place Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 24 Otober 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) From the evocative orientalism of Berlioz, to the classicism of Debussy and the fascinating elliptical music of Judith Weir, music for voice, cello and pianoAs part of Kings Place's Venus Unwrapped season, Les Étoiles on Thursday 24 October 2019, brought together soprano Ruby Hughes, cellist Natalie Clein and pianists Julius Drake and Matan Porat in a programme which centred on four works for voice, cello and piano, the premiere of Judith Weir's On the Palmy Beach, Pauline Viardot's Les Étoiles, Hector Berlioz' La Captive and Johannes Brahms' Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Klavier in a version for soprano, cello and […]
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2018-10-08 06:51:29
A lesbian music director in 1950s America
The chance discovery of an old concert flyer has prompted Leonard Slatkin to look into the forgotten life of Frieda Belinfante, founder of the Orange County Philharmonic in a conservative part of California at a time when women – let alone lesbians – were never put in charge of an orchestra. Frieda, who died […]
2018-08-06 14:16:00
In search of the lost composers
[…] discoveries included for a bargain 15 euros Etcetera's 10CD overview of Dutch Entartete Musik titled 'Forbidden Music in World War II'. As well as providing a poignant tribute to a persecuted generation, it is also an Aladdin's Cave of music awaiting rediscovery from these composers: Henriëtte Bosmans, Lex van Delden, Jan van Gilse, Dick Kattenburg, Ignace Lilien, Leo Smit, Rosy Wertheim, Nico Richter, Marius Flothuis, Sem Dresden,Wilhelm Rettich, Leo Kok, Mischa Hillesum, Sim Gokkes, Daniël Belinfante, Theo Smit Sibinga, Bob Hanf, and Marjo Tal. So that's my summer listening sorted. New Overgrown Path posts are available via RSS/email by entering your email address in the right-hand sidebar. Any copyrighted material is included for critical analysis, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s).
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