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2024-04-20 09:51:00
A Leeds Songbook and a showcase performance: Leeds Lieder Young Artists 2024
[…] vocal writing. The Birdman of Adel Woods by Huw Mears (music) and Susan Darlington (words), performed by Felicitas Wrede (soprano) and Abhisri Chaudhuri (piano), was dark an expressionist in tone, conjuring real atmosphere.Richard's Song by Dawn Walters (music) and Laura Strickland (words), performed by Thomas McGowan (baritone) and Benjamin Collyer (piano), felt very mid-20th century English, attractively lyric and well-written for voice with discreet yet atmospheric piano writing, creating something touching. The Changeling Moss by David Palmer (music) and Lizzie Nolan (words), performed by Laura Coppinger (soprano) accompanied by the composer, featured athletic, quasi-instrumental writing for the voice, impressively performed by Coppinger. The very distinct atmosphere of the piece reflected the poem's tone, but lacked the intriguing sense of irony Lizzie Nolan gave it when she read the poem, also I was unclear whether Palmer had set all the words that Nolan read out to us.With Cheer by Peter Cooper (music) and Hanna Stone (words), performed […]
2024-04-16 06:36:00
The sound of an image: recent chamber music by New York City-based, Puerto Rican-born composer Gabriel Vicéns
[…] [10:32]Roberta Michel, flute [3], Raissa Fahlman, clarinet [1, 3], Joenne Dumitrascu, violin [1, 3], Adrianne Munden-Dixon, violin [2, 5], Rocío Díaz de Cossío, cello [2], Wick Simmons, cello [3], Julia Henderson, cello [7], Corinne Penner, piano [1, 3, 4], Mayumi Tsuchida, piano [2, 5], Mikael Darmanie, piano [7], John Ling, vibraphone [3], David Bloom, conductor [3] Nu Quintet [6] (Kim Lewis, flute, Michael Dwinell, oboe, Kathryn Vetter, clarinet, Tylor Thomas, bassoon, Blair Hamrick, horn)Recorded by Nolan Thies at Bunker Studio, NYC on August 2022STRADIVARIUS STR 37292 1 CD 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 blogEnergy, discipline, & sheer love of music-making: National Youth Orchestra & National Youth Brass Band in Gavin Higgins - concert reviewNo boundaries or rules: Yorkshire-based Paradox Orchestra is reinventing the orchestral concert - interviewFull of good things: Sean Shibe and […]
2024-02-17 09:41:00
Mythical Creatures: I chat to Polish-born, Australian composer Paul Kopetz about the recent disc of his music
[…] 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 Lionel Tertis Celebration: Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree, James Baillieu; Harmonia Mundi - record reviewYoung Composers 5: the latest iteration of the National Youth Choir's Young Composers […]
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