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2023-09-04 12:25:00
Pianist William Vann is back with a further song series as part of Pizza Express Live at The Pheasantry in Chelsea. The three-concert series opens on Tuesday 12 September 2023 when William Vann is joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson for a programme of French song including Ravel's Shéhérazade setting free-verse poems by Tristan Klingsor inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite, Milhaud's Catalogue des fleurs setting seven flower descriptions by Lucien Daudet, Fauré's Cinq Mélodies de Venise setting poems by Verlaine which Fauré began writing in Venice, and Poulenc's La Courte Paille, which sets children's verse by Maurice Carême and which Poulenc wrote for the singer Denise Duval and her young song. The programme is completed by songs by Poldowski and Satie. Further details from the Pizza Express Live website.Further ahead, Vann is joined by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately for an evening of English song by Rebecca Clarke, Madeleine Dring, Herbert Howells, John Ireland, Elizabeth Maconchy and Vaughan Williams […]
2022-05-04 10:24:24
Classical music at this year's Bath Festival
[…] plus Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Janacek's Sinfonietta. These latter two will feature the combined forces of the Bath Philharmonia and the Band of the Royal Marines School of Music. Should be thrilling stuff! Epic in another way is Steve Reich's Drumming, and the Colin Currie Group will be performing it with Synergy VocalsThe festival's Rising Stars this year include cellist Laura van der Heijden, pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, pianist Ariel Lanyi, violinist Irene Duval and pianist Sam Armstrong, pianist Ryan Corbett, and pianist Jonian Ilias KadeshaOther visitors to the festival include IF Opera will be presenting a faded Parisian salon, Chez Bullier, evoking memories of classic operas. Soprano Claire Booth will be revisiting her extraordinary solo tour-de-force with Poulenc's La voix humaine performed in an intimate, secret location. Saxophonist Jess Gillam and her ensemble will be performing an eclectic programme of music by CPE Bach, John Harle, James […]
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