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The choirs of two of London's historic chapels come together for the first time to celebrate the Queen instrumental in founding both
The choirs of two of London's historic chapels are coming together for what is thought to be their first joint concert. The Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea will be directed by Ralph Allwood and William Vann in a concert on Tuesday 30 April 2024 in the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College. They will be joined by the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists for a concert celebrating Queen Mary II's Birthday.There will be music by John Blow and Henry Purcell written for the Queen's coronation, birthday and funeral, plus Handel's Utrecht Te Deum written for her successor, Queen Anne. Queen Mary II was instrumental in founding the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (what is now the Old Royal Naval College) in 1692 which is now home to Trinity Laban, and she was on the throne when the Royal Hospital, Chelsea finally opened its […]
2024-02-13 08:15:00
Pierre Loti's writings inspired Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé and a whole genre of Orientalist operas
Loti (right) with Chrysanthème and Pierre le Cor in Japan, 1885.Pierre Loti has a lot to answer for. Whilst he certainly did not invent Orientalisme, his exotic novels and short stories, inspired by his travels as a French Naval office, fed into the Western European fascinating for the perceived exoticism of life in the East, and gave rise to a whole operatic genre. His 1880 book, Le Mariage de Loti (about his romantic liaison with an exotic Tahitian girl), inspired both the 1883 opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes, and an 1898 opera by Reynaldo Hahn, L'île du rêve.His 1887 novel Madame Chrysanthème (about a Naval officer temporarily married to a Japanese woman while he was stationed in Nagasaki, Japan) would be one of the inspirations behind André Messager's 1893 opera of the same name, Mascagni's Iris (1898) and Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1904). The fashion for things Japanese, Japonisme, had developed from the mid-1850s with opening up of […]
2023-09-07 15:31:21
Our October cover star is guitarist Sean Shibe, whose adventurous spirit has found expression through some boundary-pushing collaborations. The groundbreaking performer tells Michael Beek how working with others keeps his creative fires burning. Elsewhere this issue, Clive Paget explores The English Concert’s vast and laudable project to make all of Handel’s works available online for free. And Brian Wise leads us on a walking tour of Los Angeles, where the likes of Stravinsky and Rachmaninov once roamed. We also learn how broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill’s book Year of Wonder is inspiring a whole range of devoted listeners through new book club run by the Boise Philharmonic. Rebecca Franks joins one of their sessions. This month’s BBC Music Magazine interviewee is former piano prodigy Kit Armstrong, who tells Michael Church about his new projects – including urban regeneration and a new opera about Machaut. October’s Musical Destination is Spetses, where Charlotte Smith […]
2022-06-20 20:16:31
Anglais - First Rate Cast in Excellent Revival of Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Set in Nagasaki, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly of 1904-07, with a libretto by Giuseppe Giacoso and Luigi Illica, explores the relationship between the American Naval officer Pinkerton and Cio-Cio-San from the city’s Omara district. Cio-Cio-San, whom Pinkerton both affectionately and patronisingly addresses as Madam Butterfly, takes their love so seriously that she converts to Christianity, and is consequently ostracised by her family. He, on the other hand, sees their marriage as being akin to his Japanese house, which he has on a 999-year lease that he can cancel at any moment. When he leaves for America soon after the wedding, it seems obvious to everyone, including Cio-Cio-San’s maid Suzuki, the American consul at Nagasaki Sharpless and the local marriage broker Goro, that he will not be returning, but Cio-Cio-San will simply not accept this. It transpires she possesses a ‘trump card’ that explains why she believes she can persuade him to come […]
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