Geoffrey Bush News
British composer, organist and scholar
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2024-02-16 00:00:00
Some lesser-known 20th century Cello Concertos
[…] 03 Lionel Sainsbury: Cello Concerto, op.27 (1999) * [33'22]04 - 06 John Foulds: Cello Concerto in G major, op.17 (1908-09) ^ [36'13]Raphael Wallfisch- cello, Royal Scottish National Orchestra* and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra^ conducted by Martin YatesDutton Epoch CDLX 7284 [recorded May* and June^ 2011; issued 2012][Digital download; flacs. cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venues: RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland and the Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UKRecording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael PonderBowen, Bush and Brian:1.01 York Bowen: Rhapsody for cello and orchestra, op.74 (c. 1924) [23'51]1.02 - 1.06 Alan Bush: Concert Suite for cello and orchestra, op.37 (1952) [36'27]2.01 - 2.03 Havergal Brian: Concerto for cello and orchestra (1964) [21'43]Raphael Wallfisch- cello, BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Martin YatesDutton Epoch CDLX 7263 [recorded September 2010; issued 2011][CD-rip; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: St-Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, LondonRecording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael PonderEdvard Grieg for […]
2023-11-22 07:33:00
Epic re-imagining of Miles Davis’ legendary album 'Bitches Brew' in the first ever performance from super group London Brew
[…] a thunderstorm, or a clearing in a dense forest. Particularly the vocals of Eska drew the ears' attention, reciting incantations, as did a couple of forceful and direct saxophone contributions from Nubya Garcia - who delivered some powerfully intense and forward lower register tones in her extended contributions to this primordial music.As is often the case with music based on extended jams, there were some periods where things didn't quite work so successfully. Violinist Raven Bush, performing beautiful, intricate, effect-drenched lines, was choked out by some unsympathetic contributions from across the stage and, perhaps due to the number of musicians assembled, we were denied an opportunity to hear much of the improvisation from bassist Tom Herbert and Robert Stillman on bass clarinet and soprano saxophone - a shame, as when they were able to find some space to be heard through the vortex of sounds, they both had some exceptionally […]
2023-09-30 08:32:00
What is essential is that you have to be passionate about the work: Canadian baritone Étienne Dupuis, Don Carlo in the Royal Opera's revival of La Forza del Destino on his clutch of Verdi roles
[…] In fact, he loves digging things out. The quartet album, Love Blows as the Wind Blows (on ATMA Classique) came about because the quartet wanted to do Barber's Dover Beach with him (they are from the same place in Canada), and the question was what else to perform. George Butterworth's Love Blows as the Wind Blows remains somewhat unusual and Étienne likens it in style to RVW, then there is Farewell, Earth's Bliss by Geoffrey Bush which are some of Étienne's favourite pieces and a work by Rejean Coallier who is a friend of the string quartet, and he took a work for baritone and piano and worked it for baritone and string quartet. It all came together almost by accident, and then the record company heard them performing the programme and they were able to record it too.Apart from the recording of Meyerbeer's Dinorah with the Deutsche Oper Berlin […]
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