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British composer and conductor (1868-1946)
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2024-04-03 06:35:00
A wondrous snapshot of British singing: Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music and the sixteen singers chosen for the first performance
[…] torni' from Puccini's La Boheme, Robert Easton and Heddle Nash in the duet 'Heavenly Vision' from Gounod's Faust, and Harold Williams in the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, as well as Margaret Balfour in the Angel's Farewell from Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius conducted by the composer.The remainder are song repertoire that veers between Victorian charm and the more contemporary, Isobel Baillie in the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, Elsie Suddaby in Somervell's Shepherd's Cradle Song, Muriel Brunskill in Bantock's Serenade, Astra Desmond in the traditional Mull Fisher's Love Song, Mary Jarred in Parry's England, Walter Widdop in Woodforde-Finden's A Request, Parry Jones in Warlock's There is a lady sweet and kind, Heddle Nash in Linden Lea, Norman Allin in Silent Noon, and Keith Falkner in Butterworth's Is my team ploughing.Some tracks are real highlights, demonstrating just why that particular singer was notable. The opening track might only be Gounod's take on Bach but […]
2023-12-30 09:32:00
2023 in concert reviews: Gavin Higgins x2, Allan Clayton's Samson, Reginald Mobley in Bayreuth, the Pink Singers & Brixton Chamber Orchestra both party and Bitches Brew is back
[…] Buxtehude's remarkable Membra Jesu Nostri. At the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, countertenor Reginald Mobley gave us Purcell, rare Handel cantatas and Ignatius Sancho.Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie combined the music of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn with the texts that inspired them. Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake enchanted in songs by Robert & Clara Schumann, Schubert, Henze and Mahler all setting texts by Rückert. Nigel Foster's London Song Festival presented the world premiere of Granville Bantock's remarkable Oscar Wilde setting, The Sphinx.Colin Currie and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrated The Beano including the premiere of a new concerto by Gavin Higgins, and we caught up with Higgins' The Faerie Bride at the Three Choirs Festival.Our correspondent, Florence, helped the Kronos Quartet celebrate its 50th anniversary, and enjoyed a modern recreation of Miles Davies' iconic Bitches Brew.Handel: Samson - Allan Clayton - Philharmonia Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings - BBC […]
2023-10-26 06:37:00
Stories in music in Oxford: visual inspirations from the Mendelssohn siblings, William Blake in song & image, vivid story-telling from Wolf & Mörike
[…] out the pastoral elements in these. With Nurse's Song, Tritschler really highlighted the story aspect, whilst Blossom was nicely touching. The Wild Flower Song by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) managed to bring in a lot more than just English folksiness, but his Jocund Dance was swaggeringly folk-like. Daybreak was wonderfully rhapsodic with rich harmonies.Britten's A Poison Tree took the mood in a different direction entirely with its violence in the piano and edgy declamatory voice, the two performers making it mesmerising. Granville Bantock (1868-1946) was a welcome inclusion with Love's Secret, unashamedly romantic yet transparently written and creating something striking. Walton's Holy Thursday (from A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table) was not as edgy as the Britten, but it was still a welcome change of harmony and texture. RVW's London, is from his Blake songs for voice and oboe, this one just for voice giving a striking change of mood and texture.Back to America for Virgil Thomson […]
2023-09-04 07:10:00
[…] Philharmonia Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings in Handel's Samson - concert reviewThrust into a new age, the digital age: Augmented Reality in a ground-breaking new production of Wagner's Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival - opera reviewRevenge is the name of the Dutchman’s game: Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Holländer at the Bayreuth Festival - opera reviewUnbound and Unleashed: Hubert Parry's cantata Prometheus Unbound gets the glorious first recording that it deserves - record reviewJerry Herman & Harvey Fierstein's La Cage aux Folles at Regents Park Open Air Theatre - music theatre reviewA remarkable premiere: Granville Bantock's The Sphinx at the London Song Festival - concert reviewHome
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