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2023-07-06 15:50:00
Wigmore Hall Mozart: Sonata in D major for two pianos, KV 448/375a Busoni: Improvisation on JS Bach’s Chorale ‘Wie Wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele’, BV 271 Mozart-Busoni: Fantasia in F minor for mechanical organ, KV 608 Busoni: Duettino concertante after the finale of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no.19 in F major, KV 459, BV B 88; Fantasia contrappuntistica for two pianos, BV 256b Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Fejérvári (pianos) Mozart ran like a golden thread through Busoni’s life and music—though, as for many composers, Schoenberg included, he only became more important as time went on. It was only fitting, then, that in the last of Kirill Gerstein’s Wigmore Hall series, we should be treated to a combination of the two, alongside the inevitable Bach. Joined by the equally outstanding Zoltán Fejérvári, Gerstein offered us a two-piano recital that will linger long in the memories of those who heard it. […]
2022-07-01 13:40:00
Wigmore Hall Verborgenheit; Erstes Liebeslied eines Mädchen; Das verlassene Mägdlein; Lied eines Verliebten; Bei einer Trauung; Ein Stündlein Wohl vor Tag; Zitronenfalter im April; In der Frühe; Er ist’s; An den Schlaf; Im Frühling; Auf einer Wanderung; Um Mitternacht; Peregrina I; An eine Aölsharfe; Peregrina II; Begegnung; Denk’ es, o Seele!; Auf ein altes Bild; Auf eine Christblume I; Schlafendes Jesuskind; Auf eine Christblume II; Karwoche; Seufzer; Wo find ich Trost?; An die Geliebte; Gesang Weylas; Der Tambour; Die Geister am Mummelsee; Der Jäger; Nixe Binsefuss; Der Feuerreiter; Lied vom Winde. Anna Prohaska (soprano)Christian Gerhaher (baritone)Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) A decidedly superior Liederabend, in terms of verse, musical setting, and performance. Hugo Wolf remains a connoisseur’s composer: slightly perplexing, perhaps, but then there is no playing to the gallery, no folkish dalliance, nothing that might strain toward the evidently popular. This is song born above all in verse and […]
2022-01-28 18:35:39
Hear an ode to the air we breathe from the innovative electro-acoustic composer, with an assist from a children's choir.
2021-11-20 03:00:00
Opera Recitals Post 3 of 3 (Domingo. P, Vickers. J, Milnes. S, London. G, Wunderlich. F)
Placido Domingo Romantic Arias Handel: Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare) Mozart: Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Donizetti: Inosservato, penetrava … Angelo casto e bel (from Il Duca d'Alba) Halévy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive) Verdi: Oh! fede negar potessi (from Luisa Miller) Wagner: In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Verdi: O inferno!...Sento avvampar nell'anima (from Simon Boccanegra) Tchaikovsky: Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Puccini: Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi) Mascagni: Apri la tua finestra (from Iris) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes (conductor) Jon Vickers Italian Opera Arias Ponchielli: Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) Verdi: Io l'ho perduta (from Don Carlos) Cilea: È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana) Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Leoncavallo: No! Pagliaccio non son! (from I Pagliacci) Giordano, U: Un dì, all' azzurro […]
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