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2022-01-17 07:49:21
A sense of ritual: Edward Jesson's Syllable, a work of complex musical theatre, is premiered by Trinity Laban Opera
Edward Jessen Syllable; Conductor Gregory Rose, director Joseph Alford; Trinity Laban Opera at Laban Theatre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 15 January 2022Trinity Laban Opera in a brand new piece of experimental music theatre created by composer Edward Jessen from the conservatoire's music staffRather impressively, Edward Jessen's new music theatre piece, Syllable, is an ambitious and experimental work created in-house by Trinity Laban Opera. The work debuted on Friday 14 January 2022 and we caught the second cast, performing on Saturday 15 January 2022 at the Laban Theatre in Deptford. Composed by Edward Jessen and directed by Joseph Alford, the performance featured Claudia Hilda Rodriguez Pozo, Juliet Wallace, Miranda Ostler, Amy Kearsley, Imogen Burgess, Sholto Biscoe-Taylor and Niall Windass, with a vocal and instrumental ensemble conducted by Gregory Rose. Designs were by Molly Einchcomb, projection design by Akhila Krishnan, sound design by David Sheppard and Ian Dearden of Sound Intermedia, […]
2021-07-24 04:53:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 24, 2021
[…] WEEKEND! This year we welcome our friends the Kronos Quartet, the intrepid troubadours of experimental music who come bearing ear-bending world premieres by Terry Riley, Mary Kouyoumdjian and Sky Macklay. We pay tribute to Martin Bresnick, a shining light of American music celebrating his 75th birthday. We open the second LW as we did the first, with the overlooked, and now newly discovered minimalist giant Julius Eastman. We walk into the wondrous world of Dana Jessen and her switched-on bassoon featuring George Lewis's ground-shaking Seismologic. We welcome the joyous jazz-infused music of singer/violinist Mazz Swift. We take an other-worldly trip into Gérard Grisey's Vortex Temporum. Robert Honstein takes us on an exquisite sonic walking tour through the rooms of his childhood home. We are transported into the voices, songs and stories that run through Nathalie Joachim's powerful Famn d'Ayiti. And so much more!For complete information, visit https://bangonacan.org/--Maggie Stapleton, Jensen ArtistsABS […]
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2017-07-06 11:34:54
Artistic directors are sacked at Vienna Festival
Tomas Zierhofer-Kien’s first season at the head of the Wiener Festwochen has not been a success. Both of the artistic directors, Nadine Jessen and Johannes Maile, are to be replaced. Report here.
2014-11-24 14:56:01
Tomorrow I will be reviewing Vilde Frang at the Wigmore Hall. Performing Grieg, Schubert, Lutoslawski and Richard Strauss, Frang has not exactly assembled a programme of crowd-pleasers. But this is not out of character for Frang. Her second album included violin sonatas by Bartok, Grieg and Richard Strauss, which Frang herself described it as “not exactly what you’d put under the Christmas tree” Frang is an artist that is unwilling to make compromises, both in terms of her programming and how she is marketed. Kate Molleson’s interview with the violinist was written in April earlier this year, but still gives an interesting insight into what makes this violinist tick. Photo: Niclas Jessen
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