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American jazz musician and United States Army officer
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R.I.P. Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024)
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)Maurizio Pollini was one of the guiding lights of my musical life: which is to say, he and his music-making were with me from the moment in my teens when I became seriously interested in music. More, composers and performers alike, are gone now than remain with us; I shall not tempt fate by naming those who are left. One of my very first cassette purchases – it may even have been the first – was his recording of Mozart’s Piano Concertos nos 19 and 23 with Karl Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic. I love it more than I can say. Mozart’s music requires but one thing: perfection. Perfection it receives in what, I suspect, will always be one of my Desert Island Discs. In my first London concert, a Prom for which I took the bus up to London and back to Sheffield for a birthday treat […]
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2024-03-22 14:09:41
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonYorke Dance Project celebrate Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Bella Lewitzky in a mixed bill that offers a valuable lessonIf the title of this mixed bill from Yorke Dance Project brings to mind sunshine and feelgood vibes, stop right there. To mark the 25th anniversary of her company, Yolande Yorke-Edgell has collated a programme celebrating female dance pioneers who lived in California (as the British artistic director used to) and it’s not exactly sunny: the tragic life of Isadora Duncan, the white-hot power of Martha Graham, the strong geometry of Bella Lewitzky, and a piece of Yorke-Edgell’s own that feeds on the spirit of all three. Surfin’ USA it ain’t.It is an insight into modern dance history, which started with the spirited, passionate Duncan at the turn of the 20th century. She threw off the shackles of classical dance, restrictive fashions and social expectations to […]
2024-03-22 12:00:00
Organ Reborn! Norwich Cathedral Organ Festival: A new music festival for Norwich
Norwich Cathedral Organ (Photo: Bill Smith/Norwich Cathedral)From an epic concert featuring three Cathedral Choirs to the ‘Battle of the Organs’, audiences will be able to enjoy a whole week of musical festivities at Norwich Cathedral in July marking the return of the Cathedral’s historic pipe organ as part of the first Norwich Cathedral Organ Festival. Norwich Cathedral Organists (Photo: Bill Smith/Norwich Cathedral)In fact, this special summer festival (generously underwritten by the Statham Society which supports the musical life of Norwich Cathedral) has been carefully planned to coincide with the first anniversary of the organ’s return following its ambitious rebuild by Harrison & Harrison. Therefore, Organ Reborn! Norwich Cathedral Organ Festival, runs from Saturday 6th to Sunday 14th July featuring three headline concerts, six organ recitals, a couple of talks and so much more! ‘We are really excited to be celebrating the return of Norwich Cathedral’s historic pipe organ,’ said Ashley Grote, […]
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