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English composer
- organ, pipe organ, voice
- opera
- England, Kingdom of Great Britain
- composer, organist, music teacher, singer
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2024-04-20 08:34:00
A day at Leeds Lieder Festival: Fauré, Boulanger, Mahler and more
[…] an urgent account of La mer est infinie.But that wasn't quite the end as Johnson and Fox took us back to 1906 for a wonderful account of the rather miraculous Paradis from La Chanson d'Eve.Back at The Venue in the evening. James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook began their recital with three of Roger Quilter's settings of Shakespeare. Gilchrist remains a fine champion of Quilter's songs, clearly enjoying the heart on sleeve nature of the composer's talent. Blow, Blow thou winter wind was a big romantic piece, given with remarkable control and subtlety of colour. Fear no more the heat o' the sun was very interior and the group ended with a carefree yet pointed account of Under the Greenwood Tree.Anna Tilbrook, James Gilchrist - Leeds Lieder Festival 2024 at The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire (Photo from Livestream)Next came Fauré songs. The recital's theme, The Earth has Music, was loosely the natural world and the Fauré songs chimed […]
2024-04-19 10:00:40
Happy 59th birthday soprano Natalie Dessay The post appeared first on parterre box.
2024-04-16 13:04:01
It’s been far too long. Six years since Lee Fraser‘s last album, Cor Unvers, and a full decade since his debut, Dark Camber, both of which were among my very best albums of 2018 and 2014 respectively, and both of which continue to Blow my mind anew every time i… The post appeared first on 5:4. 5:4 is on Patreon! Please consider supporting the blog by becoming a Patron from just $2 a month: ici
2024-04-11 13:00:00
Blow the house down
Hailed as the first opera by an African-American composer performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones was a huge audience and box office hit in the Fall of 2021 when it reopened the Met after two seasons shut down by COVID-19. The post appeared first on parterre box.
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