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2024-02-19 04:16:00
Florence Price: Symphony 4 - William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony (streaming review)
[…] won't repeat all that here. Florence PriceReaders who heard some of Price's earlier orchestral works will not be surprised at the style of music presented here: incorporating themes from historically Black music, such as spirituals, as well as some jazz elements, while at the same time looking backwards in the sense of using traditional Western classical music forms. In this symphony, the first movement is built upon the motive of the familiar spiritual tune Wade in the Water. (Those of us of a certain age may be more familiar with that tune from the Ramsey Lewis Trio 1966 instrumental recording than from any more traditional presentations.) While the movement contains stretches of appealing music, I find that the “Wade“ motive is being asked to carry more than it can bear, so to speak, with the music beginning to be a little repetitious without clear progression. Things improve significantly in […]
2023-12-22 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams Christmas Music, Christmas Baroque, Orchestral Christmas & On Chritmas Night (Richard Hickox, Marc Taddei, Charles Gerhardt & Andrew Nethsingha)
[…] sleep10 Peter Warlock: Benedicamus Domino11 John Joubert: There is no rose12 Trad.: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day13 Matthew Martin: Adam lay ybounden14 Matheo Flecha the Elder: Riu, riu, chiu15 Trad.: O little town of Bethlehem16 Trad.: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen17 Christopher Robinson: Make we joy18 Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing19 John Tavener: The Lamb20 Michael Finnissy: Telling21 Kenneth Leighton: Coventry Carol22 Trad.: On Christmas night23 Franz Gruber: Silent night24 John Francis Wade: O come, all ye faithfulTotal time: 74'22John Challenger- organ, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge directed by Andrew NethsinghaChandos CHSA5096 [recorded January 2011; CD/SACD issued 2011][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St John’s College Chapel, CambridgeRecording engineer: Jonathan Cooper; Producer Rachel SmithDownload from Mega.
2023-11-30 12:42:00
Recent Releases No. 67 (CD Reviews)
[…] Adolphe Adam: O Helge natt (O Holy Night in Swedish); Humperdinck: Weihnachten; Franz Xaver Gruber/Josef Mohr: Silent Night; Gustaf Nordqvist/Edvard Evers: Jul, jul, strålande jul; Deilig er Jorden (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Bernhard Severin Ingemann); Mitt Herte Alltid Vanker (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Hans Adolph Brorson); Julvisa (No. 4 from Viisi joululaulua Op. 1 by Sibelius, lyrics by Zachris Topelius); Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (lyrics by Martin Janus); Reger: Maria Wiegenlied (lyrics by Martin Boelitz); Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind (lyrics by Eduard Mörike); The First Noël(trad.); John Francis Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful; Adam: O Holy Night. Lise Davidsen, soprano; Norwegian Soloists’ Choir (conductor, Simon Arlasjö); Norwegian National Opera Children’s Choir (conductor, Edle Stray-Pedersen); Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Christian Eggen, conductor. Decca 485 4358 “Christmas is how I got into music,” explains the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen (b. 1987), one of the foremost opera stars of our day, “we listened to all kinds of music: choral music, popular music, and the Norwegian songs I sing on […]
2023-07-02 20:35:00
[…] String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2 Hob. III:82 Zakir HUSSAIN Pallavi (arr. Reena Esmail) Philip GLASS First Movement from String Quartet No. 3 (“Mishima”) Colin JACOBSEN Beloved do not let me be discouraged Geeshie WILEY Last Kind Words Rhiannon GIDDENS Lullaby David CROSBY/Nathan SCHRAM Where We Are Not (arr. Nathan Schram) Caroline SHAW Stem and Root from The Evergreen John ADAMS Judah to Ocean, Rag the Bone from John’s Book of Alleged Dances SQUAREPUSHER Xetaka 1 Friday, June 9 10:00am | VIS-À-VIS Libbey Bowl Gloria Cheng piano | Emi Ferguson flute | Mario Gotoh viola | Leonard Hayes piano | Karen Ouzounian cello Joshua Rubin clarinet | Steven Schick percussion | Michi Wiancko violin | Wu Man pipa Shawn OKPEBHOLO mi sueño: afro-flamenco Tyson Gholston DAVIS American Tableau (Tableau XI) Margaret BONDS Troubled Water (Wade in the Water) Michael ABELS Iconoclasm Jessie MONTGOMERY Rhapsody No. 2 Nasim KHORASSANI Growth Nina BARZEGAR Inexorable Passage Lei LIANG vis-à-vis 8:00pm | AN EVENING WITH RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCESCO TURRISI Libbey Bowl An intimate concert with Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi with music ranging from the Baroque to Appalachian ballads and traditional Black American songs. Saturday, June 10 10:00am | THE WILLOWS ARE NEW Libbey Bowl Gloria Cheng piano | Kayhan Kalhor kamancheh | Karen Ouzounian cello | Nathan Schram viola | Wu Man pipa Niloufar NOURBAKHSH Veiled Lei LIANG Mother’s SongsGE Gan-Ru Gong (from Gu Yue) CHOU Wen-Chung The Willows are NewKayhan KALHOR Solo Improvisation 8:00pm | […]
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