John Reed News
British actor, singer and dancer (1916-2010)
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- opera singer
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2024-03-16 09:57:00
From Early Music to contemporary: the Royal Festival Hall organ is 70 and organist James McVinnie is celebrating with a Southbank Centre residency
[…] psalms and canticles, the music of Stanford and Howells. For James, the repertoire of music for Evensong is extraordinary. But living in London with that sense of rubbing shoulders with other cultural offerings made him want to focus on other areas, to explore and uncover other music. He has now had major concerto and solo works written for him by Nico Muhly, Gabriella Smith, Tristan Perich, Tom Jenkinson/Squarepusher, Martin CReed, David Chalmin, David Lang, Richard Reed Parry, Bryce Dessner, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Darkstar, and others.Most of his commissions have been through composers who are friends, and it is rare for him to get involved in a project where the composer does not already know his work. But writing for the organ can be somewhat daunting for non-organists; it works best if the composer is not too specific, they need to have an instinctive feel for the instrument. When Gabriella Smith was […]
2024-03-11 00:00:00
N. Y.My City, my beloved, my white! Ah, slender,Listen! Listen to me, and I will breathe into thee a soul.Delicately upon the Reed, attend me!Now do I know that I am mad,For here are a million people surly with traffic;This is no maid.Neither could I play upon any Reed if I had one.My City, my beloved,Thou art a maid with no breasts,Thou art slender as a silver Reed.Listen to me, attend me!And I will breathe into thee a soul,And thou shalt live for ever.Ezra PoundHaydnSymphony No. 49 "La Passione"AdamsThe Wound-dresserSchubertSymphony No. 8 "Unfinished"BergThree Orchestral PiecesDigital download with covers and some booklets BachPiano Concerto No. 1SchoenbergPiano ConcertoMozartSymphony No. 36Emanuel Ax pianoRachmaninovSymphony No. 2ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 2Yefim Bronfman pianoChristopher RouseOdna ZhiznSymphonies Nos. 3 & 4Prospero's RoomsStravinskyThe Rite of SpringRespighiPines of RomeFountains of RomeTchaikovskySymphony No. 2StuckySon et LumiereBerliozLes Nuits d´etéMussorgskyPictures at an ExhibitionJoyce DiDonato mezzosopranoMussorgskyNight on Bald MountainRimsky-KorsakovScheherazadeMozartGreat Mass in C minorJennifer Zetlan sopranoJennifer Johnson […]
2024-02-15 07:23:00
A Lionel Tertis Celebration: Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree, James Baillieu; Harmonia Mundi
A Lionel Tertis Celebration - York Bowen, Rebecca Clarke, Vaughan Williams, Lionel Tertis, Frank Bridge, Brahms, Schumann, Faure, William Wolstenholme, Kreisler, W.H. Reed, Eric Coates, Cecil Forsyth, John Ireland, and Mendelssohn; Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree, James Baillieu; Harmonia Mundi12 February 2024Timothy Ridout's warm tribute to Lionel Tertis moves between powerful dramatic utterance and more domesticated, salon pieces, with every piece in a finely judged performanceInspired by the supple violin playing of Fritz Kreisler, though entirely self-taught, Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) made it his mission to bring the viola back to the foreground in classical music. In order to create a repertoire, Tertis adapted existing material (famously creating a viola concerto from Elgar's Cello Concerto, see my review of Ridout's 2023 recording of this), as well as badgering composers for pieces. Like other such figures (his friend the cellist Pablo Casals, and the guitarist Segovia), Tertis' taste in music was relatively conservative and famously […]
2023-11-20 09:32:00
From 'Under the Little Red Moon' to 'The Great Stink' - ETO's operas for children
[…] on tour next Spring. Set on the banks of the River Thames in 19th Century London and brought to life by singers, musicians and puppets, The Great Stink will explore the impact of pollution on our waterways and other environmental issues.Between 28 November and 5 December, ETO is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, which will raise funds to support The Great Stink. The Big Give Christmas Challenge is a match-funding campaign, championed by The Reed Foundation, which will see every donation doubled. To find out more see the ETO website.
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