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2023-12-22 14:11:00
A welcome relief from regular Christmas fare: the Tallis Scholars introduce us to the subtle riches of Jacobus Clemens non Papa
The Tallis Scholars (Photo: Hugo Glendinning)Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis, Victoria, Pedro de Cristo, Giovanni Croce, Obrecht, Peter Philips; The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips; St John's Smith SquareReviewed 21 December 2023Coming to the end of their 50th anniversary year, the group's Christmas programme focuses on the shepherds with a low-key and beautiful subtle account of Clemens non Papa's massPeter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars have been celebrating the group's 50th anniversary this year and they brought the celebratory year to a close at St John's Smith Square, where the group gave its first London concert in 1976.As part of St John's Smith Square's Christmas Festival on Thursday 21 December 2023, Peter Phillips conducted the Tallis Scholars in a programme entitled While Shepherd's Watched which centred on Jacobus Clemens non Papa's Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis along with the motet on which it was based, along with other motets on similar texts […]
2023-12-21 07:17:00
The Nativity: the American choir, Voce in a sequence of carols from Patrick Hawes
Patrick Hawes: The Nativity; Voce, Mark Singleton; Signum ClassicsReviewed 20 December 2023Beautifully sung and finely considered, Patrick Hawes carol sequence approaches the Christmas story with reverence and an appealing melodic styleWhen I first interviewed composer Patrick Hawes back in 2017, he described the process of composition as a full on meeting with his Christianity, and also admitted that he found it extraordinary that composer who are not Christians made major settings of sacred texts. So, it should come as little surprise to find that, as he explains in the booklet to the latest disc of his music, Advent and Christmas have a particular meaning for him.On this new disc, The Nativity, from the American choir Voce, artistic director Mark Singleton, on the Signum Classics label we get a sequence of carols and motets for the Christmas period. The centrepiece of the sequence is The Nativity, a cycle of six carols […]
2023-12-20 07:53:00
Like no other: Brixton Chamber Orchestra's Christmas party moved from classical and carols to rap, disco and a Shane MacGowan tribute
Matthew O'Keeffe & Brixton Chamber Orchestra at Upstairs at the Department StoreBrixton Chamber Orchestra's Christmas Party at Upstairs at The Department Store, Brixton. Reviewed 18 December 2023Everything from carols and Johann Strauss to a Shane MacGowan tribute, rap and disco in an evening full of energy, enthusiasm and terrific performancesThree quarters of the way through its Christmas Estates tour, which ends at Lambeth Town Hall on Thursday 21 December, Matthew O'Keeffe and the Brixton Chamber Orchestra gave a celebratory Christmas Party at Upstairs at The Department Store, a members club in Brixton on Monday 18 December 2023. O'Keeffe directed the 25-piece orchestra in three generous sets which moved from classical and sedate right through to having the whole audience up on its feet dancing. Perhaps the feeling of the evening could be summed up by a number from their second set, announced as the theme music from The Apprentice (aka 'The Montagues […]
2023-12-18 08:39:00
Pandora's Box: great tunes, a neat moral, energetic performances, London Youth Opera premieres Stuart Hancock & Donald Sturrock's new opera
Stuart Hancock: Pandora's Box - London Youth Opera at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music (Photo: Nina Swann)Stuart Hancock: Pandora's Box; London Youth Opera, conductor: Alastair Chilvers, director: Valentina Ceschi; Susie Sainsbury TheatreReviewed 16 December 2023Full of good tunes, with an underlying moral and in a performance full of energy, London Youth Opera premieres Stuart Hancock and Donald Sturrock's new operaFor over 50 years, W11 Opera presented opera for families, performed by children. The company's remit is no longer restricted to the W11 postcode and to reflect this, relaunching with a new name, London Youth Opera, the company presented the premiere of composer Stuart Hancock and librettist Donald Sturrock's third collaboration with the company. Stuart Hancock: Pandora's BoxCharlie Swann (Prometheus), Mahala De Santana SantosTodd (Zeus)London Youth Opera (Photo: Stuart Hancock)On Saturday 16 2023, at the Royal Academy of Music's Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London Youth Opera presented Pandora's Box with […]
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