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2024-03-02 09:03:00
Shamus O'Brien: withdrawn by the composer for political reasons, Stanford's most popular opera languished in the 20th century but all that seems set to change
[…] about performing rarer repertoire, he is not giving up on that and adds that he is not giving up at all.Stanford's Shamus O'Brien is released on 8 March 2024 by Retrospect Opera. David Parry conducts the Orchestra of Scottish Opera with Irish piper Jarlath Henderson, baritone Brendan Collins as Shamus, Anna Brady (dialogue) and mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain as Nora, soprano Ami Hewitt as Kitty, tenor Joseph Doody as Captain Trevor, tenor Andrew Gavin as Mike Murphy, and bass-baritone Rory Dunne as Father O’Flynn. Full details from Retrospect OperaNever miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogDancing with Piazzolla: Welcome to the sophisticated world of the London Tango Quintet - record reviewMusic that is vividly alive & vibrant, yet requires concentration & dedication to listen to: Anselm McDonnell's Kraina - record reviewBeauty and meaning: Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo […]
2024-02-29 07:35:00
Music that is vividly alive & vibrant, yet requires concentration & dedication to listen to: Anselm McDonnell's Kraina
Anselm McDonnell: Kraina; Joshua Ellicott, Laura Sinnerton, Dermot Dunne, Rebecca Murphy, Cahal Masterson, Elizabeth Hilliard, Alan Smale, Annette Cleary, Rachel Quinn, Nicole Rourke, Dermot Dunne;Reviewed 26 February 2024New music for voice and instruments tackling the complex and the difficult, creating music that is more than just a song, and pushing performers to emotional and expressive limits.Kraina is a word in Old Polish meaning edge, borderland, or frontier. Belfast-based composer Anselm McDonnell's latest disc, Kraina, is his second album, released on his own label [see my review of Light of Shore, McDonnell's first disc]. The new disc features four works for voice and instruments (I hesitate to call them songs, some are far more substantial than that), all concerned with the edges and crevices around home: depicting people searching for home, caught between homes, or our destructive relationship with our planetary home. The performers are Joshua Ellicott, tenor, Laura Sinnerton, viola, and […]
2024-02-26 16:26:06
SCRUTINY | The Toronto Symphony Orchestra And Soloists Finesse Murphy & Stravinsky’s Neoclassical Ballets
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra and soloists deliver Kelly-Marie Murphy and Stravinsky's lesser known neoclassical ballets with impressive finesse.
2024-02-19 13:27:46
The singer plundered the dressing-up box and threw herself around with abandon at this London show
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