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2024-03-26 10:14:00
Young Lovers: Louise Alder and Joseph Middleton in an entrancing evening at Wigmore Hall
Joseph Middleton & Louise Alder at Wigmore Hall in 2022Young Lovers: Fauré, Nadia Boulanger & Raoul Pugno, Mahler, Copland, Ned Rorem, Rogers & Hammerstein; Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton; Wigmore HallReviewed 25 March 2024Young love in all its forms in an entrancing recital from this duo partnership which took is from France to settings of a Belgian symbolist to intimate Mahler, then evocations of a New England poet and an American composer in Paris, before ending with a damned good song from musical theatreSoprano Louise Alder and pianist Joseph Middleton returned to Wigmore Hall on Monday 25 March 2024 with Young Lovers, a programme that moved from French song to German, to American, beginning with Fauré and Nadia Boulanger, then Mahler's Rückert Lieder followed by Copland's 12 poems of Emily Dickinson, two songs by Ned Rorem and ending with Hello, Young Lovers from Rogers & Hammerstein's The King and I.We began […]
2024-03-21 16:09:44
Keir Starmer is on a personal mission to promote music to the under-11s. From rock’n’Roll to Jonatha
2024-03-21 04:00:00
Decca Eloquence 6
[…] 2Sir Adrian BoultSir Colin DavisSchumannSymphony No. 1 "Spring"Symphony No. 2Symphony No. 3 "Renish"Symphony No. 4Manfred OvertureGenoveva OvertureWiener PhilharmonikerZubin MehtaMahlerDas Lied von der ErdeLieder eines fahrendes GesellerDes Knaben WunderhornRene Kollo tenorYvonne Minton mezzoChicago SOGeorg SoltiBachViolin Concerto No. 1 BWV 1041Violin Concerto No. 2 BWV 1042Concerto for Two Violins BWV 1043Concerto for Violin BWV 1052VivaldiConcertos for Violin,Op. 8 Nos.1–4 ‘The Four Seasons’Chamber Orchestra of EuropeI Solisti di NapoliSalvatore Accardo violin/directorHaydnSymphony No. 103 in E flat major ‘Drum Roll’Symphony No. 102 in B flat majorSymphony No. 100 in G major ‘Military’MozartSymphony No. 25 in G minor, KV 183Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 ‘Prague’Serenade in G major KV 525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’Sir Georg SoltiJanacekTaras BulbaKodalyConcerto for OrchestraBartokConcerto for OrchestraChristoph von DohnanyiAntal DoratiZubin MehtaMendelssohnHear my prayerBeati MortuiThree psalms op. 78Ave MariaVeni DomineHeinrich Schutz ChoirRoger NorringtonStephen CleoburyDebussyString Quartet op. 10RavelString QuartetQuartetto ItalianoBonus discs […]
2024-03-11 16:48:00
Rosamunde String Quartet. Bejamin Hochman, piano. March 10, 2024.
Town Hall. Auditorium. (Seat N117, $15.45)ProgramString Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2 (1772) by Haydn (1792-1809).String Quartet No. 3 (1927) by Bartok (1881-1945).Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 (1842) by R. Schumann (1810-1856).At the end of the concert. Bendix-Balgley, Hochman, Yao, Vickery and Li.Quartet: Noah Bendix-Balgley and Shanshan Yao, violins; Teng Li, viola; Nathan Vickery, cello.This is another concert in the PSC series that I subscribed to for the season. Even in my jag-lagged state (I returned from a 3+ week trip to Australia and Asia the day before), it had to be one of the more enjoyable and well-performed concerts I have attended.As I have stated many times before, I am not a chamber music person. It's counterintuitive that four or five lines of music are more difficult to follow than the many sections in a symphony orchestra. My brain and my ears are just not […]
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