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2022-07-08 04:00:00
Australasian Piano Trios (Ogen, Benaud and New Zealand Trios)
[…] Wayne LairdThe Ogen Trio now forms part of New Zealand Chamber Soloists. All of the above works (apart from the first version of Three Island Songs) were written for, and premiered by, The Ogen Trio.World Premieres01 - 03 Ross Edwards: Piano Trio (1998) [16'09]04 Paul Stanhope: Piano Trio 'Dolcissimo Uscignolo' (2007) [13'59]05 - 07 Matthew Hindson: Piano Trio (2007) [21'52]08 Nicholas Bue: Trailer Music (2010) [12'31]Benaud Trio [Amir Farid- piano, Lachlan Bramble- violin, Ewen Bramble- cello]Melba MR301139 [recorded January 2010; CD released 2012][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans plus booklet-notes]Recording venue: South Melbourne Town Hall & Australian National Academy of Music, Victoria, AustraliaRecording engineer: Alex Stinson; Produce: Peter TaplinAnd for a performance comparison of the John Psathas and Gareth Farr works:Spark01 - 03 John Psathas: Island Songs, for piano trio (1996) [12'50]04 Victoria Kelly: Sono [12'43]05 Michael Norris: dirty pixels [11'57]06 Maria Grenfell: […]
2022-07-01 09:39:29
Unsung Heroines: Lauren Fagan & Opera Holland Park Young Artists in a celebration of women composers and more
[…] Finzi was a name that was new to me; La vie, l'amour was written in 2004, one of three settings of poems by Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869). With its evocative piano writing, the music suggested influences of a composer such as Dutilleux. Boen and Matthewman really conjured the song's delicate atmosphere and brought out a lovely array of colours, magical indeed.Lauren Fagan returned with Chère nuit, written by the French composer Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944) for Dame Nellie Melba in 1897. A world away from the Richard Strauss from three years before, this was heart-on-sleeve stuff, performed with poise and passion by Fagan and Matthewman. Then they moved into a different world with a group of songs by Sergei Rachmaninov; four of his Six Romances Opus 38, written in 1916. These are Rachmaninov's final songs, written shortly before the Revolution and at a time when the composer was looking for a new voice. The songs […]
2020-10-30 02:58:06
CONTENT COURTESY Melba OPERA TRUST Melba Opera Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Siobhan Stagg to its Board of Directors. The Australian soprano The post first appeared on CutCommon.
2020-09-24 18:50:06
A Triumphant Protest Jazz Suite Celebrates a Landmark Arkansas Victory on the Long Road Toward Equality
Pianist Christopher Parker and singer Kelley Hurt initially conceived of their epic No Tears Suite – streaming at Bandcamp – to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Little Rock Nine’s landmark victory over racism in public education. Taking their title from Melba Pattillo Beals’ memoir of the standoff, Warriors Don’t Cry, it blends spoken word, […]
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