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2022-04-25 08:13:53
High energy: Manchester Collective and Abel Selaocoe in The Oracle at Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Oracle - Manchester Collective & Abel Selaocoe in rehearsal at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Photo Manchester Collective) The Oracle - Vivaldi, Picforth, Leith, Selaocoe, Stravinsky, Levy; Abel Selaocoe, Manchester Collective; Queen Elizabeth HallSunday 24 April 2022 (★★★★) The force of nature that is Abel Selaocoe animated an evening with the Manchester Collective into a bewildering and intoxicating experience The Manchester Collective (leader Rakhi Singh) made their Queen Elizabeth Hall debut on Sunday 24 April 2022 with The Oracle, the final date of their current tour with cellist/composer Abel Selaocoe who was joined by Mohamed Gueye (African percussion) and Alan Keary (bass guitar) for a programme that moved from Picforth's In Nomine and Vivaldi's Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156 to Stravinsky's Concerto in D for Strings to music by Micah Levy, Oliver Leith and three of Selacoe's own pieces with the whole programme linked by a series of improvisations. To describe Selacoe […]
2019-01-06 12:05:59
Ancient and modern: Liam Byrne, a viola da gamba and a laptop at Baroque at the Edge
Liam Byrne (Photo Tom Roelofs) Muhly, Finnis, Milea, Mills, Marais, Picforth, Sainte Colombe; Liam Byrne; Baroque at the Edge at LSO St Lukes Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 October 2018 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Music for viola da gamba and laptop, a fascinating and sometimes powerful recital which mixed the viola da gamba with a very contemporary twistLiam Byrne is one of those performers who pops up in a variety of guises, working with everyone from Emma Kirkby to Damon Albarn. Technically a period instrument specialist playing the bass viol and viola da gamba (we caught him a few years ago playing viol duets at one of the Courtauld Gallery's late events), Byrne also plays a lot of contemporary music, taking his instrument into the 21st century [he was one of the performers in Alex Mills' powerful new opera, Dear Marie Stopes, see my review]. […]
2015-07-02 19:25:01
John Potter etc.(ECM)The tenor John Potter has been a Genesis fan since the 1970s, and there’s an audible dose of mutual fandom at the heart of this moody collection of lute songs old and new, plus the worthy breakdown of distinctions between “art song” and “pop song”. The disc mixes sumptuous Campion and Picforth originals with arrangements of Warlock and Moeran and rather earnest settings by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. Potter sings with a straight, breathy voice, determined not to sound too classical. He’s well-matched in duets by Anna Maria Friman, who also provides gentle drones on Hardanger fiddle. Lutists Ariel Abramovich and Jacob Heringman strum pliantly. Best of the new numbers is Sting’s Bury Me Deep in the Greenwood, written for the 1991 film Robin Hood and full of those twisting melodies and tugging rhythms that make Sting such a phenomenal songwriter. Continue reading... […]
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