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2023-09-04 12:25:00
Pianist William Vann is back with a further song series as part of Pizza Express Live at The Pheasantry in Chelsea. The three-concert series opens on Tuesday 12 September 2023 when William Vann is joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson for a programme of French song including Ravel's Shéhérazade setting free-verse poems by Tristan Klingsor inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite, Milhaud's Catalogue des fleurs setting seven flower descriptions by Lucien Daudet, Fauré's Cinq Mélodies de Venise setting poems by Verlaine which Fauré began writing in Venice, and Poulenc's La Courte Paille, which sets children's verse by Maurice Carême and which Poulenc wrote for the singer Denise Duval and her young song. The programme is completed by songs by Poldowski and Satie. Further details from the Pizza Express Live website.Further ahead, Vann is joined by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately for an evening of English song by Rebecca Clarke, Madeleine Dring, Herbert Howells, John Ireland, Elizabeth Maconchy and Vaughan Williams […]
2021-11-28 09:06:40
'A Dangerous Obsession: The Relationship of Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud' at the London Song Festival
[…] would have an enormous impact on French poetry and both would inspire generations of composers. For the latest concert in pianist Nigel Foster's London Song Festival season at Hinde Street Methodist Church (26 November 2021), A Dangerous Obsession saw tenor Ben Vonberg-Clark, baritone Julien Van Mellaerts, actor David Mildon and Foster exploring Verlaine and Rimbaud's relationship through songs to their poems, with music by Faure, Charpentier, Debussy, Varese, Vierne, Hahn, Hahn, John Alden Carpenter, Poldowski, , Daniel Ruyneman, Hindemith, Jean Rivier, Eisler, Leon Orthel, Maxime Jacob, Britten, and Pascal Zavaro. The evening was arranged as a narrative, with Ben Vonberg-Clark (who stepped in at the very last possible minute) singing settings of Rimbaud's poetry and Julien Van Mellaerts singing settings of Verlaine's poetry, plus David Mildon providing linking narrative, the whole having being devised by Nigel Foster. The fascinating thing was that, unlike many similar such programmes, […]
2020-10-17 14:43:39
Six Songs of Melmoth: premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's new song-cycle at Oxford Lieder Festival
Joseph Middleton, Carolyn Sampson - Oxford Lieder Festival 2020 (Photo taken from live stream) Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Schubert, Satie, Poldowski, Walton; Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton; Oxford Lieder Festival at Holywell Music Room Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 13 October 2020 A striking new song-cycle inspired by a gothic novel alongside Schubert and side-long glances at French songThe advantage of the 2020 Oxford Lieder Festival is that if you miss an event, it is still there on-line to be sampled later. This means, that last night I was finally able to listen to soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton's 13 October 2020 recital at the Holywell Music Room, where they premiered Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Six Songs of Melmoth commissioned by the festival as part of Frances-Hoad's residency. Alongside the new cycle, Sampson and Middleton performed songs by Schubert, Satie, Poldowski and Walton. Cheryl Frances-Hoad and librettist […]
2018-07-15 09:11:00
'Silver Birch' is in the SWAP'ra Gala!
[…] will also take the involvement of opera’s administrative framework to find, champion and stage them. It’s easier to get audiences into well-known pieces (though Silver Birch was totally sold out ☺ ) and it’s easy for operatic organisations to be…well, maybe a little bit lazy in this regard. Does a composer/librettist’s gender have any bearing on the music? No. To prove it, try listening blind. I heard some songs recently by a composer named Poldowski and was impressed by their invention, their tremendous energy, their vivid colours and their beauty, and wondered why I’d never heard of him before. Then I looked him up. Turns out he was a she. ‘Poldowski’ was the pseudonym of Irène Wieniawska, later Lady Dean Paul, daughter of Henryk Wieniawski. She’s amazing. SWAP’ra Supporting Women and Parents in Opera – was established in response to a collective frustration with the unconscious gender bias […]
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