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- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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2024-01-26 12:53:00
ChoralFest 2024: Dartington Trust announces new-look Summer school at Dartington Hall under Gavin Carr and Mark Stone.
Dartington Hall and estateHaving thrown the music world into a degree of confusion last Autumn by announcing a complete re-think, the Dartington Trust has announced plans for this year's Summer school at Dartington Hall. Baritone Mark Stone is the Dartington Trust's new creative director and this Summer will be Dartington ChoralFest 2024, led by course director Gavin Carr, a noted choral conductor and chorus master of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. The programme from 3-11 August 2024 will focus on Rachmaninov’s 1915 All-Night Vigil (Vespers), culminating in a public performance on Saturday evening. In addition to the full week’s rehearsals for this major work, participants will be able to take part in smaller consort singing groups, solo masterclasses and one-to-one voice lessons, as well as morning yoga and mindfulness classes to sustain them through a packed week of music making. Thursday evening will give students a chance to let their hair down and […]
2023-08-21 08:35:00
Jerry Herman & Harvey Fierstein's La Cage aux Folles at Regents Park Open Air Theatre
[…] Tavern than Las Vegas. Sheader's production went some way towards this, Colin Richmond's set had frayed edges and the back-stage scenes were hardly glamorous and we saw the considerable sub-structure required for Carl Mullaney's Albin to create Zaza, whilst Ryan Dawson Laight's imaginative costumes were full glamour.The show was accompanied by an excellent nine-piece band (music director Ben van Tienen) placed at the rear of the set rather than hidden away with orchestrations by Jason Carr. The sound was excellent with sound design by Nick Lidster (for Autograph); it was slightly too loud for my taste, but still excellent quality. Stephen Mear's choreography was imaginative and engaging, filling the stage with colour and movement,Jerry Herman & Harvey Fierstein: La Cage aux Folles - Billy CarterRegents Park Open Air Theatre (Photo Johan Persson)We had all the requisite glamour, but it was the quality of the two leads that brought theatrical magic […]
2023-07-30 19:02:19
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