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2024-04-19 12:37:03
Charles Edwards and Sophie Thompson star in the world premiere of Samuel Adamson’s latest play
2024-03-30 03:02:00
New York Philharmonic. Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Joseph Alessi, trombone. March 21, 2024.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat AA118, $70).At the conclusion of the concert. Notice only "traditional" instruments were used in the Scottish Symphony - not even a harp.ProgramTo See the Sky: an exegesis for orchestra (2023) by Joel Thompson (b. 1988).Trombone Concerto: Three Muses in Video Game (2021) by Tan Dun (b. 1957).Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish (1840-42) by Mendelssohn (1809-47).I don't know who "estimates" how long a concert is, but 1:30 minutes is way off the mark. The three pieces along add to 80 minutes, throw in a 20- to 30-minute intermission and we are close to two hours. The concert concluded at 9:24 pm.It is difficult to understand how these three pieces fit together as a program. Joel Thompson is in his 30s, still in school (getting a doctorate at Yale). And I suppose he is known among a lot of people in the music composition world, but […]
2024-03-27 10:14:00
Perth Festival of the Arts: from Wallace and Gromit for brass band and The Magic Flute in Scots to the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Tenebrae
[…] miniature scale with their Pop-Up performances. Principal Percussionist of English National Opera, Mick Doran, brings an irreverent, humorous, and moving show – An A-Z of Orchestral Triangle Playing - as he invites you into the real world of the orchestral musicianScottish chamber music collective Hebrides Ensemble present Auld Alliance, a new programme celebrating the bonds between ‘Auld’ friends, Scotland and France, whilst the choir Tenebrae presents A Prayer for Deliverance with music by Holst, Cecilia McDowall, Joel Thompson, and Herbert Howells. On the Festival’s final evening, one of the world’s finest brass bands, The Fairey Band, presents a combination of music and animation, performing a brass band arrangement of Mussorgsky's I to accompany animated interpretations. This will be its first screening in Europe. And at the other end of the spectrum, there is a screening of Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers with John Notts' original music played by The Fairey Band.Perth Festival’s Artists […]
2024-03-16 09:57:00
From Early Music to contemporary: the Royal Festival Hall organ is 70 and organist James McVinnie is celebrating with a Southbank Centre residency
[…] wrote to Philip Glass to ask if he could put together a performance for Glass's 80th birthday. The result was a performance by a group of musicians assembled by James at the Barbican on 1 May 2017. It was a unique opportunity and the genesis of his ensemble. He did not do anything further with the ensemble until after the pandemic when he launched it more seriously, performing music by Glass, Adams and percussionist Chris Thompson at the Barbican. They concentrate on music that is less well-known in the UK. The ensemble features two organists and two pianists, all devotees of music by Glass, Adams and other similar composers, and their programmes mix music for all four with two piano repertoire and solos. The June concert will feature ensemble pieces as well music for two players including early Philip Glass pieces as well as Adams' China Gates and Hallelujah Junction. […]
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