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Respighi and beyond: Guildhall School continues its exploration of his underrated musical legacy
Roberto González-Monjas conducts the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in a rehearsalDuring lockdown, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama did an innovative on-line performance of Respighi's opera La bella dormente nel bosco and the Guildhall School returned to the opera this term, performing a double bill of Respighi operas, La bella dormente nel bosco and Maria egiziaca; see soprano Holly Brown's article about working on the double bill. And the music of Respighi remains a thread running through the Guildhall School's new term.On Tuesday 27 February 2024 in Milton Court Concert Hall, there is Vocal at Six: Respighi and Friends, an early evening recital directed by Iain Burnside that explores Respighi's songs, from Italian verismo to the world of Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. Then under the baton of Roberto González-Monjas, the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra presents Respighi's three tone-poems about Rome on Wednesday 13 March 2024 in the Barbican Hall. Perhaps his best-known works the three tone poems, […]
2021-06-28 04:49:00
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (CD review)
Also, Burleske. Bertrand Chamayou, piano; Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Warner Classics 190295028459.By John J. PuccioRichard Strauss (1864-1949), the German composer and conductor of so many lengthy symphonic tone poems wrote Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”) in 1898 or thereabouts as a tongue-in-cheek autobiography, a semi-serious portrait of himself. Strauss was only thirty-four years old at the time, so you can see what self-confidence he must have had by writing so whimsical a life story at so early an age. He seems to have written it primarily, though, to get in a few digs at his critics, whom he convincingly silences through the music. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia give it their all in a big, robustly imposing live performance.Strauss divided Ein Heldenleben into seven parts that describe seven stages in the artist’s life. The first segment, “The Hero,” obviously describes Strauss […]
2020-07-09 19:51:13
The Musikkollegium Winterthur, in Switzerland, has this week announced the appointment 32-year-old Spanish violinist and conductor Roberto González-Monjas as its new Chief Conductor – effective from the commencement of the 2021-2022 season. Roberto, who will succeed conductor Thomas Zehetmair in the role, has served as the orchestra’s Concertmaster since 2013. “I am more than thrilled […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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