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2021-11-25 07:54:18
Venues in Scotland: Edinburgh's first purpose built music venue in 100 years, and a state-of-the-art recording studio in Glasgow
Image of the new Dunard Centre slotted in behind the Dundas Mansion in St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh It seems to be all go in Scotland when it comes to developing music venues. Hot on the heels of the decision to turn Edinburgh's old Royal High School into a National Centre for Music [see my article] comes the decision of Edinburgh City Council to approve plans for the Dunard Centre, the city's first purpose-built music and performance venue in over 100 years, which is set to become the new home of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Whilst in Glasgow, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's has launched its new purpose-built state-of-the-art recording facility, Scotland's Studio. Whilst the planning process for the Dunard Centre has not been uncomplicated, the council's decision looks set to confirm that the new centre, which is to be ingeniously inserted just behind Dundas House off St Andrew Square, will go […]
2021-10-03 11:37:00
As a Wagner conductor he has no equal
[…] Philadelphia Orchestras, the latter conducted by Leopold Stokowski whose approach to orchestral balance was an influence on Goodall in later years. In 1917 Goodall moved to Burlington on the western end of Lake Ontario in Canada, where his father had settled after leaving prison, and the young Reginald entered Hamilton Conservatory to study music. He graduated with first-class honours and aged 19 started his career as a professional musician as church organist and choirmaster in Dundas, near Hamilton. While there he was introduced to Renaissance polyphony and Gregorian Chant by the influential Toronto musician Healey Willan.Goodall would probably have stayed in Canada for the rest of his career had he not met the visiting Sir Hugh Allen, who was director of the Royal College of Music in London and professor of music at Oxford University. The chance meeting resulted in Goodall returning to England to study at the Royal Academy, […]
2021-05-19 07:00:00
2019-07-19 10:46:00
Just how sexist is 'The Magic Flute'?
Scottish Opera asked me to write a piece for the programme of their production of The Magic Flute earlier this year. How sexist is it, really? There's been a lot of discussion about this, to put it mildly, so with SO's permission here is my article. Warning: it may not say what you think it's going to say. In either direction. Julia Sitkovetsky as The Queen of the Night in Scottish Opera's productionAll photos: Ken Dundas Charges of sexism and prejudice flutter like outsize daddy-longlegs craneflies around the bright beacon of Mozart’s penultimate opera. Emanuel Schikaneder’s text - some of it - positively glitters with disparaging comments about women’s gossiping, weakness and pride. A woman must be led by a man, says the supposedly wise Sarastro. The villain-in-chief is a powerful woman – and she is vanquished. Why, then, would I still want to take Die Zauberflöte to my Desert Island […]
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