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2024-03-25 10:46:00
Listening to the past: Manchester Camerata's Hearing Voices programme with Karen Cargill, Simone Menezes and Kantos Chamber Choir
Manchester Camerata at Stoller Hall (Photo: Robin Clewley)Manchester Camerata's Hearing Voices at Stoller Hall on 5 April 2024 features the ensemble, conducted by Simone Menezes, joined by mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and Kantos Chamber Choir for a programme that explores voices from the past and present, the work and memory of those before us. So, there is Britten's re-creating Phaedra's fatal obsession, Arvo Pärt remembering Britten, Michael Tippett evoking Corelli, Sally Beamish in Showings using Julian of Norwich's revelations of divine love, and Nick Martin's Falling. Book-ending the evening are works by Purcell, Hear my Prayer and Dido's Lament.A slightly different version of the programme, without Kantos chamber choir, features in Lancaster on 4 April 2024.Full details from the Manchester Camerata website - Stoller Hall and Lancaster.
2024-01-16 10:00:00
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2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
Ralph Vaughan Williams:Incidental Music to a satirical production of Aristophanes' comedy, The Wasps1.01 - 1.13 Overture and Act One [44'07]2.01 - 2.15 Act Two and Act Three [61'30]Henry Goodman- narrator, Hallé Choir and Orchestra conducted by Mark ElderHallé CD HLD 7510 [recorded July 2005; issued 2008][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: The Albert Halls, Bolton, UKRecording engineer: Simon Eadon; Producer: Andrew KeenerFlowers of the Field:01 George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad. Rhapsody for Orchestra [10'22]02 - 05 Gerald Finzi (edited & completed C. Alexander): Requiem da Camera ^ [22'29]06 Ivor Gurney (edited & orchestrated P. Lancaster): The Trumpet # [5'45]Ralph Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy * [22'01]Jeremy Irons- speaker*, Roderick Williams- baritone^, City of London Chorus^*#, London Mozart Players conducted by Hilary Davan WettonNaxos 8.573426 [recorded July 2014; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Andrew WaltonRagtimes & Serenades:01 […]
2023-10-10 08:15:00
The National Youth Orchestra is coming to Lancaster and seeking young musicians to join in
The National Youth Orchestra's free NYO Inspire programme is for teenagers who want to make music, and playing with others, a bigger part of their lives and is aimed at promoting equality in music education, prioritising those with the greatest need for a place.This October, the National Youth Orchestra is bringing together the musicians from NYO Inspire and the NYO orchestra for NYO Unite, a series of day long music making activities across the UK. On 28 October, they are heading to Lancaster to work with NYO tutors and conductor, Constança Simas to explor. Aaron Copland’s Rodeo. In partnership with the Lancashire Music Hub, The National Youth Orchestra is also inviting local musicians to get creative and discover new sounds together at an NYO Open event on 28 October. Local musicians aged 11-18 (KS3 or above) and who play an instrument at Grade 3 level or above, will have the chance to […]
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