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2024-04-18 13:30:49
Gerstein/Mantashyan/Skanavi/Adès(Platoon, two CDs)Claude Debussy’s piano music written in the last few years of his life interspersed with works by ethnomusicologist and composer Komitas Vardapet
2024-04-17 06:39:00
Southbank Centre's new season: Schoenberg's 150th, the OAE in Bruckner, Joyce Didonato in Berlioz, The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim
Igor Levit (Photo: Felix Broede )The Southbank Centre has announced its Autumn/Winter programme for 2024/25 which includes a five-day Opening Weekend, residencies from violist Lawrence Power, organist James McVinnie and Manchester Collective, and visitors include Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson, the Borodin Quartet celebrating its 80th anniversary, Concerto Italiano, The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and the BBC Concert Orchestra with Unclassified Live.The Opening Weekend, from 25 to 29 September 2024, features Joyce DiDonato in Berlioz with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia launching its Nordic Soundscapes series with Sibelius, Grieg and María Sigfúsdóttir conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, violist Lawrence Power and composer Thomas Ades, the Multi-Storey Orchestra, cellist Matthew Barley, the Paraorchestra, and the Scottish Ensemble. Pianist Igor Levit performs works by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven in his Royal Festival Hall solo recital debut.Lawrence Power will continue his residency by joining […]
2024-04-07 13:21:26
Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterThe Hallé’s playing was triumphant as Thomas Adès oversaw a challenging programme including a rare Tippett masterpiece and new work from Oliver Leith, while the conductor’s own piece was an immense statement
2024-02-12 07:56:00
Magnum Opus: Britten Sinfonia's composer development scheme showcases work from 2023 composers David John Roche, Daniel Soley and Crystalla Serghiou
[…] produce immersive works characterized by gradual processes of gestural repetition and timbral experimentation. An orchestra of exceptional quality and vision, the Britten Sinfonia could well be described as a different kind of orchestra, too, as its not defined by the traditional figurehead of a principal conductor but by the dynamic and democratic meeting of the orchestra’s outstanding team of gifted and individual players as well as a broad range of collaborators ranging from Steve Reich, Thomas Adès and Alison Balsom to Pagrav Dance Company, Father John Misty and Anoushka Shankar. Deeply rooted in the East of England, the Britten Sinfonia is the only professional orchestra working throughout the vast region of East Anglia while it also enjoys a national and international reputation as one of today’s finest ensembles. Renowned for its adventurous programming and stunningly high-quality performances and equally for its record of commissioning new music, the Britten Sinfonia quietly gets on […]
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