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Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski/Kožená/ Bonitatibus/Morley/DeShong(Pentatone)Keeping the emotion foremost while relishing the shape of the music, Kožená has great support from Erin Morley and Elizabeth DeShongThere are relatively few recordings of Alcina out there, even though
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2023-12-19 16:22:40
Locke’s List for 2023: Notable Operatic Recordings Plus
[…] streaming). Maria Alejandro Cardona photo)[/caption] Most notable in this early-nineteenth-century group are the best recordings yet of two works long recognized as major: Spontini’s 1807 La Vestale (with Marina Rebeka utterly superb in a title role that once belonged to Maria Callas; this recording just won the Premio Abbiati del Disco for best opera recording of the year) and Robert le diable (1831) by the aforementioned Meyerbeer. The generally superb cast in Robert includes Erin Morley and John Osborn, both of whom are widely loved thanks to their frequent performances at the Met. Since 1900: The other operas that I had a chance to review and that impressed me particularly were all composed in the twentieth century or later. The first-ever recording (1960) of Carl Nielsen’s Saul and David (1902) was re-released, coupled with a fascinating work by Helge Bonnén (whose dates are 1896-1983) for actors and orchestra: poems from […]
2023-10-10 07:54:00
Developing an individual practice after many years of collaborative composition, a recital by composer/performer Edward Henderson showcasing composition at Morley College
Edward HendersonComposer Edward Henderson, who is part of the composer-performer group Bastard Assignments (described as "one of the most exciting forces in contemporary music" by the Financial Times) also teaches composition at Morley College. Composition has a long history at Morley with Vaughan Williams, Holst, Tippett and Cardew either teaching composition or being head of music, and Henderson is now putting himself in the spotlight. In a concert intended to showcase Henderson's recent works and highlight the role of composition at Morley, he will be performing his own compositions at Morley College on 1 December 2023, alongside composer/performer Francesca Fargion.Henderson is performing two works for piano, and for piano and playback, which are the results of an impulse he had to develop an individual practice after many years of collaborative composition and group performance; he wanted to make pieces that he could perform on the piano. He is being joined by […]
2023-09-07 15:07:00
Composition workshop at Morley College led by Edward Henderson from Bastard Assignments
The Solid performed by Edward Henderson for Bastard AssignmentsComposer Edward Henderson (one of the lively minds that make up Bastard Assignments) is now leading the composition workshop at Morley College. The new term starts on 18 September and the course is aimed at those age 19 and over. The course will "enable students to build completed pieces of music through a mixture of taught techniques and utilisation of students' own musical ideas. Students will be given frameworks in which to write pieces and there will be continuous tutor feedback and class discussion of the works as they build up. Performances of pieces will happen in class, or with Morley groups that composers write for."The entry requirements are fluid, again from the website - "a solid theoretical background (ABRSM 6+ or equivalent) and fluent reading and writing of standard music notation are useful but not essential. Experience with music and sound software […]
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