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2023-12-04 10:41:00
Total immersion: the Glasshouse's Big Bruckner Weekend features his final three symphonies, a mass, motets & more
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia (Photo: Mark Savage)Next year is the 200th anniversary of Bruckner's birth, so expect plenty of celebrations of the composer's music, though the sheer scale of his symphonies makes anything like completeness difficult. The Glasshouse in Gateshead is having a Big Bruckner Weekend from 1 to 3 March 2024 offering audiences the opportunity to immerse themselves in final three symphonies, his motets, one of his masses and even his String Quintet.Across the weekend, Domingo Hindoyan conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No.7, Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 and Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's unfinished Symphony No. 9. Thomas Zehetmair conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia & chorus in Bruckner's Mass No. 3 with soloists Elizabeth Watts, Hannah Hipp, Thomas Atkins and Mark Stone, whilst throughout the weekend the chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia will be performing Bruckner's motets, […]
2023-07-10 08:36:00
Music celebrating the right to be wrong
'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err and even to sin. If God has given the humblest of His creatures the freedom to err, it passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight other human beings of that precious right' - from Mahatma Gandhi's statement following Gandhi/Irwin Pact of 1931. Recent listening and reading:Reconnaissance: Kaija Saariaho Choral Music - Helsinki Chamber Choir Nils SchweckendiekTogether Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha's Household - Lin JensenHomage to Mahatma Gandhi - Ravi ShankarThe Trail to Kathmandu (1970's) - Ash LingamRobert Schumann, String Quartets 1 & 3 - Zehetmair Quartet
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2021-08-20 12:23:00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor – Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Zehetmair (HD 1080p)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67, conducted by Thomas Zehetmair and performed in Yekaterinburg by the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2020 Be@thoven Festival.Beethoven's Fifth is amongst the most well-known symphonies of all time. Its opening, four-note motif made history in and of itself – Ludwig van Beethoven reportedly saying of it "Thus, fate knocks at the door!". This bon mot gave rise to the popular name "Fate Symphony" for Beethoven's Fifth. The Symphony No.5 also stands out formally, however – within its traditional four-movement structure, for the first time the emphasis is shifted from the first movement to the final movement, resulting in a mounting intensification across the entire work, culminating in a triumphant finale. This effect is underscored by the amplification of the instrumentation in the fourth movement – Beethoven additionally utilizing the trombone, contrabassoon, and piccolo. Beethoven made his first notes for this symphony […]
2021-08-07 08:44:13
He started as a film-maker, founded his own orchestra, now Portuguese conductor Dinis Sousa brings a wealth of experiences to his new role as principal conductor of Royal Northern Sinfonia
[…] of conducting Beethoven with them he loved it, there was an energy and a style in the rehearsal room which affected him straight away, a really good energy and rapport. The way each player makes music appeals to him; they love music and playing in rehearsal so that in breaks during rehearsals and even after concerts have finished, players want to talk about the music.The orchestra's previous two music directors have been instrumentalists (violinist Thomas Zehetmair and pianist Lars Vogt), so Dinis represents something of a change. But he is also a pianist and has directed concerts from the keyboard. Playing the piano will be an important part of his role including performing chamber music with musicians from the orchestra. But there is also the feeling that the orchestra wanted to try something different.Another strand to Dinis' experience is his period performance practice and his three years working with Sir […]
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