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2024-03-09 13:00:31
The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; The Rake’s Progress; The Flying Dutchman; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster – review
Barbican; Hackney Empire; Royal Opera House; St Mark’s church, LondonDread runs through John Adams’s pulsating new short symphony; Stravinsky’s Rake has plenty of company at ETO; Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman; and two lockdown favourites bring the house downIf you feel helpless in the face of world events and battered by 24-hour news, you are in good company: America’s greatest living composer,
2024-02-26 09:11:00
Beyond coloratura: Strong performances and a serious approach in Chelsea Opera Group's account of Léo Delibes' Lakmé
Poster for the première of Léo Delibes' Lakmé Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Haegee Lee, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, James Platt, Julien Van Mellaerts, Lorena Paz Nieto, Caroline Carragher, Sarah Pring, Polly Leech, Magnus Walker, Chelsea Opera Group, Matthew Scott Rogers; Cadogan HallReviewed 25 February 2024Strong performances and a serious approach to the music ensure that the pleasures of this performance of Delibes' rarity extended well beyond coloratura delightsLéo Delibes' Lakmé received a rare London outing when Matthew Scott Rogers conducted Chelsea Opera Group in the work on Sunday 25 February 2024 at Cadogan Hall with Haegee Lee as Lakmé, Elgan Llŷr Thomas as Gérald, James Platt as Nilakantha, Julien Van Mellaerts as Frédéric, Lorena Paz Nieto as Miss Ellen, Sarah Pring as Mistress Bentson, Caroline Carragher as Miss Rose and Polly Leech as Mallika.The very full Cadogan Hall suggested that audiences are keener on this type of rarity than companies sometimes give them credit for and […]
2024-01-31 10:23:49
Elena Urioste and Tom Poster’s new album showcases the chamber music of a prodigiously talented French musician who, 150 years ago, had to disguise herself to be taken seriouslyA recurring discussion in our partnership -we’re a chamber duo and a married couple – centres on our frustration that only a fraction of the great music that has been written over the centuries turns up with any regularity on concert programmes. We have always felt a particular love for French music, but of the sizeable treasure trove of sonatas for violin and piano by French composers, only four can really be said to have made it into the standard recital canon: one each by Debussy, Fauré (his first), Ravel (his second), and Franck (who was actually Belgian, at least by today’s borders).For our new album, Le Temps retrouvé, we decided to turn the spotlight on some of the undeservedly neglected French gems. […]
2024-01-08 08:22:00
Classical Vauxhall: Fiachra Garvey's festival is back with everything from Fairytales and Fantasy to Classical Soul.
Fiachra Garvey, co-founder and artistic director of Classical Vauxhall (Photo: Frances Marshall)Classical Vauxhall is returning for the fifth year with a weekend of events in and around Vauxhall from 29 February to 3 March 2024. Artistic director, pianist Fiachra Garvey kicks things off with a recital entitled Fairytale and Fantasy with music by Ravel, Stravinsky, Debussy and Frank Bridge along with the Gaelic Fantasy by Irish composer Rhoda Coghill (1903-2000).Violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster gave a recital at Classical Vauxhall's 2021 online festival, and for 2024 they are returning in person for a programme which moves from sonatas by Mendelssohn and French composer Mel Bonis (1858-1937) to their #UriPosteJuxebox will feature a smorgasbord of greatest hits from their hugely successful online YouTube channel, which was their brainchild during the days of Covid lockdowns. Expect everything from Bach to Elton John.Saturday evening its the turn of singer/songwriter China Moses who will be joined by group […]
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