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2022-05-19 10:48:00
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Brass Band Context Composed between 1973-74 for England’s 1974 National Brass Band Championships, Malcolm Arnold’s Fantasy for Brass Band proved to be a hit with bands across the nation. The Cory Band, then conducted by Major H. A. Kenney, are said to be the band that […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-04-09 05:10:00
Classical Music News of the Week, April 9, 2022
[…] the keyboard.Mr. Wosner, who was appointed PSC Resident Artist in 2020 and remains in residence until 2023, has chosen a program that pairs longtime staples of the chamber repertoire with less familiar works—one old and one new—by women composers. In this program, performed at Town Hall on Sunday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m., the instrumentation evolves from piece to piece, with the piano serving as a common thread. First, Mr. Wosner performs with violinist Alexi Kenney and cellist Sterling Elliot in Brahms's Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101, followed by Rebecca Clarke’s Morpheus with violist Hsin-Yun Huang. He then rejoins Mr. Kenney for Jessie Montgomery’s Peace, before closing the program with all three musicians—plus bassist Timothy Cobb—in Schubert's “Trout Quintet” in A major, D. 667.While Mr. Wosner’s program emphasizes variety—of instrumentation, composers, and styles—Mr. Biss takes the opposite approach in his choice of repertoire, instead focusing on two works of […]
2022-03-14 11:56:27
The Three Queens, closing scenes from Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux; Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Riccardo Frizza; Pentatone Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Pentatone's discs records a stupendous live event, Sondra Radvanovsky captured in terrific form in three major Donizetti roles This set preserves a particular occasion, and allows one of the great voices of modern bel canto singing to shine. Recorded live at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and issued on Pentatone, under the title of Three Queens, the disc features the final scenes of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux sung by Sondra Radvanovsky, conducted by Riccardo Frizza with Lauren Decker, Kathleen Felty, Eric Ferring, Christopher Kenney, Anthony Reed, Ricardo Jose Rivera, Mario Rojas, David Weigel. Now it has to be said that Three Queens is a misnomer as there are four Queens in the […]
2021-10-16 04:29:00
Classical Music News of the Week, October 16, 2021
[…] AssociatesPerformances Up Close at Princeton University ConcertsPrinceton University Concerts (“PUC”) announces its first indoor programming since the start of the pandemic with a series of three “Performances Up Close” events programmed throughout the month of November.Featuring the audience seated onstage alongside the performers at Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall in socially-distanced “pods” of seats, the series of hour-long, intimate programs features pianist/composer Conrad Tao with tap dancer Caleb Teicher (November 2-3, 6PM & 9PM); violinist Alexi Kenney with harpist Bridget Kibbey (November 9-10, 6PM & 9PM); and mandolin player Avi Avital with guitarist Miloš (November 16-17, 6PM & 9PM).Tickets, priced $40 general/$10 student, are currently on sale to PUC subscribers, and will go on sale to the general public at 11AM on Thursday, October 14 online at puc.princeton.edu. Tickets are refundable, and capacity is limited to 45 masked and fully-vaccinated patrons at each event.For details, visit https://concerts.princeton.edu/--Dasha Koltunyuk, Princeton University ConcertsThe […]