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2024-02-13 14:38:57
Also in London: KahChun Wong conducts a programme of Shostakovich and Japanese music at the Barbican
2024-02-11 19:52:00
Rutgers Symphony Orchestra. Ching-Chun Lai, conductor; Diana Kim, violin. February 10, 2024.
Nicholas Music Center, Mason Gross PAC, New Brunswick, NJ. Open seating ($12.50).There is supposedly "no video recording or photography" inside the music center, at all times. I have no idea how strictly the policy is enforced. I managed to snap this shot of Kim and Lai leaving the stage.Programsubito con forza (2020 by Unsuk Chin (b. 1961).Symphony No. 2, H. 295 (1943) by Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959).Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).After attending one of their events, I get bombarded with Rutgers advertisements. Not that there is anything wrong with it (except the tremendous waste of paper and other resources), and that's how I found out about tonight's performance by the RSO, with Beethoven's violin concerto on the program. At a cost of $10 (for seniors, plus handling fee), nothing can possibly go wrong.And nothing did. Indeed I loved the Beethoven violin concerto. Kim […]
2024-02-11 15:14:24
Barbican, London The Singaporean conductor, soon to head the Hallé, chose a Shostakovich symphony for his London debut, along with two Japanese pieces forming a timely tribute to the late Seiji OzawaIn September,
2024-02-04 11:53:00
The Golden Cockerel, Komische Oper, 3 February 2024
SchillertheaterKing Dodon – Alexander Roslavets Prince Guidon – Pavel Valuzhin Prince Aphron – Hubert Zapiór General Polkan – Alexander Vassiliev Amelfa – Margarita Nekrasova Golden Cockerel – Julia Muzychenko, Daniel Daniela Ojeda Yrureta Queen of Shemakha – Kseniia Proshina Astrologer – James Kryshak First Boyar – Taiki Miyashita Second Boyar – Jan-Frank Süße Dancers – Michael Fernandez, Lorenzo Soragni, Silvano Marraffa, Kai Chun ChungDirector – Barrie KoskyAssistant director – Denni SayersSet design – Rufus DidwiszusCostumes – Victoria BehrChoreography – Otto PichlerDramaturgy – Olaf A. Schmitt, Meike LieserLighting – Franck Evin Orchestra and Chorus of the Komische Oper (chorus director: David Cavelius)James Gaffigan (conductor)Images: Monika Rittershaus Two productions, very different, of Rimsky-Korsakov’s last opera, The Golden Cockerel, within two years: James Conway for English Touring Opera, which I saw in Hackney, and now Barrie Kosky’s new production for Berlin’s Komische Oper in its temporary home in Charlottenburg. Both are experienced, though neither […]
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