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2023-11-17 09:42:00
Ascent: National Youth Orchestra in Strauss' Alpine Symphony, Debussy & a new work by Dani Howard
National Youth OrchestraThe youth musicians of the National Youth Orchestra return in January 2024 for three concerts, under the direction of Sir Mark Elder, with the title Ascent. Elder will be conducting the orchestra in concerts at London's Barbican Centre (4 January 2024) when the concert will also be live streamed, Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall (5 January 2024) and Warwick Arts Centre (6 January 2024). The programme consists of Richard Strauss' massive Alpine Symphony, Debussy's Rondes de Printemps and a new work by Dani Howard for the NYO's brass and percussion sections. The orchestra isn't just about training the young musicians who play in it, but about inspiring teenagers all over. To this end, all the concerts have free tickets for those aged 19 and under, thus encouraging everyone to come and try the magic. The NYO has other initiatives, such as NYO Inspire for teenagers who want music to be a bigger part […]
2023-11-09 04:30:00
Recent Releases No. 65 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringSommernachtskonzert 2023. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1; L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera); Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de Printemps; Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21, H. 01 Gounod: Sapho, Act III, No. 19 - Ô ma lyre immortelle; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b ; Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 - Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix: Ravel: Boléro, M. 81; Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut, Op. 354. Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano; Vienna Philharmonic; Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sony Classics 19658818969The Summer Night Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic was held this year on June 8th, 2023. It is an annual open-air event that has been held since 2008, something of a complement to the famous New Year’s concerts with their much older tradition. Musically, these summer concerts are far more interesting than their winter counterparts, presenting as they typically do a more varied program than the mostly Strauss waltzes and such that are heard in January in the gilded Musikverein. […]
2023-10-26 14:00:37
[…] history of the genre in France, from César Franck to Lili Boulanger. Some of the 15 works included are concert staples – Franck’s Le Chasseur Maudit, Paul Dukas’ L’Apprenti Sorcier, Emmanuel Chabrier’s España, Camille Saint-Saëns’s Danse Macabre – but many of the other composers represented here are forgotten now.Stylistically they are a highly varied bunch: there are still traces of Berlioz in Ernest Guiraud’s Ouverture d’Arteveld from 1874, for instance, while Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps of 1918 brings together Debussy and early Stravinsky. There’s Debussy too in Mel Bonis’s rapturous Le Rêve de Cléopatre, but it’s Wagner who casts a shadow over Vincent d’Indy’s Istar, Henri Duparc’s beautiful Aux Étoiles, Augusta Holmès’s La Nuit et l’Amour and Ernest Chausson’s Arthurian Viviane. Meanwhile, Alfred Bruneau’s La Belle au Bois Dormant owes a clear debt to his teacher, Massenet.
2023-09-21 21:28:18
Review | TSO Concert: Lili Boulanger, Gershwin and Stravinsky
This week, the Toronto Symphony opened its 101st season with celebrated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist. While Thibaudet played brilliantly, it was the orchestra and its masterful conductor who stole the show. In the second half of the concert, the orchestra’s interpretation of Stravinsky’s Le sacre du Printemps practically blew the roof off. The piece’s [...]
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