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From forgotten arias in a pasticcio based on Balzac's Sarrasine to a forgotten instrument: Göttingen International Handel Festival announces the 2024 programme under George Petrou
George Petrou (Photo: Alciro Theodoro Da Silva)The Göttingen International Handel Festival dates right back to the 1920s and though styles have changed the festival has always been notable for new ideas and new thinking about 18th century music. This year's festival under artistic director George Petrou has just been announced. Running from 9 to 20 May 2024 under the title Kaleidescope, the festival features not only music by Handel and his contemporaries, but modern reflections too, as Petrou wants the programme to bridge the gap between the 18th and 21st centuries, revealing the gap between Handel's music and the pressing issues of our time.The opera staging this year focuses not on one of Handel's operas but on arias discarded by the composer, usually for dramaturgical reasons. George Petrou has fashioned a pasticcio using these arias with a plot based on Balzac's novella, Sarrasine about the sculptor Sarrasine's love for a singer, Zambinella, regarding […]
2021-10-27 09:35:54
A sense of exploration and discovery: Jommelli's Il Vologeso in a live recording from Ian Page and the Mozartists
Jommelli Il Vologeso; Stuart Jackson, Rachel Kelly, Gemma Summerfield, Angela Simkin, The Mozartists, Ian Page; Signum Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 October 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A live recording of The Mozartists performance from 2016 reveals an exciting exploration of an opera notable for its sense of drama and innovationWhen Ian Page and Classical Opera performed Niccolo Jommelli's 1766 opera Il Vologeso at Cadogan Hall in 2016, it was simply part of their Mozart 250 project, exploring influential works from 1766. Jommelli's operas are important waystations in the journey from high baroque to classical but they don't get that many outing so this was lovely opportunity to hear one live, with a fine young cast. But five years later, and with 18 months of enforced quiet, Ian Page started to think about the recording that had been made of the performance. There were downsides, the opera […]
2019-05-04 04:40:00
Classical Music News of the Week, May 4, 2019
First-Ever "Burgers, Bourbon, & Beethoven Festival"Death of Classical and Green-Wood are wildly excited to announce the first-ever Burgers, Bourbon & Beethoven Festival at Green-Wood Cemetery, May 25, 2019, from 7-10PM. The event will feature competing burger recipes that will be sampled and rated by the audience, a whiskey tasting of boutique bourbons alongside craft cocktails, and a performance of Beethoven's immortal Fifth Symphony by the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, conducted by Eli Spindel. Vying for the coveted Golden Spatula will be Harlem Public, represented by chef Chad Vigneulle, and Madcap Cafe, represented by chef Heather Fuller. Audience members will taste and rate each recipe via the Burger Club website (www.brgrclub.com), providing a real-time leaderboard of the top burger. Hot dogs will also be available, just because... The food will be washed down by a sampling of whiskeys generously provided by Angel's Envy, Blackened American Whiskey, Five & 20, NY Distilling […]
2018-03-10 08:29:54
It is difficult to find festival highlights when you think that everything is great
Laurence Cummings on the London Handel Festival, Stravinsky, opera, time-travel and more Laurence Cummings (Photo Robert Workman) The London Handel Festival is London's annual celebration of Handel and his music, based at St George's Church, Hanover Square which was Handel's place of worship whilst he lived in London. This year's festival includes a few changes and innovations alongside a programme which mixes opera, chamber music, oratorio and much more. I recently met up with Laurence Cummings, Music Director of the festival, to talk about the highlights of this year's festival in a wide-ranging conversation which took in Laurence's other festival at Göttingen, recording Handel opera live, time-machines and a recent venture into Stravinsky. Laurence Cummings (credit Anton Säckl) Samir Savant who took over as Artistic Director of the London Handel Festival in 2016, has introduced the idea of having the festivals themed, and for this […]