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2023-11-27 09:06:00
A remarkable sense of energy & engagement: Wagner's Die Walküre from the London Opera Company at St John's Smith Square
[…] the orchestra. Most fringe performances of Wagner's operas rely on chamber reductions of the scores, but here Peter Selwyn conducted an ensemble of nearly 80 players, making the platform at St John's full to over-flowing (including Wagner tubas loaned from the Royal Opera House). The players were a mix of professionals, music students and good amateurs. Selwyn is an experienced Wagnerian; he has been assisting on the most recent Ring Cycle at Bayreuth and conducted Grimeborn's Ring [see my interview with Peter] as well as being the chief conductor of the non-professional Lambeth Orchestra. His direction was masterly, bringing encouragement, discipline and clarity to his players and guiding them through near four hours of music, yet shaping the work too. Perhaps, most importantly, this was a concert performance where the orchestra did not over-dominate the singers. Too often in Wagner and some early 20th-century operas, if you take the orchestra out of […]
2023-09-20 06:51:00
Why the wait? Ethel Smyth's first major success, Der Wald, finally receives its premiere recording in a terrific account from John Andrews and BBC Symphony Orchestra
[…] Sancho and Duke Ellington: American countertenor Reginald Mobley at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival - concert reviewExtravagantly theatrical: Handel's Flavio revived by Bayreuth Baroque in the splendour of the 18th-century theatre - opera reviewBayreuth Baroque: Operatic arias & overtures by Frederick the Great's court composer, Graun, in the opera house built by the king's sister - opera reviewProm 64: An evening of compelling drama and wonderful music making, Dinis Sousa conducts Berlioz' Les Troyens - opera reviewBaroque rarity: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's Céphale et Procris at the Grimeborn Festival - opera reviewHome
2023-09-19 06:45:00
Vivid and strong-minded performances: Bach's Harpsichord Concertos from Steven Devine and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
[…] Sancho and Duke Ellington: American countertenor Reginald Mobley at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival - concert reviewExtravagantly theatrical: Handel's Flavio revived by Bayreuth Baroque in the splendour of the 18th-century theatre - opera reviewBayreuth Baroque: Operatic arias & overtures by Frederick the Great's court composer, Graun, in the opera house built by the king's sister - opera reviewProm 64: An evening of compelling drama and wonderful music making, Dinis Sousa conducts Berlioz' Les Troyens - opera reviewBaroque rarity: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's Céphale et Procris at the Grimeborn Festival - opera reviewThe Complete Hums of Pooh and more: Grant Doyle and John Kember's Enchanted Places - record reviewHome
2023-09-18 07:17:00
Ravishing sounds and superb musicality: Linos Piano Trio in Ravel
[…] Sancho and Duke Ellington: American countertenor Reginald Mobley at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival - concert reviewExtravagantly theatrical: Handel's Flavio revived by Bayreuth Baroque in the splendour of the 18th-century theatre - opera reviewBayreuth Baroque: Operatic arias & overtures by Frederick the Great's court composer, Graun, in the opera house built by the king's sister - opera reviewProm 64: An evening of compelling drama and wonderful music making, Dinis Sousa conducts Berlioz' Les Troyens - opera reviewBaroque rarity: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's Céphale et Procris at the Grimeborn Festival - opera reviewThe Complete Hums of Pooh and more: Grant Doyle and John Kember's Enchanted Places - record reviewBack to Wonderland: Will Todd's Alice opera returns in an engaging new production at IF Opera -opera reviewHome