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2019-11-30 09:39:17
As a young singer you have to give yourself to patience: I chat to counter-tenor James Hall, currently in Handel's Rinaldo & looking forward to Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
[…] a UK-based job as most singers love to work at home and it takes a brave person to refuse such a good offer. James Hall as Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Montpellier Opera (Photo Mark Ginot) James does not feel that he was overly successful at college, he was still finding his voice and had confidence issues when performing on stage. Whilst at University he was also a vicar choral at Llandaff Cathedral, and benefited from the choral experience this gave him, and this fed into his concert work. He still finds performing in concerts a profoundly satisfying experience, and comments about recent performances of 'Erbarme dich' from Bach's St Matthew Passion with the AAM, where he felt that he was performing with the musicians rather than simply on top of the orchestra, as can happen in opera.James is still finding the right balance between concert […]
2019-11-09 06:00:13
One of the minor passions of my listening life, which i rarely write about here, is organ music. It doesn’t come up very often in the world of contemporary music, but it did a couple of months back in the gala recital at this year’s OrganFest at Llandaff Cathedral. Performed by David Briggs, on the cathedral’s newly-installed instrument, the entire second half of the concert was given over to a brand new symphony completely improvised by Briggs, grandly titled Symphonie … The post appeared first on 5:4. 5:4 is on Patreon! Please consider supporting the blog by becoming a Patron from just $2 a month: https://www.patreon.com/5against4
2019-10-04 10:08:15
The Fruit of Silence
[…] inspired by four stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral, setting texts by philosopher Thomas Traherne (c.1637 1674).Thursday 3 October, 19:30 - Worcester Cathedral, Friday 4 October, 19:30 - Exeter Cathedral, Saturday 5 October, 19:30 - Bristol Cathedral, Wednesday 9 October, 19:00 - Liverpool Cathedral, Friday 11 October, 19:30 - Sheffield Cathedral, Saturday 12 October, 19:00 - Bradford Cathedral, Thursday 17 October, 19:30 - Truro Cathedral, Friday 18 October, 19:00 - Llandaff Cathedral, Wednesday 23 October, 19:30 - Lichfield Cathedral.Full details from the City of London Sinfonia website.
2019-05-22 07:50:18
Clive Osgood: Sacred Choral Music
[…] organ scholarship at Salisbury Cathedral. He is currently director of music at St Bartholomew's Church in Haslemere and teaches music at the Reed's School, Cobham. He is involved in amateur music making in the community, and many of the smaller pieces on the disc were written for such groups, so that Brightest and Best was first performed his choir at St Bartholomew's Church, and Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life was premiered by the Llandaff Cathedral parish choir. His carol Alleluia! A new work is come on hand was one of six works shortlisted in the 2016 BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition.I could well imagine Osgood's music being popular with such groups, he writes attractively melodic music which always has an imaginative use of texture. He also writes well for voices, creating imaginative music which is accessible yet satisfyingly challenging for non-professionals is tricky and without having seen any […]