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2024-03-28 07:26:00
Without a shadow of doubt, a brilliant programme all round: Sibelius, Prokofiev & Saariaho in Berlin with Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Tarmo Peltokoski
[…] orchestra with the New York Philharmonic. From my standpoint, though, she’s relatively unknown but her works speak volumes having been performed all over the show: London (1989), Jakarta (1989), Paris (1989, 1991), Vienna (1993) and, of course, the Salzburg Festival in millennium year. A 15-minute piece, Ciel d’hiver happens to be an arrangement of the second movement of her 2003 symphonic work, Orion, commissioned by Musique Nouvelle en Liberté in 2002 and premièred at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris in 2014 by Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Fayçal Karoui. Therefore, if Benjamin Britten vividly captures the ‘undertow’ of a stormy and unsettled sea of the shingly coastal landscape of Suffolk in the ‘Sea Interludes’ from Peter Grimes, Kaija Saariaho duly captures the true essence of a cold and bitter Finnish winter landscape in Ciel d’hiver. A thought-provoking work depicting (and capturing) the elements of wind and rain and a cold, barren, […]
2023-08-17 16:57:00
IMAX and Fathom Events have put together a couple of documentaries that will be shown once each in theaters around the United States. In them, soprano Renee Fleming and friends show you around Paris and Venice, two cities with storied musical histories. From the press release:Renée Fleming’s Cities that Sing: Paris, comes to theatres one-day-only on August 26. Step onto the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet alongside superstar soprano Renée Fleming. Tenor Piotr Beczała and performers Axelle Fanyo and Alexandre Duhamel join an exquisite cinematic journey into the sights, sounds, and history of the City of Lights.Renée Fleming’s Cities that Sing: Venice, the second of two immersive opera experiences Filmed for IMAX in theatres one-day-only on September 16. A journey through the music and culture of Venice, follow the American Soprano on a guided tour of Venice as seen through the lens of opera history, with musical performances at […]
2023-07-17 07:34:00
A conductor's job is to create joy and curiosity
[…] who work tirelessly and effectively to promote classical music without the rewards of the celebrity maestros. He was born in Paris in 1960, studied at the Hochschule für Musik and his subjects included piano and percussion as well as conducting, and among his mentors were Leonard Bernstein and Charles Mackerras. . Olivier Holt is particularly noted for his work in the opera house, he has conducted at many leading European houses including the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and has also conducted many European orchestras. In 2002 he conducted the world premiere of Dominique Probst's opera Motherland in Melbourne; he is a founder of l’Orchestre Symphonique d’Europe, a professional orchestra of young musicians from across Europe, and is also a composer of chamber and theatre music, and teaches at two French conservatories. In 2016 Olivier Holt was appointed artistic advisor to the l'Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc after working […]
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2022-01-05 11:08:07
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