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2019-06-05 12:09:02
BCMG: Across the Channel - Outre Manche
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) is joining forces with the French ensemble Court-circuit and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for a cross-Channel collaborative project bringing the two new music ensembles together with early career musicians to perform music by five contemporary composers, Hilda Paredes, Mael Bailly, Francois Paris, Rebecca Saunders and Jonathan Harvey.The project involves a residency and exchange visit, culminating in a concert at the Conservatoire on 14 June 2019, when Jean Deroyer will conduct the two ensembles alongside early career musicians from the Conservatoire.The concert will feature UK premieres of Siphonophorae by Mexican-born London-based Hilda Paredes, and Six miniatures pour sextuor by the young French composer Maël Bailly. À propos de Nice by French-born Spain-based François Paris dates from 2005 and is inspired by 1929 silent film of the same name by Jean Vigo which will be shown as part of the performance. British composer Rebecca Saunders, who won […]
2014-12-01 17:40:18
The coast of Bohemia
What would you do if I asked you to take an old, faded version of Puccini’s score for La Bohème and fill in the unreadable parts with a mélange of disco, kabarett, and Alban Berg? Add a pinch of hallucinogens (or maybe that was just my initial disorientation), and you may have something resembling Mimi, Frédéric Verrières ’ Scènes de la vie de bohème, which just concluded its successful run at the edgy Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris’ 10th arrondissement. Despite the often bizarre mise en scène by Guillaume Vincent, a boisterous cast of young singers, actors, and instrumentalists produce an exciting evening of theatre. It is difficult to determine the target audience for Mimi. It was probably ideal for me, a 23-year-old with a deep appreciation for Puccini’s opera, but with a hunger for inventiveness. Yet I assume many of those who attended had no […]
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