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2024-03-29 00:00:00
Music from the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Music from Estonia Vol.1:01 Heino Eller: Elegia for harp and strings (1931) [12'59]02 - 06 Heino Eller: Five Pieces for string orchestra (1953) [15'21]07 Heino Eller: Tone Poem 'Dawn' (1918) [8'10]08 - 10 Kaljo Raid: Symphony No.1 in C minor (1944) [37'31]Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme JärviChandos CHAN8525 [recorded August 1986; first released 1987][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: SNO Centre, Glasgow, ScotlandRecording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian CouzensMusic from Estonia Vol.2:01 - 04 Artur Lemba: Symphony in C-sharp minor (1908) [39'58]05 Rudolf Tobias: 'Julius Caesar' Overture (1896) [10'08]06 Heino Eller: Tone Poem Videvik 'Twilight' (1917) [6'00]07 Veljo Tormis: Overture No.2 (1959) [11'07]08 Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (1977) [6'14]Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme JärviChandos CHAN8656 [recorded August 1987 & May 1988; first released 1989][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall [01-05], Glasgow and Caird Hall, […]
2024-03-27 10:14:00
Perth Festival of the Arts: from Wallace and Gromit for brass band and The Magic Flute in Scots to the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Tenebrae
In its 52nd year, Perth Festival of the Arts returns on 22 May to 1 June and on 8 June 2024 with a diverse programme of arts and culture. As ever, there is a strong classical music strand. Steven Mercurio conducts the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Perth Concert Hall in a programme of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Bruch's Violin Concerto with soloist Chloe Hanslip. European ensemble II Giardino d'Amore present their programme, The New 4 Seasons, a musical theatre experience with music by Vivaldi, Piazzola and Richter.The Scots Opera Project return to the festival with an innovative reinterpretation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This ground-breaking production reimagines the classic within the confines of an asylum, performed in a Scots language translation. Whilst Scottish Opera will be presenting opera on a miniature scale with their Pop-Up performances. Principal Percussionist of English National Opera, Mick Doran, brings an irreverent, humorous, and moving show – An A-Z of Orchestral […]
2024-03-08 00:00:00
Paavo Jarvi conducts
Carl Nielsen - Symphonies:1.01 - 1.04 Symphony No.1 in G minor, op.7 [33:58]1.05 - 1.08 Symphony No.2, op.16 'The Four Temperaments' [33:39]2.01 - 2.04 Symphony No.3, op.27 'Sinfonia espansiva' * [37'19]2.05 - 2.08 Symphony No.4, op.29 'The Inextinguishable' [35'00]3.01 - 3.04 Symphony No.5, op.50 [37'07]3.05 - 3.08 Symphony No.6 'Sinfonia Semplice' [33'18]Camilla Tilling- soprano, Michael Nagy- baritone *, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo JärviRCA 8875 17880-2 [recorded December 2009 to April 2013; issued 2015][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Grosser Saal, Alte Oper, Frankfurt and Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal, Kurhaus, Wiesbaden (Symphony No.1), GermanyRecording engineers: Christoph Classen, Rüdiger Orth, Udo Wüstendörfer, Wolfgang PackeiserJohannes Brahms - Symphonies:Disc 101 - 04 Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68 [46'04]05 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St. Anthony Chorale' [17'28]Sony/RCA 1907 586955-2 [issued 2018][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, no booklet]Disc 201 - 04 Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73 […]
2024-03-06 07:35:00
Catching up with Gediminas Gelgotas: my article, Vilnius in drei Sätzen, in latest issue of Schott's Das Orchester
Back in 2018, I interviewed Lithuanian composer Gediminas Gelgotas when he brought his New Ideas Chamber Orchestra to the UK. Since then he and the ensemble have been busy. In March 2023 Gediminas conducted his largest work to date, The Sarabande of Vilnius with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the first mention of Vilnius in the historical record, and in December 2024 Gediminas and New Ideas Chamber Orchestra made their Carnegie Hall debut.I caught up with Gediminas late last year, via Zoom, and you can read the resulting article in German translation, Vilnius in drei Sätzen, in the latest edition of Schott's magazine Das Orchester. The March 2024 edition is entirely devoted to music and the Baltic.Further information from Das Orchester's website.
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