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New Zealand violinist (1928-2016)
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2021-11-16 17:05:26
Counter-tenor Hugh Cutting wins the 2021 Kathleen Ferrier Awards
[…] about the 2021/22 Young Artists showcase]. She was recently announced as a 2021 City Music Foundation (CMF) Young Artist [see my article], and her in the Guildhall School's programme of new operas in May this year [see my review]. She was accompanied by Joseph Beesley, and sang an aria from Handel's Rinaldo, Delius' Indian Love Song (from Three Shelley Songs), Jāzeps Vītols' Zaķu māte (Dziesmas bērniem), Rachmaninov's Сон (Op.38 no. 5) and an aria from Rossini's Semiramide. The Ferrier Loveday Song Prize went to mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, who won first prize in the 2018 Handel Singing Competition. Her disc, Isolation Songbook comprising songs she commissioned in 2020 came out earlier this year [see my review], and we caught her recently in Strozzi, Purcell, Monteverdi, Eccles and Owain Park at a CMF concert [see my review]. She was accompanied by Natalie Burch and sang Brahms' Immer Leise wird mein Schlummer, Finzi's As I lay in the Early […]
2021-11-16 11:07:24
Counter-tenor Hugh Cutting wins the 2021 Kathleen Ferrier Awards
[…] at the Guildhall School of Music. She was recently announced as a 2021 City Music Foundation (CMF) Young Artist [see my article], and her in the Guildhall School's programme of new operas in May this year [see my review]. She was accompanied by Joseph Beesley, and sang an aria from Handel's Rinaldo, Delius' Indian Love Song (from Three Shelley Songs), Jāzeps Vītols' Zaķu māte (Dziesmas bērniem), Rachmaninov's Сон (Op.38 no. 5) and an aria from Rossini's Semiramide. The Ferrier Loveday Song Prize went to mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, who won first prize in the 2018 Handel Singing Competition. Her disc, Isolation Songbook comprising songs she commissioned in 2020 came out earlier this year [see my review], and we caught her recently in Strozzi, Purcell, Monteverdi, Eccles and Owain Park at a CMF concert [see my review]. She was accompanied by Natalie Burch and sang Brahms' Immer Leise wird mein Schlummer, Finzi's As I lay in the Early […]
2021-06-25 11:34:29
On-line & Radio Happenings: record number of BBC New Generation Artists, WNO's Modern Life podcast and Radio Café Zimmermann
[…] last year), Paris-based string quartet Quatuor Mona, and British bass William Thomas. Also, for the second year running, the current New Generation Artists stay on for an additional year to give them more of the performing and recording opportunities that were lost during the time of COVID-19. These include, among others: Leeds International Piano Competition winner Chinese-American pianist Eric Lu, London-born jazz guitarist, composer Rob Luft, Macedonian-born Canadian mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska (winner of the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards) and London-based Consone Quartet, the first period instrument quartet to be part of the scheme. Over in Wales, WNO is presenting a mini-podcast series Modern Life, broadcaster Gareth Jones explores how traditional operas have been adapted to reflect contemporary themes and poses the question, should opera reflect modern life? Gareth is joined by a guests including former Daily Telegraph opera critic Rupert Christiansen and opera director Sir […]
2021-02-28 11:26:00
A Life On-Line: Spring songs in Oxford, time-travel at Wigmore Hall, luscious duets in Rotherhithe
[…] Fitkin's Vassel (which was originally written in 1992 as for string quartet), to the focused intensity of Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen, Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue no. 5 and Rudolf Barshai's powerful reworking of Shostakovich's eighth quartet as the Chamber Symphony. In the middle there was a delightful guest appearance from accordionist Ksenija Sidorova playing Astor Piazzolla, Sergey Voitenko and Franck Angelis. [London Chamber Orchestra] Also live this week, Opera Live at Home presented Kathleen Ferrier Winner Loveday Song Prize 2020 winner Milly Forrest (soprano) and Ian Tindal (piano) in a lovely recital of arias by Handel, Mozart, Smetana, Humperdinck and Massenet. [Opera Live at Home] One event I missed, but plan to watch in catch-up mode is Marina Frolova-Walker's lecture for Gresham College on Stravinsky's piano music, with illustrations from pianist Peter Donohoe as part of the college's Russian Piano Masterpieces season. Essential watching I think [Gresham College] The […]
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