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Revealing a remarkable talent: Solomon's Knot explore the Sacred Songs and Anthems of 17th century composer George Jeffreys
George Jeffreys: Sacred Songs and Anthems; Solomon's Knot, Josep Maria Marti Duran, William Whitehead; ProsperoReviewed 19 February 2024The almost forgotten 17th-century English composer George Jeffreys is revealed as a remarkable talent, writing Italian influenced-music in the depths of darkest Northamptonshire during the Civil War, vividly brought to life by Solomon's KnotThe name of the composer George Jeffreys is not well known and it is perhaps fatally easy to assume that his surviving output of instrumental fantasias, thirteen Italian madrigals, sixteen English songs, sixty-one Latin motets, five Latin canticles, two Latin mass movements, twenty-six English anthems or devotional pieces, and three settings of texts from the English Communion Service would be that of an eminently forgettable minor 17th century English composer working in a somewhat old-fashioned style. Yet the reality is remarkably different.Born around 1610 and living until 1683, his lifetime coincided with a complex piece of English history and for most […]
2023-06-18 11:38:00
LSO/Rattle - Jolas and Messiaen, 15 June 2023
Barbican HallBetsy Jolas: Ces belles années Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie Faustine de Monès (soprano)Peter Donohoe (piano)Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)London Symphony OrchestraSir Simon Rattle (conductor)Images: Mark Allan Simon Rattle’s tenure as Music Director of the LSO has been cruelly cut short by English nationalism. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, together with Theresa May’s spiteful quashing of a new concert hall project on the grounds that it had been supported by her political enemy George Osborne, ultimately proved too much. And who can blame him, with a family in Berlin? There is only so much fighting one can do. If a great city such as Munich made me an offer, I should be off like a shot. Not that London in general or the LSO in particular has seen the last of Sir Simon; he will return as Conductor Emeritus, not least to continue the Janáček opera series whose Katya […]
2023-03-16 04:00:00
Devienne: Trios (Le Petit Trianon)
Francois Devienne (1759-1803)Trio for Flute, Violin & Cello in G minor, Op. 66 (19) No. 2Trio in F major for Bassoon, Violin & Cello, Op. 17 No. 4Trio for Flute, Violin & Cello in C major, Op. 66 (19) No. 3Trio in E-flat major for Bassoon, Violin & Cello, Op. 17 No. 5Trio for Flute, Violin and Cello in D major, Op. 66 (19) No. 4Le Petit Trianon(Period Instruments) Ricercar RIC 416 (2020)[Flac & Scans]
2022-06-20 06:00:06
Stravinsky’s “Mavra”: A Neoclassical Comic Opera in One Act
Igor Stravinsky’s one act comic opera, Mavra, is delightfully intimate, colorful, and whimsical. Unfolding in a mere 30 minutes, the opera features two arias, a duet, and a quartet, performed by a cast of four characters. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem, The Little House in Kolomna, it has been described as a “satire of Petit-bourgeois manners.” The libretto was written by Boris Kochno, a young assistant to the dance impresario, Serge Diaghilev. Set in ...
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