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Byrd Compared: Phantasm & Anna Prohaska celebrate the consort song
Byrd Compared: Byrd and English Song; Anna Prohaska, Phantasm; Wigmore HallReviewed 10 January 2024A programme celebrating the sheer diversity of William Byrd's consort songs, rendered with commitment and absolute identification by Anna Prohaska.The consort song was a peculiarly English form from the late 16th and early 17th centuries for a solo voice accompanied by viols and the form continued alongside the Italian madrigal and the lute song. Viol consorts were a sociable, private thing, groups of friends would gather for such, which meant that the consort song was a similar sort of event, definitely more for the parlour than anything more public.For their concert at Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 10 January 2023, Byrd Compared: Byrd and English Song, the viol consort Phantasm (Laurence Dreyfus, Jonathan Manson, Emilia Benjamin, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola) had clearly decided to mix things up somewhat and presented a programme of consort songs, not with a familiar specialist […]
2024-01-06 09:54:00
At Kings Place this month, Turkish pianist Can Çakmur celebrates the Hamamatsu Competition which he won in 2018, not to mention embarking on his 12-disc Schubert with BIS
Can Çakmur (Photo: HIPIC)He won the Hamamatsu Competition in 2018 and has embarked on a 12-disc Schubert+ set with BIS, as part of an exclusive recording contract, surveying of Schubert’s complete major works for piano alongside music by other composers. He cites regular listening to the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in Ankara as part of his parents' subscription as an early influence, retains an interest in Hungarian piano pedagogy but also cites Robert Fripp as one of his heroes. Yet my chat to Turkish pianist Can Çakmur also touched on the complex, political yet fascinating history of music in Turkey, as well as talking about the discipline of running.In advance of the 2024 Hamamatsu Competition (which runs from 8 to 25 November), Can Çakmur will be joined by Noriko Ogawa (the Competition's Chair of the Jury) for a showcase concert at Kings Place on 19 January 2024.The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition […]
2024-01-05 07:40:00
Norwich-based arts writer, Tony Cooper, offers a preview of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival which comes round in the merry month of May!
Aurora Orchestra & Nicholas Collon (Photo: Mark Allen)One of the oldest-established festivals in the UK, the Norfolk & Norwich - running for an astonishing 17 days in the merry month of May from Friday 10 May 2024 to Sunday 26 May - offers a cultural package like no other taking in music, drama, literature, circus, outdoor and family events as well as the all-important visual arts. Artists from round the world and across the region will present a huge variety of work and events in Norwich and, indeed, across the county. Daniel Brine, Festival Director, enthused: "I’m delighted with the variety of this year’s festival. It’s an exciting spread ranging from circus to classical music as well as showcasing local musicians as well as showcasing one of the country’s most flourishing, entertaining and enterprising orchestras - the Aurora. There’s a nice representation of local and international performers coming our way which […]
2024-01-02 10:48:00
William Christie & Les Arts Florissants celebrate New Year's Eve at Wigmore Hall in fine style with Hugh Cutting & Carlo Vistoli
Antonio CaldaraMonteverdi, Steffani, Fontana, Caldara, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Handel; Hugh Cutting, Carlo Vistoli, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie; Wigmore HallReviewed 31 December 2023One of those evenings where the performers sheer delight in the music carried you away; Les Arts Flo in a delightful sequence of Italian Baroque duets and solo cantatasThe Wigmore Hall ended the year in fine style with a concert of 17th and 18th century Italian duets from Les Arts Florissants. William Christie directed from harpsichord and organ with Emmanuel Resche-Caserta and Augusta McKay Lodge, violins, and Cyril Poulet, cello, with countertenors Hugh Cutting and Carlo Vistoli. The programme included duets by Monteverdi, Agostino Steffani, Giovanni Bononcini, Handel and Vivaldi, along with solo cantatas by Antonio Caldara and Vivaldi, and instrumental music by Giovanni Battista Fontana, Vivaldi and Caldara.We began with one of Monteverdi's Scherzi Musicali, the duet Damigella tutta bella published in 1607, a delightfully perky and distinctly skittish dance. Then came the duet […]
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