Alice Ducasse News
singer (1841-1923)
- soprano
- France
- opera singer, vocal coach
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2021-06-25 10:31:30
Scottish piano music: Christopher Guild continues his explorations with disc devoted to Francis George Scott and to Ronald Stevenson's transcriptions
[…] final Purcell transcription, The Queen's Dolour - A Farewell where the ghost of Percy Grainger seems to hang over the music. Guild's disc of Francis George Scott's piano music introduces us to a different, but related world. Stevenson was born a Lancastrian but adopted Scotland as his home, but Scott was a real product of the Scottish borders and remained firmly anchored to Scotland. Despite time in Paris when he was taken up by Jean Roger-Ducasse, Scott's musical life was firmly based in Scotland though this included meeting Bartok who visited Glasgow twice (in 1932 and 1933) thanks to the offices of Scott's son-in-law Erik Chisholm. It is these connections that we can detect in Scott's piano music, much of which has been rescued from manuscript obscurity for this disc.Guild begins with a bit of dazzle, Stevenson's transcriptions of Scott's songs. As a song writer, Scott has attracted much applause […]
2021-02-21 00:58:00
CrookstonTimes.com: Northern Valley Youth Orchestra to perform world premiere of "Eritaj" by Christopher Ducasse March 14 for viewing later
Christopher Ducasse christopherDucasse.com Crookston Times Crookston, Minnesota Feb. 19, 2021 Northern Valley Youth Orchestra to record performance March 14 Northern Valley Youth Orchestras: “Innovate: Season 10” Sunday March 14th (viewable later) Alerus Center Online viewing free; pay what you can. “Innovate” 10th season press release: The musicians of Northern Valley Youth Orchestras will perform on Sunday March 14, in the Alerus Center, in a recorded format. The performance will be available for public viewing and listening at a later date. The two NVYO student symphony orchestras will perform symphonic masterpieces new and old, centered around the “Innovate” theme, including two world premieres, one of which was commissioned by NVYO to celebrate its 10th performance season. Concert viewing online will be available free on the NVYO Facebook and Youtube channels, with freewill donations appreciated. Selections on the March performance, which will be […]
2020-08-03 02:05:50
The piano music of Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954) is cut from the same subtle and refined cloth as that of his teacher and mentor Fauré, particularly in the latter’s elusive late works. Its difficulties lie not so much with virtuosic challenges as they do with issues of numerous expressive directives and clarifying contrapuntal movement. It must […]
2020-02-21 00:00:00
Tadaaki Otaka: Debussy - Orchestral Works
Claude Debussy:01. - 02 (orch, Jean Roger-Ducasse) Music for King Lear [4'38]03. - 08. (orch. Andre Caplet) Children's Corner [17'50]09. Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra* [8'51]10. - 15. (orch. Ernest Ansermet) Six epigraphes antiques [16'14]16. -18. La mer [24'34]Robert Plane*- clarinet; BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki OtakaBBC Music Magazine BBCMM209 (recorded February 2001; CD issued September 2001)(CD-rip; flacs, booklet, inlay & cover scans)Recording venue: Brangwyn Hall, SwanseaRecording engineer: Mike 'Mr Bear' Clements; Producer: Tim ThorneThis is an interesting mix of original orchestrations by Debussy with orchestrations by other musicians of some of his solo piano works - some quite rarely recorded. Unusually for BBC Music Magazine discs, this one was not made by the BBC's own technicians but by the well-known independent recording engineer, Mike Clements. Also, unlike many of these issues, there is a very useful booklet note by Roger Nichols.At the time of recording, Otaka […]
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