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2024-04-24 07:46:00
Enriching, uplifting, entertaining & inclusive: Paradox Orchestra to perform at Sheffield Cathedral in support of the Archer Project
[…] homeless in Sheffield, are part of the cathedral’s commitment to being a ‘place for all’, bringing communities together with shared cultural events.Michael Sluman, commented: "Classical music is proven to have a profound effect on our wellbeing. We want to ensure the artform is accessible to all, and to remind audiences that we have a shared humanity. We promise a soulful, enriching, uplifting, entertaining and inclusive experience."There are further performances of the Pink Floyd programme at Selby Abbey on 11 May and Huddersfield Town Hall on 17 May.Full details of all the orchestra's concerts from EventBrite.
2024-04-13 08:20:00
No boundaries or rules: Yorkshire-based Paradox Orchestra is reinventing the orchestral concert whether it be bringing a string orchestral sound to Pink Floyd fans or disco to music festivals
The Paradox Orchestra - Fifty Years of Pink Floyd - Leeds MinsterThe Paradox Orchestra is a relatively new professional ensemble based in Yorkshire. Founded in 2020 by Michael Sluman, a young professional oboist, the orchestra consists mostly of graduates of Leeds Conservatoire. Created to fill what Michael perceived as a gap, the orchestra provides work for young professional musicians in Yorkshire and in three years has developed into an impressive group with educational and charity work alongside its sold-out concerts in historic venues. Describing itself as reinventing pop, rock, and dance hits with a classical twist to help re-energise classical music, the orchestra supports classically trained musicians whilst bringing classical to new audiences. When I spoke to Michael recently, the orchestra was in the middle of its current tour, performing its 50 Years of Pink Floyd programme in Grange-over-Sands, Hebden Bridge, Selby Abbey, Sheffield Cathedral and Huddersfield Town Hall.Michael founded the […]
2024-04-12 04:00:00
Peter Donohoe from 1978 to 2017
[…] I know of.George Gershwin:01 Rhapsody in Blue (original version, orch F Grofe) * [16'14]02 - 19 George Gershwin's Songbook [19'10]20 - 22 Piano Concerto in F major ^ [31'53]Peter Donohoe- piano; London Sinfonietta* and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra^ conducted by Simon RattleEMI CDC754280-2 [recorded December 1986 & January 1987* and December & October^ 1990; first issued 1991 [CD-rip; flacs, cover and inlay scans - booklet sourced from internet]Recording venues: CTS Studios, Wembley*, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London and Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, UK^.Recording engineers: Mike Sheady & John Kurlander*; Producers: Andrew Keener & David Murray*Edward Elgar:01 - 03 String Quartet in E minor, op.83 [26'25]04 - 06 Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84 ^ [36'03]Peter Donahoe- piano^, Maggini String Quartet [Laurence Jackson & David Angel- violins, Martin Outram- viola, Michal Kaznowski- cello]Naxos 8.553737 [recorded December 1995; issued 1997][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: […]
2024-04-11 06:53:00
A little bit of magic: Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories sung one to a part at the original pitch by I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth
[…] these institutions used for their services I am not sure, but we can imagine them following the Sistine Chapel and using single voices with a castrato on the top line. On this disc on the Coro label, Robert Hollingworth directs I Fagiolini in Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories recorded just one voice to a part by Rebecca Lea – soprano, Martha McLorinan – mezzo-soprano, Matthew Long – tenor, Greg Skidmore – baritone, Frederick Long – bass.The recording is made Milton Abbey and picks up the voices wonderfully, there is space round them but there is nowhere to hide. Just four singers and Victoria's spacious polyphony, tuning, placement and expressive line are all.Victoria set 18 texts, the Matins Responsories for Nocturn II and Nocturn III for each of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. They were never intended to be heard as a group, after all a responsory is a response to something, here a […]
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