Amherst Webber News
English pianist and composer
- piano
- United Kingdom
- composer, pianist
Last update
2024-03-24
Refresh
2024-03-15 16:06:00
Crouching composer, hidden dragon
[…] the Potala Palace, the Dalai Lama’s former residence. Buddha Passion is another example of the culture-washing that the classical industry and media so enthusiastically support, with reviews echoing Decca's PR speak using headlines such as 'Tan Dun’s message of love and compassion' - Guardian, and 'An immense work that straddles East and West' - Standard. Leaving aside all that unfortunate cultural baggage, sadly the music of Tan Dun's Buddha Passion rarely rises above the level of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, with one of the few dissenting voices, Marc Bridle at Opera Now, describing it as "A flawed work which isn't all it seems".Not one reviewer questioned the hidden Chinese dragon behind the Buddha Passion. Not one reviewer questioned Tan Dun's setting of the Heart Sutra in the penultimate act, a text held by the Dalai Lama to be one of the core teachings of Buddhism. In 2021 Radio Free Asia reported that Chinese […]
2024-03-05 07:39:00
Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments - London Handel Players
[…] was using, but it was Telemann's two fascinating concertos that for me created the real magic. London Handel Players: Adrian Butterfield - director, solo violin, viola, viola d’amore Andreas Helm - solo oboe Rachel Brown - solo flute, recorder Oliver Webber - violin Maxim Del Mar - violin Nicola Cleary - violin Rachel Byrt - viola Gavin Kibble - solo viola da gamba, cello Sarah McMahon - solo cello […]
2023-12-18 00:00:00
Saint-Saëns, Honegger: Cello Concertos (Julian Lloyd Webber)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Cello Concerto in A minor op. 33Allegro appassionato op. 43 for cello and orchestraArthur Honegger (1892-1955)Cello ConcertoGabriel Fauré (1845-1924)Elégie, op. 24 for cello and orchestraVincent D'Indy (1851-1931)Lied, op. 19 for cello and orchestraJulian Lloyd Webber celloEnglish Chamber OrchestraYan Pascal TortelierPhilips 432 084-2 (1992)[flac, cue, log, scans]
2023-11-28 18:47:23
[…] The post appeared first on World's Leading Classical Music Platform.
or
- timeline: Composers (Europe). Performers (Europe).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): W...