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2024-01-13 17:21:00
Eavesdropping on their dramas: Opera North's 'in the round' production Britten's Albert Herring
[…] like it, the work has generally been performed in medium to large size theatres. When Giles Havergal directed the work for Opera North in 2013, it was performed not in the Grand Theatre, Leeds, but in the smaller Howard Assembly Room.The production returned to the Howard Assembly Room on 12 January 2024 revived by Elaine Tyler-Hall, conducted by Garry Walker with Judith Howarth as Lady Billows, Heather Shipp as Florence Pike, Amy Freston as Miss Wordsworth, William Dazeley as Mr Gedge, Paul Nilon as Mr Upfold, Richard Mosley-Evans as Sid, Dominic Sedgwick as Sid, Dafydd Jones as Albert Herring, Katie Bray as Nancy, Claire Pascoe as Mrs Herring, Rosa Sparks as Emmie Spashett, Willow Bell and Oliver Mason as Cissie Woodger and Harold Wood (alternating with Lucy Eatock and Dougie Sadgrove). Designs were by Leslie Travers, lighting by John Bishop and movement by Tim Claydon.The Howard Assembly Room is a […]
2023-12-08 05:00:00
A Mixed Bag of Orchestral Works (Andsnes, Handley, Janssons, Loughran, Panula, Westerberg, Wordsworth et al)
[…] for Viola and Orchestra (1943) ^ [18'23]Lorraine McAslan- violin *, Sarah-Jane Bradley- viola ^, Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by John GibbonsDutton Epoch CDLX7279 [Recorded: May 2011; Issued 2012][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. Recording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael PonderGordon Jacob (1895-1984):01 - 05 Symphony No.1 (1929) [34'18]06 - 09 Symphony No.2 in C major (1945) [32'01]London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry WordsworthLyrita SRCD315 [Recorded January 1994 and August 1993; CD issued 2007][digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]Recording venue: Colloseum, Watford, UKRecording engineers: Trygg Tryggvason & Andrew Halifax* and Mark Vigars^; Producers: Andrew Keener & Oliver Rivers Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999):01 - 03 Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor (1946-47) ^~ [23'28]04 - 09 Piano Concerto No.2 'The Student' (1960) *~ [11'32]19 - 16 Studies on an English Dance Tune (1961) * [4'35]17 - 18 Arietta […]
2023-08-11 00:00:00
Benjamin, Elgar, Maconchy & period-instrument Wagner: Orchestral Works (Barry Wordsworth, Vernon Handley et al)
Richard Wagner: Overtures and Preludes:01 Overture. Rienzi [10'30]02 Overture. Tannhauser [14'35]03 Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin [8'09]04 Prelude to Act 3 of Tristan und Isolde [7'31]05 Overture. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [9'23]06 Prelude and Close of Act 3 of Parsifal [16'03]New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Barry WordsworthCarlton Classics 30366 00982 [recorded March 1995; CD issued 1998][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Richard Miller; Producer: John BoydenThe short-lived reincarnation of the Queen's Hall Orchestra was formed by John Boyden and they played on instruments from the early 20th Century. These Wagner recordings were first released in 1995 on the obscure Eye of the Storm label. That release included two performances of each work from which a selection was made for this Carlton Classics release. Other recordings by the orchestra of music by Holst and Vaughan Williams can also be found here on MIMIC.Elizabeth […]
2023-07-14 00:00:00
Richard Rodney Bennett, Arthur Bliss, George Butterworth & Gustav Holst: The British Music Collections
[…] on to re-record them for Chandos in November 1989; also here on MIMIC.Richard Rodney Bennett:The British Music Collection01 - 04 Piano Concerto No. 1 [24'10]05 - 07 Concerto for Stan Getz [21'14]08 Murder On The Orient Express - Waltz [3'35]09 Four Weddings and a Funeral - Main Theme [3'38]10 Dream Sequence for cello and piano [6'47]Stephen Kovacevich-piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson (01-04 [January 1971])John Harle- saxophone, BBC Concerto Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth (05-07 [March 1993])Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri (08-09 [January 1993 & September 1995])Julian Lloyd-Webber- cello & Richard Rodney Bennett (10 [October 1993])Decca 470371-2 (recorded 1971 to 1995; this compilation first issued 2006)[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London (01-04), BBC Hippodrome, Golders Green, London (05-07), Sony Studios, Culver City, USA (08), Hollywood, USA (09), Henry Wood Hall, London (10) Recording engineers: Ko Witteveen (01-04 for […]
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