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German conductor and composer
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2018-11-26 08:09:43
Supporting the longest running chamber music series in Europe
Simon Callaghan (photo Kaupo Kikkas) Conway Hall has the longest running chamber music series in Europe, with the history of its Sunday Concerts dating back to the 19th century. The present hall was built in 1929 and has hosted the weekly chamber music concerts since then. It is a lovely space for chamber music and I often given pre-concert talks there [I will be popping up next year on 14 April and 5 May, when the concert includes some of my songs]. The Director of Music at the hall is the pianist Simon Callaghan, whose recent discs have included the first recordings of Roger Sacheverell Coke's piano concertos [see my review] and piano concertos by Rheinberger and Scholz [see my review] in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series.Putting on concerts is never cheap, and ticket income alone is rarely sufficient, so on Sunday 2 December 2018 the Sunday Concert is a […]
2018-09-28 07:03:23
A forgotten tradition: premiere recordings of two English symphonic works from John Andrews & BBC Concert Orchestra
[…] of dialogue.Other composers you can pick up are Tchaikovsky, and the way Sherwood writes for orchestra often hints a light music side to his character (it would be interesting to hear some of his smaller pieces). You think that it does not sound like German models, but here again, we are in danger of hiding other paths through history. Simon Callaghan's recent disc on Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series pairs together concertos by Rheinberger and Scholz [see my review] which give us an idea of the sort of musical backgrounds which Sherwood might have had.The work is in three movements, the first is graceful and melodic, very much an extended duet for violin and cello. The second movement is full of lyrical melancholy, with the soloists to the fore and only light orchestral support. The final movement is outdoorsy Brahms, and as I have said here Sherwood really does release […]
2018-07-24 06:59:44
It’s Opera Giacomo, but not as we know it - Turandot at Torre del Lago
[…] A new, yet familiar piece: Benjamin Zander on his interpretation of Beethoven's Choral Symphony - interview More than just Vox patris coelestis: a new William Mundy disc from Edinburgh (★★★★) - CD review 75th birthday celebrations: Robin Holloway's chamber music on Sheva Contemporary (★★★★) - CD review Striking a chord: Alison Bechdel's Fun Home as a musical at the Young Vic - (★★★★) musical theatre review Romantic exploration: Rheinberger and Scholz piano concertos from Simon Callaghan (★★★★) - CD review Home
2018-07-18 08:54:09
An impressive achievement: Ariadne auf Naxos, a Richard Strauss first from Opera Holland Park
[…] A new, yet familiar piece: Benjamin Zander on his interpretation of Beethoven's Choral Symphony - interview More than just Vox patris coelestis: a new William Mundy disc from Edinburgh (★★★★) - CD review 75th birthday celebrations: Robin Holloway's chamber music on Sheva Contemporary (★★★★) - CD review Striking a chord: Alison Bechdel's Fun Home as a musical at the Young Vic - (★★★★) musical theatre review Romantic exploration: Rheinberger and Scholz piano concertos from Simon Callaghan (★★★★) - CD review Inner demons - Mozart's Idomeneo at the Buxton Festival (★★★½) - Opera review Rip-roaring rarity: Verdi's Alzira in a rare outing at the Buxton International Festival (★★★★) - Opera review Changing the discourse, soprano Madeleine Pierard & director Sophie Gilpin talk about SWAP'ra - Interview Garsington premiere: David Sawer & Rory Mullarkey's The Skating Rink (★★★★) - Opera review Home
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