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2024-04-11 12:26:00
Metamorfosi: York Early Music Festival 2024
[…] traditional territory with a programme of John Dowland with lutenist Toby CarrOther visitors include Concerto Soave in Frescobaldi's lesser-known Arie Musicali; Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, director Peter Seymour, in Entertainment in 18th century London with music by Handel, Arne, Boyce and more; Florilegium exploring music for King Louis XIV and King Louis XV; Nicholas Mulroy and Cubaroque exploring music by Purcell, Monteverdi and modern songs from the South Americas; Vox Luminis return to York to perform music from Monteverdi's Selva Morale e Spirituali from 1641.Apotropaik, winners of the Friends Prize, the EEEmerging+ Prize and the Cambridge Early Music Prize at the York International Young Artists Competition in 2022, explore music written for King Charles VII and music for the idealised woman,Flemish vocal ensemble Utopia explores the music published in 16th-century Antwerp by Tielman Susato, and we remain in Antwerp for Capella Fratensis and I Fedeli's concert of music by Obrecht and Barbireau written for what […]
2023-08-30 07:48:00
Salzburg Festival (2) - Il re pastore (concert performance), 19 August 2023
Grosser Saal, MozarteumAlessandro – Daniel BehleAminta - Emőke BaráthElisa – Nikola HillebrandTamiri – Julie RosetAgenore – David FischerSalzburg Mozarteum OrchestraÁdám Fischer (conductor)Images: SF/Marco BorrelliIt is not every day I get to hear a Mozart opera live for the first time. That in itself would be enough to welcome the Salzburg Festival’s concert performances of Il re pastore, part of its venerable Mozart-Matinee series. But this proved an outstanding performance, which would still greatly have impressed, were Mozart’s Salzburg serenata the repertoire work it should be. Quite why Mozart’s ‘early’ operas, with the arguable exception of La finta giardiniera, are so neglected is beyond me, but then so is an operatic world in which Donizetti is wildly more popular than Dallapiccola. The important thing is how many ears will have been opened by this performance, conducted with theatrical flair and palpable belief in every bar by Ádám Fischer. Leading a small yet, […]
2022-01-13 04:00:00
[…] Piu T'arresti? ... Tacea La Notte Placida ... Di Tale Amor (Il Trovatore) Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Un Ballo In Maschera) Come In Quest'ora Br Na (Simon Boccanegra) Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! (La Forza Del Destino) Era Piu Calmo? ... 'piangea Cantando... Ave Maria (Otello) Milan Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Casta Diva (2001) Bellini - Norma: Casta Diva … Ah! Bello a me ritorna Rossini - Guglielmo Tell: S'allontanaro alfin! Selva opaca Bellini - I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave - Ah! Rendetemi la speme … Vien, diletto La sonnambula - Ah! Non credea mirarti Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa L'assedio di Corinto: L'ora fatal s'appressa … Giusto ciel! In tal periglio Donizetti - Anna Bolena: Piangete voi? Al dolce guidami Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio … Quando rapito in estasi Chorus of the Royal Opera House, […]
2021-10-07 06:30:31
Con arte e maestria - Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque
Con arte e maestria - Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque, Oliver Webber, Steven Devine, Monteverdi String Band In Focus; Resonus Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 November 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A dazzling yet intelligent and engaging exploration of the Italian virtuoso art of ornamentation in the early BaroqueWhen the Milanese violinist Francesco Rognoni captioned his piece Io son ferito (from the second volume of his Selva di varii passaggi) 'Modo di passeggiar con arte e mestria' - ' manner of ornamenting with art and mastery' he used a phrase which is still used today 'con arte e maestria' to denote excellence and consummate craftsmanship in creative fields.On this Monteverdi String Band In Focus disc from Resonus Classics, two members of the Monteverdi String Band, Oliver Webber (violin) and Steven Devine (organ and harpsichord) return the phrase to its original use and explore the […]
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