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founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century
Commemorations 2024 (Death: Cecil Sharp)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- musician, teacher, musicologist, folk song collector, lyricist, writer
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2024-03-15 17:51:00
New Jersey Symphony. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. March 14, 2024.
NJPAC, Newark, NJ. Orchestra (Seat H101, $46).At the conclusion of the concert. Notice on the far right the regular principal bass.ProgramNightVision (2001, rev. 2002) by Ludwig (b. 1974).Piano Concerto No. 24 (1786) in C Minor, K. 491 by Mozart (1756-1791).Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 by Tchaikovsky.It was a nice spring day. The cherry blossoms are in bloom.The Program Notes contains much praise for the two "classical" pieces for this after (concert start 1:30 pm). And its description of NightVision is quite interesting also. My first thoughts were the concert had the potential of being "great," but would the NJ Symphony be able to deliver?Ludwig's name is David Serkin Ludwig. He is Peter Serkin's nephew, and Rudolf Serkin's grandson. So quite a musical heritage. He is no slouch either, as he is Dean of Music at Julliard. (The others Deans head up dance and drama.) This 7-minute piece […]
2024-03-14 10:00:52
On this day in 1885 W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London
2024-03-05 07:39:00
Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments - London Handel Players
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - title pageSix Concerts avec plusieurs instruments: Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann; London Handel Players, director Adrian Butterfield; Wigmore HallReviewed 1 March 2024An evening of colours and timbres as London Handel Players explore multi-instrument concertos including some intriguing solo combinations, all performed with style and engaging aplombBach's manuscript for his Brandenburg Concertos describes them as Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments and the London Handel Players, director Adrian Butterfield, used this title for their Friday 1 March 2024 concert at Wigmore Hall which featured six concertos, two each by Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi, for a wide variety of plusieurs instruments. The fashion for multi-instrument concertos seems to have come to a head during the 1720s and 1730s (Bach's Brandenburg Concertos manuscript is dated 1721) and the results vary from two or three instruments to a positive concerto grosso-like ensemble.We began with Telemann's Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore, viola d'amore and strings, three rather […]
2024-03-04 05:37:38
This release is a good example of Andreas Staier’s intelligent program building, both intellectually and musically speaking. Two motifs form a thread that runs through most of the works assembled here. One is the note sequence E–F-Sharp–A–G-Sharp–F-Sharp–E that appears in Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer’s E major Prelude and Fugue from Ariadne Musica, Bach’s E major […]
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