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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-03-12 18:22:30
Celebrating Lutheran Master’s 339th Birthday
[…] the Magnificat was once assumed to be his; however this attribution has since been overturned on stylistic grounds, and the work has joined the ranks of compositions by that most prolific of all composers, Anonymous. The Young People’s Concert is a recent addition to the day’s program, and a well-received one. This year’s 10:35am concert features youth from First Lutheran Church as well as several musicians from the Boston String Academy. The repertoire includes the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria performed on violin and harpsichord, Bach’s G major cello suite (with a different cellist playing each movement), and the famous Chaconne in d, arranged for string ensemble. The fact that this concert is so well-received each year is a testament to the enduring nature of Bach’s music, and it is always encouraging to see young people engaging with such brilliant music. The day concludes as it began, with organ music. The Vespers […]
2024-02-12 07:28:00
Something a little bit special: David Butt Philip & friends gala for St Paul's Opera in Clapham
[…] real treat as David Butt Philip joined sopranos Alison Langer and Rainelle Krause, and baritone David Stout for a gala at St Paul's Church, Clapham in aid of St Paul's Opera.David Butt Philip is the patron of St Paul's Opera and this was the third such gala for them that he had organised. Accompanied by pianists George Ireland and Jo Ramadan, we were treated to a programme of arias, duets and scenes from Bizet's Carmen, Gounod's Faust, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, Verdi's Don Carlo, Rigoletto and La traviata, Beethoven's Fidelio, Korngold's Die tote Stadt and Puccini's Turandot, along with items from Bernstein's West Side Story and Candide. All was sung from memory, and many of the excerpts were dramatic scenes rather than solo arias, thus making the evening a rather vivid one in the relatively intimate confines of St. Paul's Church.Rainelle Krause - St Paul's Church (Photo: Craig Fuller […]
2024-02-05 08:18:00
Keeping it local: David Butt Philip, Rainelle Krause, Alison Langer & David Stout in fundraising gala for Clapham-based St Paul's Opera
[…] four singers will be accompanied by pianists George Ireland and Jo Ramadan.The gala's programme of operatic arias and duets plus songs from musicals features Rainelle Krause in the Queen of the Night's Act Two aria from The Magic Flute, and Violetta's 'Sempre libera' from Verdi's La Traviata. There will be more Verdi from Alison Langer with 'Caro nome' from Rigoletto and she also sings 'Dove Sono' from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. David Stout sings arias from Gounod's Faust and Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, whilst David Butt Philip will be treating us to Florestan's first scene from Beethoven's Fidelio and closing the evening with 'Nessun dorma' from Puccini's Turandot. Duets include music from Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Verdi's Don Carlo.Moving into musicals there is 'Some enchanted evening' (South Pacific) from David Stout, 'Glitter and Be Gay' (Bernstein's Candide) from Rainelle Krause, plus Alison Langer and David Butt Philip in the […]
2023-11-30 12:42:00
Recent Releases No. 67 (CD Reviews)
[…] spacious, and inviting. This is an album to treasure.Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway. Adolphe Adam: O Helge natt (O Holy Night in Swedish); Humperdinck: Weihnachten; Franz Xaver Gruber/Josef Mohr: Silent Night; Gustaf Nordqvist/Edvard Evers: Jul, jul, strålande jul; Deilig er Jorden (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Bernhard Severin Ingemann); Mitt Herte Alltid Vanker (trad. folk tune, lyrics by Hans Adolph Brorson); Julvisa (No. 4 from Viisi joululaulua Op. 1 by Sibelius, lyrics by Zachris Topelius); Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (lyrics by Martin Janus); Reger: Maria Wiegenlied (lyrics by Martin Boelitz); Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind (lyrics by Eduard Mörike); The First Noël(trad.); John Francis Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful; Adam: O Holy Night. Lise Davidsen, soprano; Norwegian Soloists’ Choir (conductor, Simon Arlasjö); Norwegian National Opera Children’s Choir (conductor, Edle Stray-Pedersen); Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Christian Eggen, conductor. Decca 485 4358 “Christmas is how I got into music,” explains the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen (b. 1987), one of the foremost opera stars of our day, “we listened to all kinds of […]
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