Cyrena van Gordon News
American opera singer
Commemorations 2024 (Death: Cyrena van Gordon)
- contralto
- United States of America
- opera singer
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2024-03-29
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2024-03-07 07:39:00
Danza Gaya: Simon Callaghan & Hiroaki Takenouchi play with wonderful elan & relish, clearly having a great deal of fun
[…] as she focused on teaching and performance. First of we hear her 1934 piece, Recuerdos Preciosos (Precious Memories), written after a trip to Barcelona, the first movement all laid-back heat and the quiet cool of the cloister in the cathedral, the second a lively evocation of a busy amusement park. The first response to these engaging pieces is why has it taken so long for pianists to bring them to our attention.Pamela Harrison studied with Gordon Jacob and Arthur Benjamin, her finely crafted tonally-based music gradually going out of fashion in the post-war climate. Her Six Dances is a relatively late work, from 1976, originally written for a friend who had taken up the piano late in life. Written for piano duet, it is played on two pianos here. Six contrasting, delightful movements where Harrison's ear is deceptive, the outward conventionality and charm of the music being underpinned by sly […]
2024-03-06 18:00:49
Former Sonic Youth bassist takes aim at consumerism and masculinity against a barrage of imposing beats
2024-03-01 07:33:00
Dancing with Piazzolla: Welcome to the sophisticated world of the London Tango Quintet
Dancing with Piazzolla: Astor Piazzolla, Agustín Bardi, Pintín Castellanos, David Gordon, Horacio Salgán, Juan de Dios Filiberto, Enrique Delfino, Feliciano Brunelli, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez; London Tango Quintet; AWAL27 February 2024High musical values, a love of the genre and a sense of engagement that draws you in, welcome to the sophisticated world of the London Tango QuintetFounded by violinist David Juritz in 2007, the London Tango Quintet brings together David Juritz - violin, Craig Ogden – guitar, Miloš Milivojević - accordion, David Gordon - piano and Richard Pryce – double bass, a striking line-up of musicians with backgrounds stretching from jazz to classical and beyond, linked by their love of tango. Dancing with Piazzolla is the ensemble's debut disc and features six tracks by Piazzolla alongside other tango classics and new pieces by the ensemble's keyboard player.What strikes you on first listen to the disc is the high level of musicianship and the […]
2024-02-12 07:56:00
Magnum Opus: Britten Sinfonia's composer development scheme showcases work from 2023 composers David John Roche, Daniel Soley and Crystalla Serghiou
[…] first accordionist to be selected to be a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. And the three composers selected for Magnum Opus 2024 comprise Alex Groves, Eden Lonsdale and Anibal Vidal, who’ll write new works for septet to be premièred London’s Milton Court (opposite Barbican Centre) on Tuesday 9 April (6.00pm, see Barbican website) while also choosing chamber pieces for their works to be paired with. They’ll be supported by programme directors, Dani Howard and Michael Zev Gordon, working towards writing new chamber concertos to be premièred at the 2024 autumn showcase. Alex Groves is an Ivor Novello-nominated composer and curator working across contemporary classical and electronic music. His work often blends classical instruments and live processing to create uncanny sound worlds which blur the line between acoustic and electronic. Eden Lonsdale (a British/German composer) focuses his music on exploring the various ways that movement and stasis can co-exist, as well as the interconnectedness of harmony, […]
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