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2023-10-20 19:36:00
I Gemelli : Performances I Wish I Could Get To
(Photo care of I Gemelli)The Toulouse-based Baroque music group I Gemelli has a short North American tour next month, with a program called A Room Full of Mirrors. Based on their video preview, these concerts sound like a lot of fun. They'll be performing works by Castelani, Turini, Marini, Falconieri, Frescobaldi, Castello, Castaldi, Gregori, D’India, Notari and Sabbatini. Note that the Boston concert will be streamable for two weeks in December!I Gemelli with Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Zachary WilderNovember 16 - New York City - Morgan Library (co-presented by the Boston Early Music Festival) November 18 - Boston - Jordan Hall presented by Boston Early Music Festival (available to stream online December 2-16)November 22 - Montréal - Salle Bourgie
2022-03-14 11:56:27
The Three Queens, closing scenes from Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux; Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Riccardo Frizza; Pentatone Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Pentatone's discs records a stupendous live event, Sondra Radvanovsky captured in terrific form in three major Donizetti roles This set preserves a particular occasion, and allows one of the great voices of modern bel canto singing to shine. Recorded live at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and issued on Pentatone, under the title of Three Queens, the disc features the final scenes of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux sung by Sondra Radvanovsky, conducted by Riccardo Frizza with Lauren Decker, Kathleen Felty, Eric Ferring, Christopher Kenney, Anthony Reed, Ricardo Jose Rivera, Mario Rojas, David Weigel. Now it has to be said that Three Queens is a misnomer as there are four Queens in […]
2022-03-10 08:33:13
A room of mirrors; Vincenzo Calestani, Sigismondo d'India, Francesco Turini, Biagio Marini, Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Dario Castello, Annibale Gregori, Bellerofonte Castaldi, Galeazzo Sabbatini; Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Zachary Wilder, Ensemble I Gemelli; Gemelli Factory Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 8 March 2022 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) The first disc on Ensemble I Gemelli's label proves to be enchanting in more ways than oneA room of mirrors is the first disc from Ensemble I Gemelli's new Gemelli Factory label. For A room of mirrors, Ensemble I Gemelli are joined by tenors Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (co-founder of I Gemelli) and Zachary Wilder for a programme of 17th century duets by Vincenzo Calestani, Sigismondo d'India, Francesco Turini, Biagio Marini, Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Dario Castello, Annibale Gregori, Bellerofonte Castaldi and Galeazzo Sabbatini. The image of the mirror passes through the disc in a number of ways. For a start, the motif of […]
2022-01-23 09:26:09
Pure joy: ECHO Rising Star recorder player Lucie Horsch & lutenist Thomas Dunford in music old & new
Thomas Dunford & Lucie Horsch (image from Lucie Horsch's Instagram feed) ECHO Rising Stars; Lucie Horsch, Thomas Dunford; LSO St Luke's Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 21 January 2022 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Technical facility and great charm from recorder player Lucie Horsch and lutenist Thomas Dunford in a programme of old and new music performed with understated aplombEach year the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) nominates a group of Rising Stars, and the selected young artists are offered the opportunity to present a programme of their own choosing, across venues across the ECHO network. One of this year's ECHO Rising Stars is Dutch recorder player Lucie Horsch. On Friday 21 January 2022, at LSO St Lukes (presented by the Barbican) Lucie Horsch (recorders) and Thomas Dunford (lute) performed a programme that mixed Baroque music with contemporary works including pieces by Dario Castello, Igor Stravinsky, John Dowland, Francois Couperin, […]
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