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2023-11-06 04:55:00
Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver (CD Review)
by Karl NehringThe Road (text: Charles Anthony Silvestri); Autumn (text: Silvestri); The North; Dreamweaver; Winter Light; Agnus Dei; Stone Rose; Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro (trad. Norwegian hymn arr. Gjeilo). Ola Gjeilo, piano; Grace Davidson, soprano; Duncan Riddell, solo violin; Roberto Sorrentino, solo cello; The Choir of Royal Holloway; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Gough, conductor. Decca 485 4635The last time I reviewed an album by the Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978, pronounced “yay-lo”), the solo piano album Dawn, I mentioned how impressed I had been by a couple of his earlier choral albums but then concluded my review as follows: “This new one, however, is a disappointment, comprising as it does music that never seems to rise above the merely pleasant. For a composer with Gjeilo’s talents, merely pleasant is not nearly enough. As they say in the sports world, “c’mon man!” Perhaps it is time to for Gjeilo to get back to choral writing.” […]
2020-10-03 11:06:31
Surrender to the craziness of it all: Poulenc's 'Aubade' and 'Le Bal masqué' at St John's Smith Square
[…] mad gestures, serious moments with crazy, spiky rhythms. You just had to surrender to the seductive craziness of it all. Mark Bebbington, Jan Latham Koenig and members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra return to St John's Smith Square on Wednesday 21 October 2020 for a programme of music by Lennox Berkeley, and Robert Matthew Walker alongside the second movement of a new realisation of Elgar's Piano Concerto. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, principal players: Violin - Duncan Riddell, Viola - Abigail Fenna, Cello - Richard Harwood, Double Bass - Benjamin Cunningham, Flute - Emer McDonagh, Oboe - John Roberts, Clarinet - Katherine Lacey, Bassoon - Helen Storey, Horn - Diego Incertis Sanchez, Trumpet - Michael Allen, Percussion - Stephen Quigley Elsewhere on this blog Not toeing the line: Kristjan Järvi on deliberately creating his own sound-world on Nordic Escapes, his first disc of entirely his […]
2020-03-21 12:00:00
Mike Wheeler has some thoughtful comments on a performance by Tasmin Little, Duncan Riddell, Thierry Fischer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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2020-03-09 15:00:00
One Artist’s Advice To Young Artists: Skip Sports And Go To A Museum
Indeed, cartoonist Chris Riddell thinks younger artists should follow their passion by “bunking off” school, if necessary, to get their true arts education. – The Observer (UK)
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