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2023-10-23 07:12:00
A little bit crazy yet done with verve, imagination and style: The Masque of Might, David Pountney's Purcellian masque at Opera North
[…] North at the Grand Theatre, Leeds as part of its Green Season and we caught the Saturday matinee, 21 October 2023. Harry Bicket conducted the orchestra of opera North, with Andri Björn Róbertsson, Anna Dennis, James Laing, James Hall, Callum Thorpe, Xavier Hetherington and Matthew Brook, plus six dancers. Set designs were by Leslie Travers with costumes by Marie-Jeanne Lecca, lighting by Paule Constable and Ben Pickersgill, video by David Haneke and choreography by Denni Sayers.Purcell & Pountney: The Masque of Might - Andri Björn Róbertsson - Opera North (Photo: James Glossop)The cast mixed generalists and specialists, whilst the orchestra consisted of the regular Opera North players alongside recorders, theorbos and harpsichords. There was a hiccup at our performance and the theorbo players were delayed in transit by the weather and after a slight delay the first half went ahead without them, Harry Bicket, assistant conductor Michael Papadopoulos and second […]
2022-09-06 00:17:35
Intercultural Music Initiative Presents Liberian-Norwegian pianist Kamilla Arku and St. Louis based flutist Wendy Hymes Sunday October 9 @ 3 PM, St. Louis, MO
[…] Northern College of Music. Joining Arku on this program is flutist Wendy Hymes, director of the IMI Chamber Players, also a passionate performer of music by diverse composers. Her doctoral dissertation is on music written for flute by selected African composers. She has performed widely in the US and abroad. General admission tickets are $20, students and senior tickets are $10, and can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imi-202223-season-concert-2-tickets-412323650137 Media Contact: Tina Sayers, Executive Director tSayers@imusici.net Phone: (314) 652-6800 www.imusici.org
2021-06-29 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Tallis Fantasia and Serenade to Music - Roger Norrington
Ralph Vaughan Williams:01. - 04. Symphony No.2 'A London Symphony' [47'04]05. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis [14'44]06. Serenade to Music * [14'13]*Felicity Lott, Lisa Milne, Rosa Mannion, Yvonne Kenny - sopranos; Ann Murray, Diana Montague, Della Jones, Catherine Wyn-Rogers - altos;Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Mark Ainsley, Toby Spence,Timothy Robinson - tenors;Stephen Rpberts, Christopher Maltman- baritones; Michael George, Robert Lloyd - basses;London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Roger NorringtonDecca 4788348 [recorded in June, July & November 1996 and December 1997; CD release 2000 - this digital download 2015] [digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] Recording venue: The Colloseum, WatfordRecording engineers: Simon Eadon, James Lock & John Dunkerley Producers: Chris Hazell, Chris Sayers & Christopher Pope This was the third and last issue in this series of Vaughan Williams symphonies with Norrington and the London Philharmonic before recording was abandoned. This is actually the second incarnation […]
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2020-12-07 14:45:39
The Not-So-Hidden Literary Heritage Of Harriet The Spy
An ode to Dorothy Sayers’ Harriet Vane? You bet. But also, “Harriet is a writer devoted to routine. She loves her tomato sandwiches, her egg creams, and her spy route and notebook both because they give her a lot of pleasure and because they ground her. Like a working artist, she doesn’t want to think […]