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2021-11-01 09:05:41
Back with a bang: Donizetti's Roberto Devereux from Chelsea Opera Group with Helena Dix and Eleazar Rodrigues
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. Donizetti Roberto Devereux; Helena Dix, Catherine Carby, Eleazar Rodriguez, Julien Van Mellaerts, Gary Matthewman, Chelsea Opera Group Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 31 October 2021 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Returning in terrific form, Helena Dix gives a stupendous account of Elisabetta in Chelsea Opera Group's welcome return in a vivid ensemble performance of Roberto DevereuxChelsea Opera Group's plans for its 70th birthday in 2020 included a celebratory performance of Donizetti's Roberto Devereux with Australian soprano Helena Dix in the role of Elisabetta, following on from her triumphant performance as Bellini's Norma with the company in 2018 [see my review], and to say the road to finally performing the work was eventful, is something of an understatement. Not only did COVID cause the cancellation of the planned performance, but Helena Dix caught COVID (thankfully recovered, she made […]
2020-11-17 19:53:51
Anglais - Sis Solos Soles at the Liceu
[…] the 15th and the 22nd November. Following the longitudinal narrative from youth to old age, Sis solos soles starts with Darrer missatge (Last message), by composer Mario G. Cortizo, who also features in the piece as percussionist. In this piece, a teenage ‘youtuber’, soprano Elena Tarrats, announces to her followers the end of the world, which might be avoided were she to get 10.000 likes. The following piece, Cállate (Shut up), by Francesc Prat with text by Oriol Pla, is strictly a cappella, sung by mezzosoprano Lídia Vinyes-Curtis on the role of a young woman who carries a long history of abuse and finally immerses herself in a bathtub, with the evident intention of committing suicide. No és res urgent (It’s nothing urgent) by Agustí Charles for soprano and violin accompaniment, interpreted by Marc Charles, follows a storyline similar to La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc: a woman […]
2020-11-11 09:16:42
Espiral: new music from Spain and Latin-America from Camerata Gala and Alejandro Muñoz
[…] with long sustained notes over repeated rhythms and textures, again evoking some mid-century European writing for string orchestra, then as the work develops the repeated rhythms start to dominate and at one point becoming positively romantic. Peruvian-Spanish composer Monica Cardenas' Influence starts with a strong violin solo (Jose Luis Morano) against an ensemble, which seems to be going to evoke Korngold with a Spanish accent, but rhapsodic moments for solo violin and solo cello (Nora Prat) lead to an attractive string piece full of catchy melodies and rhythms. Multi-sectional, and very engaging, the work is influenced by Spanish, Cuban and African melodies and rhythms, so we can pick up a habanera at one point, as well as (the notes tell us) the yambu, a Cuban-American dance. The title refers to the centuries of cultural cross-breeding, the influence of Spanish and African music in South-American folk-rhythms. For the final work we […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-09-28 11:06:00
Cosmos Quartet plays Joseph Haydn (String Quartet in E flat major, Op.64 No.6), Béla Bartók (String Quartet No.3, Sz.85) & Johannes Brahms (String Quartet No.3, Op.67) – 8th International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition 2019
[…] plays four instruments builded specially for them from the catalan wellknown violinmaker David Bagué.Source: cosmosquartet.esJoseph Haydn (1732-1809)♪ String Quartet in E flat major, Op.64 No.6 (1790) [00:34]*i. Allegroii. Andanteiii. Menuet & Trio: Allegrettoiv. Finale: PrestoBéla Bartók (1881-1945)♪ String Quartet No.3, Sz.85 (1927) [18:32]i. Prima parte: Moderatoii. Seconda parte: Allegroiii. Recapitulazione della prima parte: Moderatoiv. Coda: Allegro moltoJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)♪ String Quartet No.3, Op.67 (1875) [35:00]i. Vivaceii. Andanteiii. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo)iv. Poco Allegretto con VariazinoiCosmos Quartet:Helena Satué, violinBernat Prat, violinLara Fernández, violaOriol Prat, celloFestsaal Fürstenhaus, University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar on April 6, 2019(HD 720p)* Start time of each work8th International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition 2019, Prize winners:1st Prize: Barbican Quartet2nd Prize: Marmen Quartet3rd Prize: Cosmos Quartet Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op.64 No.6Growing with calm intent from its sole theme, the first movement of No.6 in E flat major – a mellow key for strings – is predominantly lyrical and […]
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