Eleanor Lyons News
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2024-03-24
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-03-14 15:45:32
A Long Road of Remembrance and Hope
[…] seven Gawlick recordings), recently spoke with the composer. PW: In the past decade, you have shared your thoughts with BMInt’s readership on three previous occasions, each time prior to the première of a major new work: Missa gentis humanæ, Kollwitz-Konnex (… im Frieden seiner Hände) and Herzliche Grüße Bruno ~ Briefe aus Stalingrad. Why now a work on the Sinti and Roma? [caption id="attachment_57937" align="alignright" width="533"] Portrait of Prof. Ralf Gawlick in his office in Lyons 408A for use in the Winter 2024 issue of BCM.[/caption] RG: The story behind O Lungo Drom begins back in 2015 with my musical memoir, my string quartet Imagined Memories, an autobiographical work that probes into the realms of a relationship that never was; a bond with my biological mother, who I never met – or rather, as it turns out, thought I would never meet. I was adopted as an infant into a […]
2024-03-01 09:15:00
Shortlisted in two categories of next week's Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, Jasdeep Singh Degun has released a new single, Lament
[…] be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and the beauty of love in spite of that pain."For the new single, Jasdeep has stripped back Lament for chamber ensemble, featuring a new string arrangement by cellist Ian Burdge. Jasdeep is joined by Sally Herbert (violin), Simeon Walker (piano), Ian Burdge (cello), and Harkiret Bahra (tabla). Lament is available for streaming.The accompanying video (director of photography: Adam Lyons) is available on YouTube.
2023-10-02 06:57:00
A 3D, surround sound, high definition Vespers for the 21st Century: Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 from I Fagiolini at Kings Place
[…] was very much in keeping with the practice of the period, while baroque violin specialist Kinga Ujszászi led a robust, flexible (and highly mobile) string band, working at times almost as a second conductor, and delivering an absolutely incredibly virtuosic duet with her colleague Naomi Burrell in the Sonata. Nor can I resist a mention for the characterful and colourful bass lines and obbligati from the woodwinds (dulcian and recorders) of period instrument stalwart William Lyons.Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 - I Fagiolini, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth - Kings Place (Photo: Monika S Jakubowska)The reaction at the end from the sold-out capacity audience was tumultuous – a sustained standing ovation for surely one of the most impressive performances of these pieces so far this century. Like Napoleon's "army of generals" this consort of soloists, this orchestra of individuals, I Fagiolini (and friends) conquered all before them at Kings […]
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