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English composer (1907-1994)
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2024-02-09 07:55:00
Horns galore: incandescent playing from Ben Goldscheider in the London premiere of Gavin Higgins' terrific new concerto
Gavin Higgins: Horn Concerto - Ben Goldscheider, Gavin Higgins, Christopher Warren Green, London Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Jerome Weatherald)Elizabeth Maconchy: Music for Strings, Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4, Gavin Higgins: Horn Concerto, Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Ben Goldscheider, London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren Green; Cadogan HallThe London premiere of Gavin Higgins' new concerto reveals an imaginative sound-world and satisfyingly structured work allied to incandescent playing from Ben GoldscheiderHorn player Ben Goldscheider premiered Gavin Higgins' Horn Concerto last month with Jaime Martin and BBC National Orchestra of Wales [see Ben's article on the work], but the work got a further outing on Wednesday 7 February 2024 at Cadogan Hall when Ben Goldscheider was joined by a different orchestra and conductor, the London Chamber Orchestra and Christopher Warren Green to give the work's London premiere. In what was a packed and eclectic programme, Goldscheider also was the soloist in Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4, and […]
2023-11-20 07:34:00
Singing in the rain: London Song Festival celebrates the bi-centenary of the Mackintosh
A gentleman's Mackintoshfrom an 1893 catalogueRain in City and Country: Clara Schumann, Samuel Barber, Margaret Bonds, Gerald Finzi, Debussy, Brahms, Schubert, John Ireland, Elizabeth Maconchy, Schumann, Chausson, Albert Roussel, Herbert Hughes, Michael Head, Roger Quilter, Noah Max, David Ward; Ella Taylor, James Atkinson, David Mildon, Nigel Foster; London Song Festival at Hinde Street Methodist ChurchA delightful and engaging programme exploring highways and byways of rain in the lied and song repertoire, featuring two works specially written for the eveningThis year is the bicentenary of the invention of the Mackintosh; in June 1823, Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh was granted a patent for a new waterproof fabric that sandwiched an impermeable layer of rubber between two layers of cloth. In celebration of this, Nigel Foster's London Song Festival presented a celebration of the Mackintosh with Rain in City and Country on Friday 17 November 2023 at Hinde Street Methodist Church. Foster was joined by soprano […]
2023-10-11 08:35:00
English song and a pizza! Kitty Whately and William Vann at Pizza Express Live at The Pheasantry in Chelsea
Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, Herbert Howells, Rebecca Clarke, Elizabeth Maconchy, Grace Williams, Madeleine Dring; Kitty Whately, William Vann; Pizza Express Live at The Pheasantry, ChelseaA wonderfully immersive experience, 20th English song in superb performances in the intimate confines of Pizza Express' Chelsea cabaret venuePianist William Vann has curated another Classical Song Series for Pizza Express Live at The Pheasantry in Chelsea. Taking place in the cabaret venue in the basement of The Pheasantry, the concerts have a relaxed feel with the audience able to eat and drink, and the results are slightly surprising for a classical concert. On Tuesday 10 October 2023, William Vann was joined by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately for an evening of English song with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, Herbert Howells, Rebecca Clarke, Elizabeth Maconchy, Grace Williams and Madeleine Dring.The Pheasantry's basement venue is an intimate one, yet with a pleasing acoustic for live performance. The results are remarkably […]
2023-10-05 23:44:00
[…] Quartets by Haas and Janacek. Vítězslava Kaprálová wrote eight string quartets; take your pick.Program 4: United States. Quartets by Barber and Piston. Add Ruth Crawford Seeger's sole quartet.Program 5: Austria. Quartets by Zemlinsky and Korngold. The loveliest girl in Vienna didn't get to write a string quartet, so let's move on to Johanna Müller-Hermann, who wrote two.Program 6: United Kingdom: Quartets by Walton and Britten, both English, so "United Kingdom" isn't exactly accurate. Let's take any of Elizabeth Maconchy's superb quartets that were written in or before 1946.My article Lend Me a Pick Ax was published in 2008, and I'm still having to write blog posts like this.
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