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2019-06-24 09:28:33
Barbara Hannigan returns to Stravinsky's The Rakes Progress, an opera she knows so well as a performer but now coming to it as a director
Stravinsky: The Rake's ProgressAldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Stravinsky The Rake's Progress; Aphrodite Patoulidou, Yannis François, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Fleur Barron, Antoin Herrera-Lopez Kessel, James Way, cond: Barbara Hannigan, dir: Linus Fellbom, Ludwig Orchestra; Aldeburgh Festival at the Snape Maltings Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 20 June 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A moral tale of significance, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress was the culmination of the composer’s neoclassical period in which he inhabited and reinvented the musical styles of the pastFeaturing a young and enthusiastic cast recruited from Barbara Hannigan’s Equilibrium Young Artists’ programme, this production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress at the Snape Maltings on 20 June 2019 as part of the Aldeburgh Festival featured Aphrodite Patoulidou, Yannis François, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Fleur Barron, Antoin Herrera-Lopez Kessel and James Way with Barbara Hannigan conducting the Ludwig Orchestra, in residence at this year’s Aldeburgh Festival their residency generously […]
2019-03-21 00:06:00
The final Ojai schedule was published today. I have a big problem: this is opposite the annual Northern California jujitsu camp that I try to attend. The program below is astonishing.June 6-9, 2019 Thomas W. Morris, Artistic Director Barbara Hannigan, 2019 Music Director Thursday, June 61:00-4:30pm Ojai Presbyterian ChurchOJAI TALKS Led by Ojai Talks Director Ara Guzelimian, these three insightful sessions explore various facets of music-making and ideas featuring Barbara Hannigan and members of EQ, an interview with Thomas W. Morris on his Ojai years, and with members of LUDWIG on their distinctive vision.5:30-6:00pm Libbey Park GazeboFREE COMMUNITY CONCERT JOHN LUTHER ADAMS/ The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies Part ISteven Schick, percussion 7:30-10:30pm Libbey BowlSTRAVINSKY/ The Rake’s Progress (fully-staged) Equilibrium Artists: Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano; Yannis Francois, bass; Elgan Llyr Thomas, tenor; Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano; Antoin Herrera-Lopez Kessel, bass; James Way, tenorLUDWIG Los Robles Master Chorale Edo Frenkel, harpsichord Linus Fellbom, director Barbara Hannigan, conductor Friday, June 7 8:00-9:00am Ojai Art CenterDonor […]
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2016-06-19 10:44:52
Students mourn a legendary piano teacher
[…] means to overcome these, he was teaching until his last days. Every student, visiting him in his London home would feel like a part of his family, loosing anxiety and gaining self-confidence. I am grateful, to have had the chance to meet him and to profit from his wise and thoughtful instructions. A good man in this troubled world. He will live on in our minds! Thank you Peter Feuchtwanger! Susanne Kessel: I had my first lesson with him when I was 15 years old. THANK YOU! He meant the world to several generations of pianists & musicians on the whole planet. A piano philosopher and incredible inspiration for so many of us. He was a window into true music and into aesthetics of the 19. century. I love him. I would never call him a “teacher”, he was so much more to me. I will […]
2015-11-01 06:00:58
Classical music: Con Vivo delivers moving and memorable performances of German Romantic chamber music for clarinet and strings by Brahms and Schubert.
[…] the performance photos. By John W. Barker In another absurdly overcrowded weekend of events, I chose to catch the concert by Con Vivo! (below), the group based at the First Congregational United Church of Christ . It is always good for an adventurous and varied evening of chamber music , and this one on Friday night was no exception. Back from a tour last June in Germany of sister province of Kessel, the group chose to present what it called an evening of “German Romance’. The program contained only two works: the Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for Clarinet, cello, and Piano, by Johannes Brahms ; and Franz Schubert ’s String Quintet in C Major, D. 956. I had heard a kind of dress rehearsal performance the previous evening in the Grand Hall at Capitol Lakes, and it was interesting to compare simply the acoustical […]
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