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A regular feature of London concert life: Fidelo Cafe announces its September/October programme
[…] intimate approach to classical music experiences are proving successful.Now, the venue has announced its September and October concerts, each combining music from major artists with dinner in a relaxed way. Angela Hewitt opens things on 1 September with a programme of Bach and Mozart, then on 7 September the cafe's founder, pianist Rafaello Morales is joined by clarinettist Anthony Friend from Brahms' two late clarinet sonatas. Other artists performing include pianists Emmanuel Despax, Gabriele Carcano, Julia Hamoś, Vanessa Benelli Mosell, and Julien Libeer, violinists Annabelle Traves and Hélène Clément, London Mozart Players, and United Strings of Europe, and duos of pianist Peter Donohoe and violinist Fenella Humphreys, violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, pianist Alasdair Beatson and violinist. Music ranges from Bach and Beethoven to Britten and Bridge, Schubert and Schumann to Strauss and Stravinsky, not to mention Medtner, and there Bach arranged by both Eugen d'Albert and […]
2019-01-03 00:22:32
VC GIVEAWAY | Enter to Win 1 of 5 Signed VC Young Artist Stephen Waarts’ Debut CDs [ENTER]
To help celebrate the international release of VC Young Artist Stephen Waarts’ debut album: Bartok & Schumann, The Violin Channel is this week giving away 5 fresh-off-the-press personally-autographed CD copies – courtesy of Rubicon Classics. Recorded with acclaimed pianist Gabriele Carcano, the disc features Bártok’s Violin Sonata No. 1 and Hungarian Folktunes – coupled with Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 and […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-12-26 13:00:17
Pasta diva
On this day in 1830 Donizetti's Anna Bolena premiered at the Teatro Carcano in Milan.
2018-11-26 04:58:40
[…] Gaetano was one of Mayr’s favorite pupils, and Mayr even secured a scholarship for him to study in Bologna. In 1821 Donizetti, a fledgling composer, moved to Rome. There he wrote hist first successful opera, Zoraida. A year later he moved to Naples and stayed there for 16 years. It was during that period that he wrote most of his masterpieces. The first was Anna Bolena, written in 1830. It premiered in Milan, in Teatro Carcano; the success was overwhelming. Giuditta Pasta sung the title role. Pasta, a mezzo who sung soprano roles, one of the greatest singers of her time (Bellini wrote the role of Norma with her in mind). Nowadays, musicologists compare her to Maria Callas. It just so happens that Maria Callas’s birthday is also this week! She was born on December 2nd of 1923 in New York to Greek parents. Here’s an outstanding performance by Callas […]
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