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2023-10-20 19:36:00
I Gemelli : Performances I Wish I Could Get To
(Photo care of I Gemelli)The Toulouse-based Baroque music group I Gemelli has a short North American tour next month, with a program called A Room Full of Mirrors. Based on their video preview, these concerts sound like a lot of fun. They'll be performing works by Castelani, Turini, Marini, Falconieri, Frescobaldi, Castello, Castaldi, Gregori, D’India, Notari and Sabbatini. Note that the Boston concert will be streamable for two weeks in December!I Gemelli with Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Zachary WilderNovember 16 - New York City - Morgan Library (co-presented by the Boston Early Music Festival) November 18 - Boston - Jordan Hall presented by Boston Early Music Festival (available to stream online December 2-16)November 22 - Montréal - Salle Bourgie
2022-03-10 08:33:13
A room of mirrors; Vincenzo Calestani, Sigismondo d'India, Francesco Turini, Biagio Marini, Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Dario Castello, Annibale Gregori, Bellerofonte Castaldi, Galeazzo Sabbatini; Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Zachary Wilder, Ensemble I Gemelli; Gemelli Factory Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 8 March 2022 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) The first disc on Ensemble I Gemelli's label proves to be enchanting in more ways than oneA room of mirrors is the first disc from Ensemble I Gemelli's new Gemelli Factory label. For A room of mirrors, Ensemble I Gemelli are joined by tenors Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (co-founder of I Gemelli) and Zachary Wilder for a programme of 17th century duets by Vincenzo Calestani, Sigismondo d'India, Francesco Turini, Biagio Marini, Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Dario Castello, Annibale Gregori, Bellerofonte Castaldi and Galeazzo Sabbatini. The image of the mirror passes through the disc in a number of ways. For a start, the motif of […]
2019-01-27 09:00:21
A powerful journey: Sir Colin Davis complete live Berlioz recordings on LSO Live
[…] L'enfance du Christ, and the Te Deum. In all 16 discs. And part of the set's appeal is the sense that this was very much a journey, for conductor and orchestra. Davis had recorded much of the repertoire before, but this was a chance to revisit with his own orchestra. In fact the journey started before the recordings captured the performances, and I remember attending a very fine performance of Benvenuto Cellini with Giuseppe Sabbatini in the title role in 1998 or 1999. Unfortunately this was not captured for posterity, though there is a chance to hear Sabbatini in very stylish form as Faust in La damnation de Faust, the tessitura of the role offering him no problems, and supported by a strong cast with Enkelejda Shkosa as Marguerite and Michele Bertusi as Mephistopheles. Sir Colin Davis & the London Symphony Orchestra in 2011 When Davis was talking […]
2017-05-11 16:56:45
Brasileira
Born on this day in 1902 soprano Bidu Sayao. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4LJIuNgjxg On this day in 1881 Smetana’s Libuse premiered in Prague. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iTQqu_Gg2s Born on this day in 1895 composer William Grant Still. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnA9005MHg Happy 87th birthday bass Arnold Voketaitis. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyq3mEm1Gus On this day in 1959 the musical Once Upon a Mattress opened off-Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouL9ZMzEZ4k Happy 63rd birthday composer Judith Weir. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkNQUCpUUMs Happy 60th birthday tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE2A5Gunx7A On this day in 1965 the Kander-Ebb musical Flora the Red Menace opened on Broadway/ //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZLqAfaDHjo