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2024-02-01 07:43:00
Being themselves: the young artists of the National Opera Studio in Simple Gifts, a programme of song from across the globe at Wigmore Hall
2023/2024 young artists of the National Opera Studio at GlyndebourneSimple Gifts: Schubert, Copland, Dora Pejačević, Chopin, Tosti, Gareth Glyn, Rui Zhang, Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Ravel, Sibusiso Njeza, Otilio Galindez, Tom Cipullo, Douglas Lilburn, William Walton; young artists of the National Opera Studio, Wigmore HallReviewed 31 January 2024Wonderfully engaging and committed performances in song that moved from celebrating Schubert's birthday to songs by Polish, Croatian, South African, Chinese, Welsh, American, Venezuelan, New Zealand composersDuring their year studying, the young artists of the National Opera Studio are presented with a variety of performing challenges, not all of them operatic. On 31 January 2024 (Schubert's birthday), the young artists of the National Opera Studio had the challenge of being themselves, on the song recital stage, when they presented Simple Gifts - Songs from across the globe at Wigmore Hall. This featured sopranos Rosalind Dobson, Nikolina Hrkać, Kira Kaplan, Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Heming Li, mezzo-sopranos […]
2021-11-09 07:46:36
Walton's comic masterpiece, The Bear, in a delightful new film from Opera Holland Park
[…] the fourth wall and seems to address us; deferential to his mistress' every mood, but showing us his sheer amusement. When the camera reaches the drawing room, where Clare Presland sits in solitary splendour, relishing her mourning, we have a delightful surprise because in the other half of the room are conductor John Andrews and musicians from the City of London Sinfonia (Fran Hills, piano, Ruth Funnell, violin, Christopher Rawley, bassoon, Stephanie Beck, harp, Glyn Matthews, percussion), all in period dress and providing the accompaniment (in Jonathan Lyness' reduced orchestration). Part of the fun is that none of the cast is aware of the musicians, yet at key moments Wilkie introduces flashback scenes where the singers are more directly backed by the musicians. Whilst they are never explicitly acknowledged, John Andrews' Dr Miracle-like conductor is almost part of the action and as the work progresses, Wilkie shows us the […]
2021-11-09 07:46:36
Walton's comic masterpiece, The Bear, in a delightful new film from Opera Holland Park
[…] the fourth wall and seems to address us; deferential to his mistress' every mood, but showing us his sheer amusement. When the camera reaches the drawing room, where Clare Presland sits in solitary splendour, relishing her mourning, we have a delightful surprise because in the other half of the room are conductor John Andrews and musicians from the City of London Sinfonia (Fran Hills, piano, Ruth Funnell, violin, Christopher Rawley, bassoon, Stephanie Beck, harp, Glyn Matthews, percussion), all in period dress and providing the accompaniment (in Jonathan Lyness' reduced orchestration). Part of the fun is that none of the cast is aware of the musicians, yet at key moments Wilkie introduces flashback scenes where the singers are more directly backed by the musicians. Whilst they are never explicitly acknowledged, John Andrews' Dr Miracle-like conductor is almost part of the action and as the work progresses, Wilkie shows us the […]
2021-06-17 06:53:25
Taliesin's Songbook: 20th and 21st century Welsh art song explored by a fine group of Welsh singers
Taliesin's Songbook - 20th and 21st century Welsh song; Susan Bullock, Rebecca Evans, Catrin Finch, Gareth Brynmor John, Natalya Romaniw, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elin Manahan Thomas, Andrew Matthews-Owen; Tŷ Cerdd Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 15 June 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A strong line-up of performers in a programme which explores the development of Welsh art song in the 20th and 21st centuriesTaliesin was a semi-legendary Welsh Bard and this new disc from Tŷ Cerdd - Music Centre Wales, Taliesin's Songbook, uses his name as the focus for a programme of songs by 20th-century and contemporary Welsh composers, setting mainly Welsh texts. Taliesin's Songbook features music by Dilys Elwyn Edwards, Alun Hoddinott, Arwell Hughes, Dafydd Bullock, Evan Thomas Davies, Mark Bowden, Rhian Samuel, Gareth Glyn, Grace Williams, Huw Watkins, William Mathias, Morfydd Owen and Meirion Williams performed by Susan Bullock (soprano), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Catrin Finch (harp), Gareth Brynmor John […]
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