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2022-02-17 06:20:00
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks”; Craig Urquahart: Lamentation for Flute and String Orchestra; Dorman: Nofim (Sights); Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II; Stravinsky: “No Word from Tom” from The Rake’s Progress; Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (Original version for 13 instruments). Stathis Karapanos, flute; Chen Reiss, soprano; Noah Bendix-Blgley, violin; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp; Garrett Keast, Berlin Academy of American Music. ONYX 4223.By Karl W. NehringThis generously filled (82:07) release offers a fascinating and musical program presented by a fascinating musical ensemble. The Berlin Orchestra of American Music came into being as American conductor Garrett Keast, now living in Berlin, got together with bassist and friend Rosie Salucci, a fellow American Berliner, to see about organizing some chamber orchestra performances of works by American composers. Even though this occurred during the summer and fall of 2020 during the ongoing pandemic, the musicians enjoyed the experience and the idea of forming the orchestra and making this recording came […]
2022-01-14 08:00:00
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2021-04-19 17:45:33
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2019-07-31 08:05:11
Complex tragedies of honour crime and family violence: Ruthless Jabiru at the Grimeborn Festival
© Hannah Quinlivan, Immobilised (drawing performance with movement) L-R: Louise Keast, Shikara Ringdahl Photographer: Alex Hobba Launched in 2011, Ruthless Jabiru is a London-based chamber orchestra, artistic director Kelly Loveday, dedicated to new music and to humanitarian stories, with its personnel entirely made up of professional Australian musicians based in the UK. The ensemble will be making its Grimeborn Festival with its first fully staged production Silk Moth which runs from 9 to 11 August 2019. Silk Moth will examine the complex tragedies of honour crime, family violence and female (dis)empowerment in Britain and beyond, using the music of three UK-based women composers, Bushra El-Turk, Liza Lim and Cassandra Miller, in a production directed by Heather Fairbairn.The centre piece is Bushra El-Turk and librettist Eleanor Knight’s hard-hitting chamber opera Silk Moth (2015) which explores the psychological landscape of a mother implicated in the forced marriage, genital mutilation, and honour […]
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