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2023-11-06 04:55:00
Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver (CD Review)
by Karl NehringThe Road (text: Charles Anthony Silvestri); Autumn (text: Silvestri); The North; Dreamweaver; Winter Light; Agnus Dei; Stone Rose; Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro (trad. Norwegian hymn arr. Gjeilo). Ola Gjeilo, piano; Grace Davidson, soprano; Duncan Riddell, solo violin; Roberto Sorrentino, solo cello; The Choir of Royal Holloway; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Gough, conductor. Decca 485 4635The last time I reviewed an album by the Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978, pronounced “yay-lo”), the solo piano album Dawn, I mentioned how impressed I had been by a couple of his earlier choral albums but then concluded my review as follows: “This new one, however, is a disappointment, comprising as it does music that never seems to rise above the merely pleasant. For a composer with Gjeilo’s talents, merely pleasant is not nearly enough. As they say in the sports world, “c’mon man!” Perhaps it is time to for Gjeilo to get back to choral writing.” […]
2023-09-22 10:47:59
[…] Covid. Then it was moved again (still the pandemic), then again when Hisaishi was sick (with Covid, obviously). Tonight people are joking about it in their seats: is he actually going to show up?The spritely 72-year-old musical director is extremely present though, breaking into smiles and winks as he takes the audience through a two-hour highlight reel of his soundtracks, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus (with vocal soloists Grace Davidson and Ella Taylor). Hisaishi is to Studio Ghibli director, Hayao Miyazaki, what Danny Elfman is to Tim Burton, or John Williams is to Spielberg: a tight forever-collaborator (he has written the scores for all but one of the Ghibli films).
2023-08-26 03:04:49
Saxophonist Lachlan Davidson This week’s guest mentor is saxophonist Lachlan Davidson! Taking
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2023-07-26 17:53:34
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has chosen Mark Davidson... The post An American bone in Melbourne appeared first on Slippedisc.
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