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2024-04-20 09:51:00
A Leeds Songbook and a showcase performance: Leeds Lieder Young Artists 2024
[…] performed by Laura Coppinger (soprano) accompanied by the composer, featured athletic, quasi-instrumental writing for the voice, impressively performed by Coppinger. The very distinct atmosphere of the piece reflected the poem's tone, but lacked the intriguing sense of irony Lizzie Nolan gave it when she read the poem, also I was unclear whether Palmer had set all the words that Nolan read out to us.With Cheer by Peter Cooper (music) and Hanna Stone (words), performed by Biqing Zhang (soprano) and Yongqiu Yuan (piano), had expansive piano writing and a lyric yet rather wandering vocal line, and the feeling the composer was trying to cram too many words in. Life Lesson by Emilie Speaight (music) and Abbi Senior (words), performed by Aksel Ryvkin (baritone) and André Bertoncini (piano), had a real dance sense in the piano, but Speaight's music tantalised, never quite settling in a close form yet evoking atmosphere. Here music and words were in […]
2024-03-15 17:51:00
New Jersey Symphony. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. March 14, 2024.
[…] So quite a musical heritage. He is no slouch either, as he is Dean of Music at Julliard. (The others Deans head up dance and drama.) This 7-minute piece was commissioned and premiered by NJ Symphony in 2001, over 20 years ago. Per the Program Notes, the piece has quasi-minimalist, Coplandesque, Straussian, and Hollywood cinematic elements, but demonstrates Ludwig's eclectic personal musical language. One could argue all that is true.During the brief on-stage dialog with Zhang, Ludwig joked that he was a Julliard dropout, and he still made it as a dean at the school. He also had the sense of humor to say something is wrong if the interview is longer than the piece itself.As the piece was his first orchestral composition, I do question if it truly represents his musical language. In any case, having listened to his music for all of seven minutes, I cannot tell what […]
2024-03-14 16:00:53
Madama Butterfly
Aleksandra Kurzak is Cio Cio San opposite Matthew Polenzani, Elizabeth DeShong, and Davide Luciano. Xian Zhang conducts this broadcast from New York
2024-03-01 04:57:53
L-R: Violinist Page Wu and pianist Luke Zhang. Photo credit: Daniel Spellman The Talent is back in 2
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