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2024-03-28 07:26:00
Without a shadow of doubt, a brilliant programme all round: Sibelius, Prokofiev & Saariaho in Berlin with Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Tarmo Peltokoski
[…] Orchestra in the 1930s.’ Such is history! But there was no such problem with the soloist on this occasion the bright, intelligent and forthright 28-year-old Canadian-born pianist, Jan Lisiecki. A child prodigy, he made his orchestral début at the age of 9 and on reaching 13 was invited to the 2008 edition of the ‘Chopin and his Europe’ festival in Warsaw. He selected to play Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 with Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Howard Shelley. Lisiecki’s performance was well received. And his performance of Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto at the Philharmonie was well received, too. He was simply dazzling at the keyboard delivering a technically-assured and flamboyant performance. Interestingly, the first and last movements constitute some of the most dramatic writing in all of Prokofiev’s piano concertos both containing long and developed cadenzas. The first movement’s cadenza alone takes up almost the entire last half of the movement. And […]
2024-03-18 12:47:04
Kinds of ~Nois ~Nois, Kinds of Kings Bright Shiny Things The Bright Shiny Things recording Kinds of ~Nois is the result of a six-year long collaboration between the saxophone quartet ~Nois (Julian Velasco, soprano; Hunter Bockes, alto; Jordan Lulloff, tenor; János Csontos, baritone) and the composer collective Kinds of Kings (Shelley Washington, Maria Kaoutzani, […]
2024-03-13 08:14:00
Out of the Shadows in Clapham and Estonia
[…] to a desperate search for eternal life, alongside songs celebrating love in all forms. Out of the Shadows moves from the earliest tentative admissions of same sex attraction, to cruising in a bath house in Imperial Russia to Walt Whitman’s unashamed admission of his sexuality. Et expecto explores the search for eternal life in different forms, from the certainty of the Latin creed, to explorations of cryogenics, the body-snatching of Burke and Hare and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, before resolving in the homoerotic pantheistic transcendentalism of Walt Whitman with its celebration of Death itself.Alongside these there are love songs and settings of Michaelangelo’s sonnets plus a depiction of an Aids candlelit memorial.Out of the ShadowsBen Vonberg-Clark (tenor), Jonathan Eyers (baritone), Nigel Foster (piano)7pm 16 June 2024 - Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Common Northside, London SW4 0QW10pm 5 July 2024 - Glasperlenspiel Festival at St John's Church, Tartu, Estonia
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2024-03-12 05:05:00
The Naples Philharmonic Associate Conductor supports the artistic vision of Sharon and Timothy Ubben Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley through work with the Naples Philharmonic and the Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Conducting Duties-Along with Naples Philharmonic Assistant Conductor, cover all Masterworks subscription concerts;-Conduct select Naples Philharmonic family and youth education concerts, including Trip to […]
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