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2024-04-05 09:27:00
Sea Songs: Brighton Philharmonic in Geirr Tveitt's Hardanger fiddle concerto and other delights
Ragnhild Hemsing and Hardanger fiddle (Photo: Nikolaj Lund)On Sunday, 7 April 2024, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra's season finale at the Dome in Brighton features dynamic young conductor Adam Hickox in Sea Songs. Yes, the programme does begin with Britten's Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' and ends with Debussy's La Mer (written just down the coast in Eastbourne!), but the real meat is in between these. Ragnhild Hemsing is the Hardanger fiddle soloist in Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt's Concerto No. 2 Three Fjords, whilst Joanna Macgregor is the piano soloist in music by the great Japanese film composer, record producer and actor Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died last year.The hardanger fiddle is Norway's national instrument; it probably originated in the 17th century s a hybrid of earlier folk fiddles and the viola d’amore. Its tone is smaller than the violin and‚ with its four sympathetic strings‚ sounds not unlike a treble viol. Geir Tveitt (1908-1981) was a central figure […]
2024-03-29 12:00:00
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2024-03-25 04:00:00
Eine Liederreise: Von Gellert zu Beethoven (Gotthold Schwarz, Michael Schönheit)
Gellert Songs & Odes by:Carl Phiipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)Knut Lambo (1714-1783)Johann Friedrich Doles (1715-1797)Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804)Johannes Schmidlein (1722-1772)Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Gotthold Schwarz, Baritone; Michael Schönheit, Fortepiano(Period Instruments) Carus[Flac & Scans]
2024-03-20 17:55:33
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