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2024-01-28 12:47:25
I want to give thanks to the divineLabyrinth of causes and effectsFor (…) he blazing of fire,That no
2023-12-18 08:39:00
Pandora's Box: great tunes, a neat moral, energetic performances, London Youth Opera premieres Stuart Hancock & Donald Sturrock's new opera
[…] with music by Stuart Hancock and words by Donald Sturrock. Alastair Chilvers conducted, Valentina Ceschi directed, with sets by Neil Irish, costumes by Anett Black and choreography by Maggie Rawlinson, lighting by Stephen Ley. Two recent graduates, Laura Molyneux and Megan Smith were assistant director and costume & wardrobe assistant.Sturrock's lively book transported the story of Pandora's box to the modern day. Pandora (Alice Wakeman) is celebrating her 18th birthday with her friends Narcissus (Acadia Steen-Recanati) and Echo (Lily Harris), and her parents (Toby Duchen and Allegra Clement-Davies). Prometheus (Charlie Swann) decides to give her an extra present, a box containing a spark from the sacred flame, but Hermes (Leia Joyce) and Proteus (Cassia Corominaas Mieville) play a trick and include extra, not so nice gifts, from the gods, Pluto (Sherae Callum), Aphrodite (Indigo Corominas Mieville) and Hera (Amelie Reeve). The gods are largely selfish, with Zeus (Mahala De Santana […]
2022-12-09 00:00:00
Variations by Nineteen British Composers & Four Film Scores (Jac van Steen)
Themes & Variations - Variations by Nineteen British Composers01 - 07 Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (1953) [16'21] Theme 'Sellenger's Round' (William Byrd arr. Imogen Holst)Variations by Arthur Oldham, Michael Tippett, Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, Humphrey Searle and William Walton.08 - 13 Severn Bridge Variations (1966) [18'54]Theme 'Braint' Variations by Malcolm Arnold, Alun Hoddinott, Nicholas Maw, Daniel Jones, Grace Williams and Michael Tippett.14 - 20 Variations on 'Sumer Is Icumen In' (1987) [19'59] Theme (Oliver Knussen)Variations by Robert Saxton, Robin Holloway, Judith Weir, Alexander Goehr, Colin Matthews and Finale by David BedfordBBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van SteenNMC CD062 [recorded March 1999; issued 2001][digital download; flacs, cover booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, LondonRecording engineers: Tryggvi Tryggvason and Andrew Hallifax; Producer: Colin MatthewsAnd four British film scores from the same team:Love from a Stranger01 - 06 Benjamin Britten: Love from a Stranger [10'21]07 - 14 Roberto […]
2022-08-08 07:07:00
Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2022: a spotlight on living composers
This year's Vale of Glamorgan Festival runs from 22 to 30 September 2022 with concerts in Cardiff and Penarth, and puts the spotlight on living composers with John Luther Adams and Huw Watkins as featured composers. The festival opens on 22 September at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jac van Steen, in new pieces by David Roche and Sarah Lianne Lewis, music by John Metcalf, and Huw Watkins, plus Grace Williams' Piano Concertante with Clare Hammond (piano).Visitors to the festival include the Carducci Quartet and pianist Robin Green. The Carducci Quartet will be performing music by John Luther Adams, Huw Watkins, Tarik O'Regan, Philip Glass and György Kurtág, as well as joining forces with Robin Green for Huw Watkins' Piano Quartet. Robin Green's solo recital features music by Thomas Adès, Robert Fokkens, and John Adams.There are concerts from Deian Rowlands (harp) and Sara Trickey (violin). and Jennifer Walker […]
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