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2024-04-23 07:26:00
Attention must be paid: the Engegård Quartet at Conway Hall in Mozart, Bartok, Maja Ratkje, and Fanny Mendelssohn
[…] climax.Engegård Quartet - Jan Clemens Carlsen, Juliet Jopling, Arvid Engegård, Laura Custodio Sabas (Photo: Lars Bryngelsson)Never miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogOpera as it ought to be: Mozart's Don Giovanni from Hurn Court Opera reviewed by James McConnachie - opera reviewLeeds Lieder 2024A Leeds Songbook and a showcase performance: Leeds Lieder Young Artists 2024 - concert reviewA day of French song with a focus on Fauré, with Graham Johnson making us love the composer's late period, and James Gilchrist in fine form - concert reviewEngaging the audience: James Newby and Joseph Middleton in a folk-inspired programme at a cool Leeds café/bar - concert reviewThe sound of an image: recent chamber music by New York City-based, Puerto Rican-born composer Gabriel Vicéns - record reviewA City Full of Stories: Anna Phillips on her work with Academy of St Martin in the Fields' SoundWalk […]
2024-04-22 08:37:00
[…] you collect a superb cast and you create a show that sends an entire theatre audience home fizzing and buzzing. And it doesn’t require champagne. Reviewed byJames McConnachie, 12 April 2024Never miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogLeeds Lieder 2024A Leeds Songbook and a showcase performance: Leeds Lieder Young Artists 2024 - concert review A day of French song with a focus on Fauré, with Graham Johnson making us love the composer's late period, and James Gilchrist in fine form - concert reviewEngaging the audience: James Newby and Joseph Middleton in a folk-inspired programme at a cool Leeds café/bar - concert reviewThe sound of an image: recent chamber music by New York City-based, Puerto Rican-born composer Gabriel Vicéns - record reviewA City Full of Stories: Anna Phillips on her work with Academy of St Martin in the […]
2024-04-20 09:51:00
A Leeds Songbook and a showcase performance: Leeds Lieder Young Artists 2024
[…] Poemes de Louis Aragon; 'C' was quite interior but offset with vibrant tone, whilst the chattering of 'Fetes Galantges' was vivid. Mahler's Liebst du um Schoenheit was concentrated and meaningful, really about the text.Biqing Zhang (soprano) and Yongqiu Yuan (piano) began with Richard Strauss and then moved to Zhang's native China. In Strauss' Schlagenherzen, Zhang brought real charm and character to the song, really filling the stage with her delightful presence. Zhou Yi's Chaitoufeng felt quite French in style, flowing and touching with an elaborately ornamented vocal line. Finally, Thomas McGowan (baritone) and Benjamin Collyer (piano) in Schubert and Warlock. McGowan brought lovely dark tone to Schubert's Nachtstück, concentrated and thoughtful, he really inhabited the song. Then a lovely swaggering account of Peter Warlock's Yarmouth Fair, with McGowan relishing the story telling.This was an impressive 90 minutes. Not every performer felt a natural on the recital stage, and you feel that some […]
2024-04-20 08:34:00
A day at Leeds Lieder Festival: Fauré, Boulanger, Mahler and more
Gabriel Fauré by John Singer Sargent, 1889Lecture recital: Gabriel Fauré and his mélodies; Graham Johnson, Sarah Fox, Florian Störtz; Leeds Lieder Festival at The Venue, Leeds ConservatoireGabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger, Mahler, Roger Quilter, Muriel Herbert; James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook; Leeds Lieder Festival at The Venue, Leeds ConservatoireReviewed 18 April 2024A day of French song with a focus on Fauré, with Graham Johnson making us love the composer's late period, and James Gilchrist in fine form, from elegant Fauré to perfumed Boulanger, Mahler in comic mode and Roger Quilter with his heart on his sleeveThursday 18 April was A Day of French Song at Leeds Lieder Festival. In the morning the festival's Young Artists had a public masterclass with soprano Dame Felicity Lott concentrating on French repertoire, then at lunchtime pianist Graham Johnson was joined by soprano Sarah Fox and baritone Florian Störtz for a lecture recital on Gabriel Fauré and his mélodies, and Johnson went on join […]
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