Jean-Baptiste Robin News
French composer and organist
- pipe organ
- chamber music, orchestral
- France
- organist, classical composer, music teacher, professor of music composition
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2024-03-29
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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
[…] has Finnish ancestry on his father’s side and Filipino on his mother’s. He’s a conductor certainly going places, one destination - Toulouse, France. In September 2022, Peltokoski first guest conducted there the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse returning for a further appearance only a month later. Now he finds himself the orchestra’s new music director. Bonne chance! I must say, too, that Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is in safe hands under the direction of Robin Ticciati. He has been at the crease since 2017 and since 2014 is enjoying a good innings as music director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The orchestra certainly ticks my box standing fair and square against its mighty neighbour, the Berlin Philharmonic. I’ve heard DSO on many occasions at the Philharmonie, the last couple of times in 2018 and 2019. Therefore, it was nice to pick up on them again after ‘you know what’. Bravo! […]
2024-03-25 10:46:00
Listening to the past: Manchester Camerata's Hearing Voices programme with Karen Cargill, Simone Menezes and Kantos Chamber Choir
Manchester Camerata at Stoller Hall (Photo: Robin Clewley)Manchester Camerata's Hearing Voices at Stoller Hall on 5 April 2024 features the ensemble, conducted by Simone Menezes, joined by mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and Kantos Chamber Choir for a programme that explores voices from the past and present, the work and memory of those before us. So, there is Britten's re-creating Phaedra's fatal obsession, Arvo Pärt remembering Britten, Michael Tippett evoking Corelli, Sally Beamish in Showings using Julian of Norwich's revelations of divine love, and Nick Martin's Falling. Book-ending the evening are works by Purcell, Hear my Prayer and Dido's Lament.A slightly different version of the programme, without Kantos chamber choir, features in Lancaster on 4 April 2024.Full details from the Manchester Camerata website - Stoller Hall and Lancaster.
2024-03-25 09:57:00
Aldeburgh Festival at 75: Blond Eckbert and Curlew River, plus Unsuk Chin, Judith Weir, Alban Gerhardt and Daniel Pioro as featured artists
The 75th Aldeburgh Festival opens on 7 June and runs until 23 June 2024. The festival features stagings of Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert and Britten's Curlew River, and the festival's featured musicians are composers Judith Weir and Unsuk Chin, violinist Daniel Pioro and cellist Alban Gerhardt.Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert is being staged as a co-production between Britten Pears Arts and English Touring Opera, and the work is directed by Robin Norton-Hale, conducted by Gerry Cornelius with a cast that includes Simon Wallfisch and Aoife Miskelly. Ryan Wigglesworth will conduct the Knussen Chamber Orchestra in the premiere of Weir's The Planet and Wigglesworth also conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Weir's Forest. Soprano Claire Booth performs Weir's solo opera, King Harald's Saga whilst the BBC Singers perform Blue Remembered Hill. The Leonkoro Quartet premiere Weir's second string quartet, The Spaniard, and there are performances of more of Weir's music from pianists Stephen Osborne and Rolf Hind, Trio Boheme, […]
2024-03-19 07:00:00
The Contenders, Vol. 5: Our running list of the year's best songs
We update our tally of the year's best contenders with the effervescent Bombay Bicycle Club, Residente's epic and profound "313," cellist Maya Beiser's take on Terry Riley's In C and more.Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and NPR Music's Tom Huizenga join host Robin HiltonFeatured Artists And Songs:1. Bombay Bicycle Club: "Willow (feat. Lucy Rose)," from 'Fantasies'2. Ela Taubert: "Como Paso" (single)3. Jlin: "Sodalite (feat. Kronos Quartet)," from 'Akoma'4. Maya Hawke: "Missing Out," from 'Chaos Angel'5. Residente: "313" from 'LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN'6. Maya Beiser: "In C," from 'Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C'Questions, comments, feedback? Email us: [email protected] to the show sponsorship-free and support public radio with NPR Music +.
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