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2019-06-05 12:09:02
BCMG: Across the Channel - Outre Manche
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) is joining forces with the French ensemble Court-circuit and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for a cross-Channel collaborative project bringing the two new music ensembles together with early career musicians to perform music by five contemporary composers, Hilda Paredes, Mael Bailly, Francois Paris, Rebecca Saunders and Jonathan Harvey.The project involves a residency and exchange visit, culminating in a concert at the Conservatoire on 14 June 2019, when Jean Deroyer will conduct the two ensembles alongside early career musicians from the Conservatoire.The concert will feature UK premieres of Siphonophorae by Mexican-born London-based Hilda Paredes, and Six miniatures pour sextuor by the young French composer Maël Bailly. À propos de Nice by French-born Spain-based François Paris dates from 2005 and is inspired by 1929 silent film of the same name by Jean Vigo which will be shown as part of the performance. British composer Rebecca Saunders, who won the […]
2014-12-01 17:40:18
The coast of Bohemia
[…] Brandily). The round stage is lined with bare mattresses and along the perimeter we see the trappings of Rodolpho’s garret. There is half of an old car, a beanbag chair (I think) covered in a lion blanket, a guy shooting a paintball gun on a canvass, two old (muted) TVs playing different videos of La Bohème, including the Met’s version with Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas. Behind the proscenium, the orchestra—L’Ensemble Court-circuit, led by Jean Deroyer—is set up, ready to take an atonal sledgehammer to beloved verismo tunes. We first meet Mimi lounging alongside three girlfriends. Their laughter turns into an anarchic sing-off featuring almost unrecognizable snippets from Turandot and Tosca (Ms. Fa delivers a striking “Vissi d’arte” that turns the descending arpeggio on the word “Signore” into a staccato broken record). The thrashing and ‘lyrical’ screeching finally calms down—I hope these singers, who are miked, have good voice […]
2012-07-09 00:16:00
[…] certainly an inspiration to his players and the two concerts for the Mozarteum at the Colón were then an important event. Alas, I can´t write the same about their recent second visit for the same institution, also at the Colón. Not because of the players, who are as good as the ones in the previous tour. Of course conductor Jean Deroyer isn´t in the same plane as Boulez, but he is certainly very capable even if I dislike his gesturing. No, the problem was the programming, restricted to just two composers in a short evening, and repeated in both concerts, quite a contrast with the carefully chosen baker´s dozen of the Boulez visit. And also because neither composer is of great value. I would salvage Tristan Murail´s "La barque […]
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