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2024-02-26 07:40:00
Marking the centenary of Puccini's death, Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria
Chorus of Opera Holland Park, the City of London Sinfonia, conductor John Andrews with soloists David Butt Philip and Ross Ramgobin (Photo: Opera Holland Park)Puccini: songs & arias, Messa di Gloria; Eleanor Broomfield, Fflur Wyn, Philip Costovski, Joseph Buckmaster, José de Eça, David Butt Philip, Ross Ramgobin, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, John Andrews; Holy Trinity Church, Sloane StreetReviewed 22 February 2024Opera Holland Park launches its Puccini celebration early with a fine account his early and intriguing mass setting, plus a chance to preview the tenor hero in the Summer production of Tosca2024 sees 100 years since Puccini's death and Opera Holland Park are marking that by performing Tosca (in Stephen Barlow's iconic 2008 production) and Edgar (a great rarity on the operatic stage) this Summer. But on Thursday 22 February 2024 the company launched its Puccini commemoration early with a concert at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane […]
2024-02-18 05:00:13
Adapted from a Yiddish musical comedy number, the track became a sensation — and was used by the Nazi propaganda machine
2024-02-04 14:00:38
Pique Dame
Aziz Shokhakimov conducts Asmik Grigorian, Brandon Jovanovich, Violeta Urmana, and Roman Burdenko in the premiere of Benedict Andrews‘s production from Munich
2024-01-29 10:42:00
Stanford, Holst and an RVW premiere: the 17th English Music Festival at Dorchester Abbey
[…] pianist Richard Masters in Finzi, Ireland, USA-based English composer Frank E Tours (1877-1963) and Arthur Somervell's Maud, the Godwine Choir in a mixed programme including Howells, Havergal Brian and Holst's Hymns from the Rig Veda, plus concerts from the Flutes and Frets Duo, pianists Philip Leslie and Paul Guinery, Excalibur Voices, Shiry Rashkovsky (viola) and Richard Uttley (piano), and Ensemble Kopernicus.The weekend ends with a concert from the strings of the English Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Andrews, in a mixed programme the beings with Howells' Serenade and ends with Rawsthorne's Light Music for Strings and along the way fits in classics like Warlock's Capriol Suite and rarities like Bliss' Two Contrasts.Full details from the English Music Festival's website.
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