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American composer
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2023-10-13 00:00:00
Britten, Chausson, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Rubbra, Schumann et al: Orchestral & Vocal Works (Malcolm Sargent et al)
[…] 'Magic Bullets Polka' [2'27]Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley [01 - 21], Jean-Louis Forestier [22], Paul Mann [23], Philip Green [24], George Dreyfus [25], Bruce SmEaton [26], John Lanchberry [27], Brett Kelly [28], Malcolm Sargent [29] and Ola Rudner [30, 31]ABC Classics 476 6341 [recorded 1966 to 2007; issued 2007][digital download; flacs, cover and booklet scans]Recording venues: Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University [01 - 21], Iwaki Studio, ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne [22, 23,25], Allan Eaton Studios, Melbourne [26], South Melbourne Town Hall [27], Melbourne Town Hall [29], Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, Melbourne [30, 31]Recording engineers: Gerry McKechnie [25], Robin Gray [26], Nick Mierisch [30, 31], others not given. Producers: David Harvey and Lydia Warren [25], Paul Petran [26],Stephen Snelleman [30, 31], others not given.I think it is stretching things to call many of these tracks Popular Classics, even in Australia. And the booklet gives no information about the orchestration […]
2023-09-22 06:31:00
A terrific sense of relish: Charles Court Opera's new version of The Mikado delights at the Arcola Theatre
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado - Charles Court Opera (Photo: Bill Knight)Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado; Matthew Palmer, Robin Bailey, Matthew Kellett, Matthew Siveter, Alys Roberts, Meriel Cunningham, Jennifer Clark, Amy J Payne, director: John Savournin, musical director: David Eaton; Charles Court Opera at the Arcola TheatreReviewed 20 September 2023Gilbert & Sullivan's classic delivered with consummate skill and artistry, great pacing and a terrific sense of relish, in a new setting bringing out the innate Englishness of the workFor an operetta, The Mikado is quite a complex, multi-layered piece and part of the work's endurance comes from the fact that all the pieces fit. There is no sense, as there can be with The Gondoliers, of two different works playing simultaneously. At the core of The Mikado is Gilbert's usual topsy-turvey-dom, here a condemned criminal placed as Lord High Executioner to foil the the Mikado's cruel edict, and the Mikado's son […]
2022-01-29 00:28:53
[…] second little symphony will officially receive its world premiere by these forces sometime in the 2022-23 concert season, so I will keep everyone informed as to the recording's release and the first public performance. 1 February - There will be a ZOOM concert of works by Black composers performed by pianist Leonard Lehrman, violinist Dan Hyman, soprano Helene Williams and mezzo-soprano Patrice Eaton as part of his monthly Virtual Music Recital series sponsored by the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in conjunction with Court Street Music of Valley Stream. On this program Leonard will perform two works of mine: Three Pieces for Scott, a short cycle of piano pieces written for the pianist Scott Tinney (now deceased) who requested short works for his virtual performances on Facebook, and the world premiere of Two Pieces for […]
2021-08-04 09:23:22
Pirates Ahoy! Charles Court Opera & Opera Holland Park join forces for vivaciously energetic G&S
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - Frederick Long, Richard Burkhard, John Savournin- Opera Holland Park, Charles Court Opera (Photo Ali Wright) Gilbert & Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance; Daisy Brown, Peter Kirk, Richard Burkard, John Savournin, Yvonne Howard, Trevor Eliot Bowes, cond: David Eaton, City of London Sinfonia; Opera Holland Park, Charles Court Opera Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 3 August 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) This co-production brings an engaging energy to the G&S classic.Opera Holland Park's final new production of the season opened last night (3 August 2021), a co-production with Charles Court Opera, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance was directed by John Savournin, artistic director of Charles Court Opera, who also sang the Pirate King and conducted by David Eaton, music director of Charles Court Opera, with the City of London Sinfonia and Opera Holland Park Chorus, Daisy Brown as Mabel, […]
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