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2024-02-05 07:32:00
Late romantic at Wigmore Hall: Simon Callaghan in Cyril Scott's sonata
Percy Grainger and Cyril Scott, photographed in Frankfurt-am-Main, c. 1900 by Theod Bänder (Photo from Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne)Debussy, Stravinsky, Grainger, Cyril Scott: Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 66; Simon Callaghan; Wigmore HallReviewed 3 February 2024Viewed as ground-breaking by contemporaries, Scott's style languished in the later 20th-century but Simon Callaghan revived the piano sonata in a masterly performanceIt is often forgotten that Percy Grainger, for all his personal eccentricities, was a major pianistic talent [just try his 1925 recording of Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 on YouTube] and Grainger highly rated Cyril Scott's Piano Sonata No. 1. Scott is a fascinating figure, an important presence in English music during the first quarter of the 20th century, his late-romantic style gradually went out of fashion and his own eccentricities including a fondness for mysticism and the occult, did not help.Possibly for the first time since Scott premiered it there in […]
2024-01-19 10:14:00
An evening of bold & adventurous programming: wind & brass from Southbank Sinfonia & Britten Sinfonia combine under Nicholas Daniel at St John's Smith Square
Percy Grainger in the uniform of a US Army bandsman, 1917Copland, Mozart, Lindberg, Stravinsky, Alberga, Grainger; Southbank Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Daniel; St John's Smith SquareReviewed by Florence Anna Maunders, 18 January 2024An enormously successful collaboration between two leading chamber orchestrasCombining the wind, brass and percussion players from two fantastic orchestras together into one ensemble, this was an evening of bold and adventurous programming featuring the combined forces from two different exciting and engaging ensembles. At St John's Smith Square on 18 January 2024, members of Southbank Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia combined under conductor Nicholas Daniel to present a kaleidoscopic and vibrant selection of music originally written for, or specially arranged for, wind and brass (with a sprinkle of percussion too), with music by Copland, Mozart, Magnus Lindberg, Stravinsky, Eleanor Alberga and Percy Grainger.Things began with a strikingly lyrical performance of Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man, in which the legato, open […]
2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] Danse Visionaire [7'51]16 Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carneval [6'46]17 Rikard Nordraak (orch: Halvorsen): Norwegian National Anthem [1'12]Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Per DrierCD RPO 8015 [recorded January 1989; CD issued 1989][digital download; flacs, cover scan - lo-res inlay and booklet from earlier Aurora/ASV/RPO release sourced from internet]Recording venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, LondonRecording engineer: Sean Lewis; Producer: Arne-Peter RognanDan Godfrey Encores:01 Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa - Overture [8'44]02 Byron Brooke (reconstructed R Corp): Gee Whizz! [4'09]03 Percy Whitlock: Carillon for Organ and Orchestra * [5'08]04 Ethel Smyth: The Boatswain's Mate - Overture [6'46]05 Howard Flynn: Clatter of the Clogs. A Novelty Fox-Trot [3'02]06 Landon Ronald: In an Eastern Garden. No.2 from 'The Garden of Allah' [4'38]07 Armstrong Gibbs (ed. M Pilkington): The Betrothal Ballet Music, op.34 10'40]08 Montague Birch: Dance of the Nymphs [3'56]09 Ina Boyle: The Magic Harp ^ [9'16]10 Ludwig Pleier: Karlsbad's Dolls' Dance. Characteristic Piece [3'35]11 Rutland Boughton: […]
2023-11-20 00:56:00
San Francisco Opera 2024 Adler Fellows; Adler Concert
[…] Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)Olivia Smith, Countess Almaviva • Arianna Rodriguez, Susanna "I was a woman" from prisoner of the state (David Lang)Nikola Printz, the Assistant "Sometimes th’ pain of missin' him" from Cold Sassy Tree (Carlisle Floyd)Victor Cardamone, Will Tweedy "Un dì, se ben rammentomi" from Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)Edward Graves, the Duke of Mantua • Nikola Printz, Maddalena • Arianna Rodriguez, Gilda • Jongwon Han, Rigoletto "Scostatevi ... il Re giunge … Fin dall'età più tenera ... Salirà d'Inghilterra" from Anna Bolena (Gaetano Donizetti)Jongwon Han, Enrico • Mikayla Sager, Anna Bolena • Victor Cardamone, Percy • Edward Graves, Hervey "Giunse alfin il momento … Deh, vieni non tardar" from Le Nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)Arianna Rodriguez, Susanna "Let me look around once more … To leave, to break" from Vanessa (Samuel Barber)Olivia Smith, Vanessa • Edward Graves, Anatol • Nikola Printz, Erika • Gabriella Beteag, Old Baroness • Jongwon Han, Old Doctor "Nessun dorma" from Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)Moisés Salazar, Calaf "Les Troyens … Je vais mourir … Adieu, fière cite" from Les Troyens (Hector Berlioz)Gabrielle Beteag, Didon • Nikola Printz, Anna • Jongwon Han, Narbal • Victor Cardamone, […]
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