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2018-10-27 16:40:00
Svatý Václav (St Wenceslaus) Czech icon
At the Barbican, Sunday 28th October, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the Czech Republic, a rare screening of the film Svatý Václav (St Wenceslaus), patron saint of Bohemia. The film was a grand scale spectacular, planned to mark the 1000th anniversary of the assassination of the King on 28th September 935. Hence two national holidays 28th September and 28th October. Given that the saintly King Vaclav symbolizes Czech identity in so many ways why did the film fall into obscurity, only to be revived fairly recently ? It's not easily available to buy, so catch the 2010 screening in Prague (no translation -you have to pay attention !) with the original orchestral score by Oskar Nedbal and Jaroslav Křička,or go to the Barbican where it will be accompanied by singers and musicians from Cappella Mariana, the Prague-based early-music ensemble specialising in medieval polyphony. Directed […]
2017-11-01 16:28:26
ConcertoNetWhile New York's eight-million apostates, Pagans and blasphemers paraded their Satanic rites on Walpurgisnacht under a full moon last night, a few hundred of Manhattan's religieux gathered in a penthouse far above the ghastly rituals to hear what is ...
2016-08-22 05:08:00
Not long ago I waxed enthusiastic about an all-Ginastera programme by the Sinfónica Juvenil Nacional José de San Martín led by Mario Benzecry. Now I welcome a splendid combination of two scores by these forces at the Blue Whale: that surprising cantata by Mendelssohn, "The First Night of Walpurgis"; and one of the greatest symphonic challenges, Gustav Holst´s magisterial "The Planets". The cantata has been heard in recent years and I´m glad that it no longer is a rarity, for I find it the most dynamic and dramatic work of choir and orchestra from this fundamental Romantic composer, only comparable to some bits of the great oratorio "Elijah" though very different. Although I´ve written before about this "Walpurgis" (on Goethe´s text) it´s worth […]
2016-03-18 15:00:47
Donizetti, lionized
Just when you thought it was safe to return to Rossini and Verdi—blam! Amore Opera begins their “Downtown Donizetti” festival (through Sunday), competing against the Met’s five productions with their own take on L’elisir d’amore and topping it with the first presentation of Poliuto in New York since 1859. There have been one or two concert performances of this opera since that time, true, but this is (apparently—and I know someone on parterre.com would correct me if they could) its first full staging in this country in a century and a half. Amore Opera, a feisty and enterprising company now in its seventh year, is clearly the appropriate presenter. The company’s new digs are the charmingly old-fashioned proscenium stage of the brand new Sheen Center on Bleecker Street, a stone’s throw from the old Amato Opera House on the Bowery (also from CBGB’s, if that was your speed). Poliuto is […]
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