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2020-06-23 07:33:46
Intimate beauty: Iestyn Davies and Elizabeth Kenny in Elizabethan lute song, Purcell, Mozart and Schubert at Wigmore Hall
Elizabeth Kenny and Iestyn Davies in Purcell at Wigmore Hall (Photo taken from Live Stream) Purcell, Dowland, Johnson, Campion, Mozart, Schubert; Iestyn Davies, Elizabeth Kenny; Wigmore Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 22 June 2020 A programme of intimate gems which took us from Purcell, through Elizabethan lute song to Mozart and SchubertThe BBC Radio 3 and Wigmore Hall lunchtime recitals continued on Monday 22 June 2020 with programme given by counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and Elizabeth Kenny on theorbo, lute and guitar. They began with Henry Purcell, and then moved on to Elizabethan lute song from John Dowland, Thomas Campion and Robert Johnson, before finishing with a group which moved towards the 19th century, with a song by Mozart and a pair of songs by Schubert. We opened with Purcell, three airs sung by Iestyn Davies with Elizabeth Kenny on the theorbo. 'Strike the […]
2020-06-22 06:59:31
Deliberately going against the grain: Nicholas Collon, artistic director of Aurora Orchestra, on eclectic programming, performing from memory and music of the spheres
Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra (Photo Chris Christodoulou) The Aurora Orchestra has a new disc out, the ensemble's first one on Deutsche Grammophon. Conducted by artistic director Nicholas Collon, the disc is entitled Music of the Spheres, and features Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Max Richter's Journey, and Thomas Adès' Violin Concerto 'Concentric Paths' with violinist Pekka Kuusisto, alongside music by David Bowie and Nico Muhly's arrangement of John Dowland. Max Richter's Journey was commissioned specially for the project and is inspired by the discovery of the first pulsar stars [you can see an excerpt on Richter's website], whilst Mozart's symphony was performed from memory, something for which the orchestra has become well known. I recently chatted to Nicholas Collon, via Zoom, to find out more. The programme arose after the orchestra had played Mozart's Jupiter Symphony at the BBC Proms in 2017 and had loved […]
2020-06-20 08:59:24
A work usually starts with a conversation: I chat to percussionist Joby Burgess about new repertoire, collaborating with composers and playing during lockdown
Joby Burgess with a wind wand (Photo Nick White) Percussionist Joby Burgess has quite a diverse portfolio, his CV includes work with a wide variety of artists from Will Gregory of Goldfrapp and Akram Khan, to Peter Maxwell Davies, Max Richter, and Eric Whitacre, as well as playing on a number of major film and TV scores. He has done a lot to develop the percussion repertoire, including signficant collaborations with Graham Fitkin and with Gabriel Prokofiev. Joby has worked with Prokofiev on a Bass Drum Concerto, and a suite for found objects including Fanta bottles! I recently met up with Joby over Zoom to talk about the modern percussion repertoire, collaborating with composers, his nine-foot aluminium harp, and what he has been doing during lock down. So what does a percussionist actually do? The big difference between a percussionist and many other musicians […]
2020-06-19 06:53:19
Venice's Fragrance: this delightful disc from Nurial Rial and Artemandoline celebrates the 18th century's love affair with the mandolin
Venice's Fragrance; Nuria Rial, Artemandoline; Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 16 June 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A disc which celebrates the 18th century's love affair with the mandolin, with a mixture of concertos and arias with mandolinArtemandoline is a baroque ensemble founded by Juan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón devoted to the art of the baroque mandolin and its repertoire. On this new disc from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Artemandoline is joined by soprano Nuria Real for Venice's Fragrance, a programme which celebrates the city's love affair with the mandolin, arias by Tommaso Traetta, Baldassare Galuppi, Gennaro Manna, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, and Antonio Lotti, concertos by Antonio Vivaldi and a sonata by Carlo Arrigoni. The ensemble is made up by a core group of instrumentalists, here joined by a number of collaborators to form a chamber ensemble comprising, Juan Carlos Muñoz […]
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