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2022-05-10 09:15:25
Ryan Wigglesworth makes his debut as chief conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, launching its 2022/23 season
[…] in the same concert, Wigglesworth conducts his own symphonic adaptation of Wagner's Götterdämmerung with soprano Katherine Broderick. He will also be directing the premieres of two BBC commissions, Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Cello Concerto (with Laura van der Heijden as soloist) and a new work from Jonathan Woolgar. Other premieres during the season include a new Abel Selaocoe work, whilst principal guest conductor, Ilan Volkov, will give the UK premieres of Øyvind Torvund’s Exotica album and Stefan Prins’ under_current with Yaron Deutsch (electric guitar). Volkov also curates the orchestra's new music festival, Tectonics Glasgow, which returns in April 2023. Martyn Brabbins, who has been associated with the orchestra for three decades, marks Vaughan Williams' 150th anniversary with his Fifth Symphony and the s score for Scott of the Antarctic alongside a screening of the film. Brabbins also makes his debut as a composer with the orchestra with a short work written […]
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2020-02-24 22:02:00
Rio Carnival Taboo Broken: First Trans Woman To Lead Parade
Camila Prins says she first realized she wanted to be a woman at a Carnival party at age 11, when, like the other boys, she was allowed to dress like a girl as part of the burlesque festivities. Now, in the final minutes of Saturday, she became the first transgender woman to lead the drum […]
2019-04-19 20:44:49
Weinberg, Symphonies Nos. 2 and 21; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with the Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer (DG, out May 3) Schubert, Sonatas D958 and 959, Impromptus D899, Drei Klavierstücke; András Schiff (ECM) Stefan Prins,...
2018-05-19 08:21:18
A very psychological approach: I chat to Serge van Veggel, artistic director of Opera2Day
Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet - Quirijn de Lang, Martina Prins - Opera2Day (Photo Ben van Duin) The Dutch opera company Opera2Day is not well known in the UK, so whilst I was in The Hague, earlier this year, for the company's production of Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet [see my review] I took the opportunity to have coffee with Opera2Day's artistic director Serge van Veggel to find out more. Founded in 2012 the company is interested in both opera and music theatre, with a very psychological approach to presentation, with recent work including immersive music theatre and site-specific pieces. For Serge, there are two distinct ways an opera company can function today. Either you produce work of integrity and then try and sell it to the public, or you have to adopt the lowest common denominator approach and sell your soul. Opera2Day tries to forge a middle way, producing work they believe in […]
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