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2023-11-22 07:33:00
Epic re-imagining of Miles Davis’ legendary album 'Bitches Brew' in the first ever performance from super group London Brew
[…] tones in her extended contributions to this primordial music.As is often the case with music based on extended jams, there were some periods where things didn't quite work so successfully. Violinist Raven Bush, performing beautiful, intricate, effect-drenched lines, was choked out by some unsympathetic contributions from across the stage and, perhaps due to the number of musicians assembled, we were denied an opportunity to hear much of the improvisation from bassist Tom Herbert and Robert Stillman on bass clarinet and soprano saxophone - a shame, as when they were able to find some space to be heard through the vortex of sounds, they both had some exceptionally innovative and interesting things to say. The pair of electric guitarists, Okumu and Terefe, were perhaps the most culpable of overplaying. Their strong amplification and heavy use of both distortion and reverb created an exciting, lively and exuberant wall of noisy sound, but […]
2021-08-05 09:18:00
Jennifer Higdon: American Canvas Context Inspired by three very different artists, Jennifer Higdon’s American Canvas was borne from a commission from the Dolce Suono Ensemble. In a later interview with WRTI Hidon explains her choices: “Mimi Stillman, who runs Dolce Suono, said she wanted something connected to either poetry […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-01-04 22:35:33
A founding member of the Barbirolli Quartet, Stillman is Associate Leader of Manchester Camerata and a member of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. London-born Melvin performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra, The two new additions replace James Dickenson and Nick Stringfellow, who have departed the […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2021-01-04 10:18:20
UK string quartet splits up after 10 years
James Dickenson and Nick Stringfellow have left the Villiers Quartet, which they co-founded in 2011, ‘to pursue other projects’. Their replacements are the Canadian violinist Katie Stillman (pictured) and London-born cellist Leo Melvin.
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