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From forgotten arias in a pasticcio based on Balzac's Sarrasine to a forgotten instrument: Göttingen International Handel Festival announces the 2024 programme under George Petrou
[…] the composer, usually for dramaturgical reasons. George Petrou has fashioned a pasticcio using these arias with a plot based on Balzac's novella, Sarrasine about the sculptor Sarrasine's love for a singer, Zambinella, regarding her as his ideal woman but who proves to be a castrato performing female roles. Counter-tenor/sopranist Samuel Marino as Zambinella. The production is directed by Laurence Dale and George Petrou conducts.Before the festival proper there is a pre-opening tempter, former festival artistic director Nicholas McGegan conducts the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Handel's early oratorio Deborah. Then the festival proper opens with Handel's Italian oratorio, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno with Petrou conducting the festival orchestra and counter-tenor Xavier Sabata as Disinganno, whilst later comes Israel in Egypt.Modern reflections include Handel on the saxophone with Lutz Koppetsch, Michel Godara playing that rare instrument, the serpent, jazz singer Efrat Afony, alongside performances from more well-known names including Andrew Foster-Williams, Emoke Barath, […]
2023-08-26 04:00:00
Kraus: Symphonies & Violin Concerto (Nicholas McGegan, Capella Savaria)
2023-08-06 04:00:00
Vivaldi: Concertos & Sinfonias (Nicholas McGegan, Capella Savaria)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Concerto for Strings, RV 117, RV 119, RV 157, RV 163, "Conca"Sinfonia for Strings, RV 146, RV 149Sinfonia in B minor, RV 169, "Al Santo Sepolcro"Sonata for Two Violins & Viola in E-flat major, RV 130, "Suonata a 4 al Santo Sepolcro"Nicholas McGegan, Capella Savaria(Period Instruments) Hungaroton HCD 12547-2 (1986)[Flac & Scans]
2023-03-10 02:54:00
I drafted this blog post in January, 2019, so, four years ago. I have no idea why I never published it. So, for your amusement, my look back at 2018:People are publishing their 2018) best-of lists. As usual, I haven't heard enough new CDs to have opinions, and I attended way fewer concerts than I usually do, owing to a combination of overwork, failure to buy tickets, disinterest in most of the SFS season, and more jujitsu than I'd done in the last few years. Still, I have a few highlights and opinions on important news stories.Local news story of the year: In an amazing coup, Esa-Pekka Salonen will be the next music director of San Francisco Symphony.Second biggest local surprise of the year (after E-PS): Nic McGegan to retire after 30-odd years as music director of Philharmonia Baroque.Local non-story of the year: Two and a half years after the announcement of Nicola […]
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