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2021-11-12 14:27:00
[…] There was, moreover, a fine sense of exploration to the development and what is in effect a second development (recapitulation). The Funeral March was brisk, if less (to my ears) iconoclastically so. Obsequies grew in stature, as if grief were approaching us from a distance. There was, fittingly for the programme, a strong sense of French Revolutionary processional. It was, perhaps, more Berlioz’s Beethoven than Wagner’s—and none the worse for it. Excellent woodwind solos (Olivier Stankiewicz’s oboe here first among equals) contributed to the greater whole. Counterpoint lay at the movement’s very heart; if sometimes I had wondered quite what was at stake in the first movement, here there was little doubt. Busy energy, born of detail andline, characterised the scherzo, the trio’s celebrated horns sounding with vernal freshness all the more welcome in dark November. Taken attacca, the finale constantly surprised, rethought in many ways by Roth. No variation […]
2021-08-11 06:35:13
Dark thoughts & anarchic energy: Six Degrees of Separation represents the response of six young composers to 2020
[…] the composers take in the timbre and textures of music, the vibrant colours and intense thoughtfulness, there are dark thoughts but there is also anarchic energy. Patrick John Jones - The Fun Will Never End † [6’28]Christian Drew - See Slow Blue [6’12]Stef Conner - Hymn to a Head [6’38]Emma-Kate Matthews - Remote Overlap [6’30]Chris McCormack - Silver Traces † [5’10]Alex Paxton - Dadd's Fairies † [5’27]Members of the London Symphony Orchestra(Gareth Davies flute, Olivier Stankiewicz oboe, Chris Richards clarinet, Tim Jones horn, Niall Keatley trumpet, David Elton trumpet, Peter Moore trombone, Ben Thompson tuba, Neil Percy percussion, Sam Walton percussion, David Jackson percussion, Liz Burley piano, Carmine Lauri violin, Julian Gil Rodriguez violin, Tom Norris violin, Edward Vanderspar viola, Rebecca Gilliver cello)Darren Bloom conductor †Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London on 19-21 December 2020 NMC DL3046 1CD [36'25] Never miss out on future […]
2021-06-18 14:28:15
In 2004, composer Roxanna Panufnik wrote Letters from Burna based on the writings of Aung San Suu Kyi. Perhaps now we have a rather different view of Aung San Suu Kyi but there is no doubt about the power of her remarkable collection Letters from Burna describing everyday life in the country, and written during her time under house arrest. Now, as part of Refugee Week 2021, the London Mozart Players (LMP) and oboist Olivier Stankiewicz have released a new recording of Panufnik's Letters from Burma accompanied by a moving and thought-provoking video, filmed by students from Surrey University, which includes recent footage from Myanmar, plus an interview with noted human rights activist Benedict Rogers, brother of LMP's leader, Ruth Rogers. Benedict Rogers is the Senior Analyst for East Asia at the human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and author of three books on Myanmar. This spring, the military in […]
2021-05-17 12:00:00
Geoff Pearce is impressed by Mozart Violin Sonatas transcribed and played by oboist Olivier Stankiewicz, accompanied by Jonathan Ware. '... the performances here are astounding.'
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