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2024-03-13 23:56:07
Maybe you’ve seen brief mentions of the Jewish Music Festival, with musical performances, lectures and sometimes art exhibitions taking place throughout the area. The festival is brand new, and organized by Aik Khai Pung, associate professor at CCM, where he is music director of the CCM Concert Orchestra. I noticed in an online listing that […]
2024-01-31 05:54:31
Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY; January 26, 2024—When one thinks of musical settings of Christ’s Passion, one normally thinks of the high Baroque, particularly Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions, arguably the pinnacles of the genre. Of course there are many more recent settings: Krzysztof Penderecki’s St. Luke, Osvaldo Golijov’s […]
2023-10-24 07:15:00
Long may they continue! Kronos Quartet's celebratory 50th anniversary concert at the Barbican
Kronos Quartet - Barbican Centre, 21 October 2023 (Photo: Mark Allan)Severiano Briseño, George Crumb, Gabriella Smith, Peni Candra Rini, Philip Glass, Zachary James Watkins, Antonio Haskell , Dumisani Maraire Mai Nozipo, Jlin, Terry Riley, Alfred Schnittke, Steve Reich; Kronos Quartet, Yahael Camara Onono, Peni Candra Rini; Barbican CentreReviewed by Florence Anna Maunders, 21 October 2023An incredible evening celebrating a half-century of trailblazing music makingReturning to the Barbican on 21 October 2023 as a part of their continent-spanning 50th anniversary tour, the Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin, John Sherba, violin, Hank Dutt, viola, Paul Wiancko, cello) brought an extended programme of greatest hits from their extensive back catalogue as well as (of course, this is the Kronos Quartet) brand new music being premiered for the first time.These four string players are genuine superstars of the contemporary classical scene, recognised as instrumental in the development of the string quartet across the last fifty years, both in their programming and commitment to new music, but […]
2023-09-10 15:43:41
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffWelsh National Opera mount Osvaldo Golijov’s work about the assassinated Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca – a fiercely evocative piece with the feel of a passion playPoet and playwright
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