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2024-04-24 11:23:00
Summer at Snape, Britten Pears Arts' series of events at Snape returns for 2024
Summer at Snape, Britten Pears Arts' series of events at Snape returns for 2024 with 50 events from 26 July to 31 August. Visiting orchestras include John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London in Britten and Walton, Simon Over and Southbank Sinfonia in Brahms and Rachmaninoff, Peter Whelan and Irish Baroque Orchestra in a programme of Baroque classics, Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra in Elgar and Sibelius, and BBC Concert Orchestra presenting Friday Night is Music Night. Visiting artists include violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien in Beethoven, Janáček, Enescu, and Barry, pianist Alim Beisembayev - Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and pianist Simon Lepper in Mahler, Wagner, and South African songs, guitarist Milos and pianist Stephen Hough.Other visitors include the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, Black Dyke Band, United Strings of Europe, Apollo5 and The Gesualdo Six in a programme exploring […]
2024-04-09 15:10:58
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2024-03-25 09:57:00
Aldeburgh Festival at 75: Blond Eckbert and Curlew River, plus Unsuk Chin, Judith Weir, Alban Gerhardt and Daniel Pioro as featured artists
The 75th Aldeburgh Festival opens on 7 June and runs until 23 June 2024. The festival features stagings of Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert and Britten's Curlew River, and the festival's featured musicians are composers Judith Weir and Unsuk Chin, violinist Daniel Pioro and cellist Alban Gerhardt.Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert is being staged as a co-production between Britten Pears Arts and English Touring Opera, and the work is directed by Robin Norton-Hale, conducted by Gerry Cornelius with a cast that includes Simon Wallfisch and Aoife Miskelly. Ryan Wigglesworth will conduct the Knussen Chamber Orchestra in the premiere of Weir's The Planet and Wigglesworth also conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Weir's Forest. Soprano Claire Booth performs Weir's solo opera, King Harald's Saga whilst the BBC Singers perform Blue Remembered Hill. The Leonkoro Quartet premiere Weir's second string quartet, The Spaniard, and there are performances of more of Weir's music from pianists Stephen Osborne and Rolf Hind, Trio Boheme, […]
2024-03-21 04:00:00
Decca Eloquence 6
[…] LisztPiano Concerto No. 1Piano Concerto No. 2Danse MacabreFantaisie sur des thèmes populaires hongroisFrance Clidat pianoOrchestre de la Résidence de la HayeRoger NorringtonBach rewriteConcerto for Two Keyboards in C minor BWV1062Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1053Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056Piotr Orzechowski & Marcin Masecki electric pianoCapella CracoviensisJan Tomasz AdamusErnest Ansermet CollectionVol. 1 & 2BrittenLes IlluminationsSusan Danco sopranoWar RequiemHeather Harper sopranoPeter Pears tenorThomas Hemsley baritoneBerg Sieben Fruhe Lieder Chloé Owen sopranoLive recordings 1953, 1959 & 1967Vol. 3BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 5Symphony No. 5Rudolf Serkin pianoLive recording 27th April, 1966Vol. 4DutilleuxSymphony No. 1MartinuSymphony No. 4Live recordings 1952 & 1967Vol. 5MagnardSymphony No. 3D´IndySymphonie "Cevenole"Robert Casadesus pianoRecorded 1955 & 1968
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