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2022-06-22 12:00:00
Roberta Rust plays piano music by Louis W Ballard, heard by John Dante Prevedini. '... a probing, articulate and understated artistic collaboration whose proper exposure is long overdue.'
2022-04-16 09:20:18
From the Shenandoah Valley to Kensington Gardens: I chat to Ella Marchment about her new role at Shenandoah Conservatory & directing the UK premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women
Ella Marchment with the other founders of SWAP'ra, Madeleine Pierard, Anna Patalong, and Kitty Whately, and conductor Jessica Cottis at the 2018 gala Ella Marchment is a woman of many hats. I first came across her as the founder of Helios Collective when in 2013 they presented a triple bill called The Bear goes Walkabout with Walton's The Bear alongside two specially commissioned operas by Philip Ashworth and Joel Rust. And they premiered my opera The Genesis of Frankenstein in 2015. Since then she has founded the online project Opera Harmony, in direct response to the pandemic, co-founded the Opera Festival of Chicago (of which she is artistic director), co-founded SWAP’ra, a charity that supports women and parents working in opera, and she is currently an associate professor and the director of opera at Shenandoah Conservatory, and will be directing the UK premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women […]
2022-01-25 19:00:00
Barbican Hall, Milton Court Concert Hall The Music of Terezín, dir. Simon Broughton ‘The Theresienstadt Orchestra’ Hans Krása: Overture for Small Orchestra Pavel Haas: Study for String Orchestra Erwin Schulhoff: Symphony no.5 BBC Symphony OrchestraAlpesh Chauhan (conductor)‘Songs in Time of Distress’ Viktor Ullmann: Two Hebrew Pieces for choir; Songs of Comfort for low voice and string trio Gideon Klein: String Trio; Folk Songs for male chorus Silvie Bodorova: Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and strong quartet: ‘Lacrimosa’ Pavel Haas: String Quartet no.2: ‘Wild Night’ Dieter Gogg, arr. Iain Farrington: Als ob; Theresienstadt, der schönste Stadt der Welt František Domažlický: Song without words for string quartet Ullmann: Yiddish Songs for choir; Der Kaiser von Atlantis: ‘Komm Tod, du unser werter Gast’ (arr. Farrington) Simon Wallfisch (baritone)Guildhall School MusiciansBBC SingersNicholas Chalmers (conductor)Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, dir. Kenneth Richardson Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Kaiser Overall – Thomas Johannes Mayer […]
2021-12-02 06:06:00
Piano Potpourri, No. 3 (CD reviews)
Echoes of Life. IN THE BEGINNING WAS | Francesco Tristano: In the Beginning Was; Chopin: Preludes op. 28: Nos. 1-4: INFANT REBELLION | Ligeti: Musica ricercata I; Chopin: Preludes op. 28. Nos. 5-9; WHEN THE GRASS WAS GREENER | Nino Rota: Valzer; Chopin: Preludes op. 28: Nos. 10-15; NO ROADMAP TO ADULTHOOD | Chilly Gonzales: Prelude in C sharp major; Chopin: Preludes op. 28: Nos. 16-18; IDENTITY | Takemitsu; Litany I; Chopin: Preludes op. 28: Nos. 19-20; A PATH TO WHERE | Arvo Pärt: Für Alina; Chopin: Preludes op. 28: Nos. 21-24; LULLABY TO ETERNITY | Alice Sara Ott: Lullaby to Eternity. Alice Sara Ott. Piano. Deutsche Grammophon 486 0474.By Karl W. NehringWith so much of recorded music trending toward the “song” as the fundamental commodity, and with even classical music labels such as, yes, Deutsche Grammophon releasing individual digital tracks as singles, it is encouraging to see that the concept […]
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