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2022-11-22 14:22:00
Friend/Daraskaite/Sokolovskis, Cheung - Messiaen, 20 November 2022
St John’s WaterlooQuatuor pour la fin du tempsAnthony Friend (clarinet)Agata Daraskaite (violin)Peteris Sokolovskis (cello)James Cheung (piano)Photograph: Matthew Johnson What a joy to return to a new series of Spotlight Chamber Concerts, itself returning to St John’s Waterloo following refurbishment (and looking like new). Here a single work was on the programme, Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, sounding ever more a classic of the chamber repertoire with every fine performance, of which this was certainly one. A quartet of young musicians, clarinettist Anthony Friend (also presiding impresario of the series as a whole), violinist Agata Daraskaite, cellist Peteris Sokolvskis, and pianist James Cheung offered an eminently musicianly view of Messiaen’s work that, rightly, felt no need to dwell one-sidedly on circumstances of composition, leaving space for all to find their own standpoint. Hope, joy, and the mystery of God can take many forms—and frankly, right now, we should […]
2022-07-20 10:00:00
Welcome to “Asking for a Friend,” a new music advice column where arts administrators Rachel Sokolow and Carol Ann Cheung.. The post appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
2022-05-30 07:46:18
Two weeks of fine music in historic venues: Cambridge Summer Music 2022
Cambridge Summer Music, artistic director David Hill, runs from 15 to 31 July 2022, presenting 23 concerts in and around Cambridge, including college chapels, city churches, concert halls and the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The festival opens on 15 July when Orlando Jopling's Wild Arts Ensemble presents their new production of Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte in the gardens of Childerley Hall in West Drayton. Other large-scale events include Mendelssohn's Elijah in Ely Cathedral with 200 young singers from Gabrieli Roar plus Gabrieli Consort & Players, conductor Paul McCreesh with soloists Francesca Chienjina, Helen Charlston, Andrew Staples, and Morgan Pearse. The festival concludes on 31 July with Aurora Orchestra performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 from memory. Tenor Robert Murray joins violinist Benjamin Baker and the Echea Quartet for RVW's On Wenlock Edge and The Lark Ascending, plus songs by Gurney and Elgar's Violin Sonata. Baritone Marcus Farnsworth and pianist James Cheung takes us to Vienna with songs […]
2022-02-05 06:31:00
Five Premieres at Peoples' Symphony ConcertsPeople’s Symphony Concerts’ resident artist, pianist Shai Wosner, premieres works by Derek Bermel, Anthony Cheung, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, and Wang Lu to be heard with Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations on February 19 recital.Peoples' Symphony Concerts' Resident Artist pianist Shai Wosner will premiere a suite of five short works--"Variations on a Theme of FDR"--President Roosevelt's declaration that "we are all immigrants."--commissioned for him by the venerable series, which offers world-class in-person and virtual concerts to New Yorkers on a limited budget for affordable prices.The new suite, composed by Derek Bermel, Anthony Cheung, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, and Wang Luto, will be paired with perhaps the most famous and challenging set of variations, Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 on February 19 at 7:30 PM at Washington Irving High School.Single tickets are $ 17. A series ticket for as little as $ 48 (less […]
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