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2024-01-30 09:23:00
The one and the other: NI Opera in new production of The Juniper Tree written jointly by Philip Glass and Robert Moran
In 1985, Philip Glass collaborated with fellow composer Robert Moran on The Juniper Tree, a chamber opera based on a tale by Brothers Grimm. The two composers collaborated almost equally, alternating scenes and sharing the responsibility for writing the transitions. The result is an intriguing hybrid, which comes after Glass' great trilogy of early operas (Einstein on the Beach, Satygraha, and Akhnaten) yet before better known chamber operas Northern Ireland Opera (NI Opera) is presenting a new production of the opera, directed by Cameron Menzies (NI Opera's artistic director) and conducted by Frasier Hickland in the Grand Theatre, Belfast's Studio Theatre from 21 to 24 February 2024, with a cast drawn from emerging singers who have been working on NI Opera's artist development programme including James Cooper, Mary McCabe, Rachael Heater, Jenny Bourke, Petra Wells, Desmond Havlin, Ryan Gamham, Paul McQuillan and Niamh Lavery. Further details from NI Opera's website.Also as part […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-10-01 22:51:41
[…] Pieces,” but also in such recent notes as THESE. A sample on the Chopin Preludes follows: XII. A piece of no consequence — only insofar as tender entreaties of the soul have no effect on the real world. It barely exists, but without it there is no existence. XII. A sinister, lacerating scherzo of defiance and doom. Premeditated: it takes no prisoners. Lord knows we will miss the man and continue to savor his influences. David Moran has been an occasional Boston-area music critic for 50 years, with special interest in the keyboard. The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2023-09-20 10:00:00
“Experimentalism” can mean different things; it doesn’t have many rules, except that tradition must be eschewed. When mezzo-soprano, composer, and.. The post appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
2023-09-01 04:00:48
This freewheeling weave of tape loops, piano and drums captures the feel of a tight-working band
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