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2024-03-22 12:00:00
Organ Reborn! Norwich Cathedral Organ Festival: A new music festival for Norwich
[…] Dunnett (organ), offers a lovely and inviting programme to include works by Lowestoft-born composer Benjamin Britten with settings of texts by the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich as well as the powerful Missa brevis penned by Hungarian-born composer, Zoltán Kodály. The performance will be recorded for BBC Radio 3. Tickets £15-£35. Throughout festival week there’ll be many other concerts to enjoy especially A Night at the Movies (Wednesday, 10 July, 8pm) performed by Leicester Square’s Odeon organist, Donald MacKenzie. One of the world’s leading theatre organists, he’ll also provide improvised accompaniment to the iconic 1928 silent movie, Steamboat Bill, Jr, starring Buster Keaton. Tickets £12. Seating unreserved. A ‘free admission’ family morning concert comes with the ‘Battle of the Organs’ (Saturday, 13 July, 11am) witnessing Norwich Cathedral’s organists - Ashley Grote, David Dunnett and Robbie Carroll - joining forces to play musical favourites ranging from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue D minor to the theme […]
2024-03-09 12:50:00
Parsifal, Deutsche Oper, 8 March 2024
Amfortas – Jordan Shanahan Titurel – Andrew Harris Gurnemanz – Günther Groissböck Parsifal – Klaus Florian Vogt Kundry – Irene Roberts Klingsor – Joachim Göltz Knights of the Grail – Patrick Cook, Youngkwang Oh Esquires – Sua Jo, Arianna Manganello, Kieran Carrel, Chance Jonas-O’Toole Flowermaidens – Flurina Stucki, Sua Jo, Arianna Manganello, Hye-Young Moon, Mechot Marrero, Marie-Luise Dreßen Voice from Above – Marie-Luise DreßenDirector – Philipp StölzlCo-director – Mara KurotschkaSet designs – Conrad Moritz Reinhardt, Philipp StölzlCostumes – Kathi MaurerLighting – Ulrich NiepelRevival director – Silke Sense Chorus, Men of the Extra Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (chorus masters: Jeremy Bines and Christian Lindhorst)Opern-Ballet, Statisterie, and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, BerlinDonald Runnicles (conductor)PARSIFAL von Richard Wagner, Deutsche Oper Berlin, copyright.Image: Matthias BausMemory plays all manner of tricks: major and minor. I could have sworn I had seen Philipp Stölzl’s Deutsche Oper Parsifal twice before this, distinctly […]
2024-02-18 19:09:00
Some new reports:Marin Alsop becomes principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, I believe succeeding Nathalie Stutzmann.Simon Rattle becomes principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharonic.John Storgards will becomes chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic.Open positions:Phoenix SymphonyCleveland Orchestra, as of June, 2027.Paris Opera is currently without a music director.Nashville Symphony, when Giancarlo Guerrero leaves.Deutsche Oper Berlin, when Donald Runnicles leaves.Hallé Orchestra, when Mark Elder leaves.Rottedam Philharmonic, when Lahav Shani leaves.Los Angeles Philharmonic, as of 2026-27, when Gustavo Dudamel leaves for NY.Sarasota Orchestra, following the death of Bramwell Tovey.Seattle Symphony, following Thomas Dausgaard's abrupt departure in January, 2022.Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where Riccardo Muti left at the end of 2022-23.Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: open in 2024 when Louis Langree steps down.Hong Kong Philharmonic, when Jaap van Zweden leaves in 2024.Oakland Symphony, owing to the death of Michael Morgan in August, 2021.Teatro Regio Turin: Open now with departure of Gianandrea Noseda. The Teatro Regio has not named […]
2024-02-07 11:32:00
Music of our Time: JAM's exploration of new music for choir, brass quintet and organ returns to St Bridge's Church
[…] via excerpts from poems written in the 17th to 20th centuries. There is also the world premiere of a JAM commission by Isabelle Ryder, participant of the Composers’ Residency 2023. Illumination, for organ and two trumpets, pays homage to St Brigid (St Bride) of Kildare, patron saint of St Bride’s Church.Having received over 200 entries to its 2023 Call for Music, JAM has programmed eight submitted pieces, including works by Toh Yan Ee, Steve Richer, Donald Wetherick, Marisse Cato, George W. Parris, Anselm McDonnell, Christopher Churcher and Jonathan Woolgar.Full details from JAM's website.
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