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Australian composer and pianist (1891-1944)
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Today’s Advent Calendar piece is an example of what may well prove to be a substantial body of work that we might call ‘Covid music’, composed during the pandemic. Hold, by Northern Irish composer Elaine Agnew, is a short work for string orchestra responding to the experience of lockdown in… The post appeared first on 5:4. 5:4 is on Patreon! Please consider supporting the blog by becoming a Patron from just $2 a month: ici
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Faces of classical music
2021-08-14 08:16:00
Jakub Józef Orliński sings arias by George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell, and mélodies by Tadeusz Baird and Paweł Łukaszewski, with Michał Biel (HD 1080p)
On a summer evening at the Theatre de l'Archeveche, countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński performs a concert of arias by Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel and mélodies by Tadeusz Baird and Paweł Łukaszewski. He is accompanied by Michał Biel on piano. 1. George Frideric Handel: Tolomeo, re d'Egitto, HWV 25, Act 3: "Che più si tarda omai" [00:48]* 2. Henry Purcell: Music for a While [08:27] 3. Henry Purcell: If music be the food of love [12:55] Tadeusz Baird: Four Love Sonnets (1956) to texts by Shakespeare 4. No.1, Spójrz, co tu ciche serce wypisało [17:43] 5. No.2, Drwię, mając ciebie, z całej ludzkiej pychy [20:20] 6. No.3, Słodka miłości [22:36] 7. No.4, Jakże podobna zimie jest rozłąka [25:33] 8. Paweł Łukaszewski: Three Songs: No.1, Jesień (Autumn) [29:13] 9. Georg Frideric Handel: Rodelinda, Regina di Longobardi HWV 19, Act 3: "Un zeffiro spiro" [33:06] 10. […]
2021-06-29 08:29:14
From rare Vivaldi to Strauss' Elektra outdoors: Irish National Opera announces its ambitious new season
Giselle Allen takes the title role in Richard Strauss' Elektra with Irish National Opera this Summer Formed in 2018, Irish National Opera's first two years of operation produced 72 performances of 14 different operas in 24 Irish venues, and then 2020 happened with lockdown coming right in the middle of rehearsals for a new production of Bizet's Carmen. Nothing daunted, the company produced Mozart's Seraglio as an imaginative on-line mini-series, as well as 20 Shots of Opera, 20 short contemporary operas all produced within six months, and much else besides.Now the company has announced its plans for the coming year, combining filmed productions with both outside and inside performances. The headline news will, inevitably, be the assumption of the title role in Richard Strauss' Elektra by Belfast-born soprano Giselle Allen in a production being staged in August outside in Castle Yard, Kilkenny presented in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival. […]
2021-06-25 04:00:00
Beethoven: Irish & Scottish Songs (Jerome Hantai)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Irish Scottish & Welsh Songs from: Songs from Op. 108, WoO. 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 & 157 Sophie Daneman, SopranoPaul Agnew, TenorPeter Harvey, Bass Jérôme Hantaï, FortepianoAlessandro Moccia, Violin Alix Verzier, Cello (Period Instruments) Astrée Naive E 8850 (2001) [Flac & Scans]
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