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2024-03-30 09:28:00
Song belongs to us all and should be available to all: artistic director, Joseph Middleton on Leeds Lieder's boldest and most colourful festival yet
[…] cultural landscape is changing, the days of an artist turning up, performing and going away again, are disappearing and culture is now under attack. Joseph feels that it is important an artist stand up and say they firmly believe this art form can enrich life enormously. The problem with contemporary issues is often that cultures do not connect, and the arts are strongly placed to make a significant connection, he mentions artists like Dame Sarah Connolly and Alice Coote who use their voice for more than performing.Never miss out on future posts by following usThe blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee.Elsewhere on this blogThe Ring and more in BerlinA brilliant programme: Sibelius, Prokofiev & Saariaho with Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Tarmo Peltokoski - concert reviewRevisiting Staatsoper Berlin’s Ring cycle proved a thrilling experience: director Dmitri Tcherniakov's production returns with conductor Philippe Jordan […]
2024-03-26 08:10:00
A radical new look: full line-up for Nevill Holt's 2024 festival
[…] a tale of superstition and sacrifice rooted in English folklore, concerning a child, a rabbit, a devil, a druid and their mysterious connection to a celebrated dolmen.Britten Sinfonia will also be giving a concert featuring music by Benjamin Kwasi-Burrell and Sergey Akhunov, plus Max Richter's version of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, accompanied by David Yarrow photography. There are recitals from pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, tenor Nicky Spence, soprano Mary Bevan & pianist Joseph Middleton, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly & pianist Imogen Cooper, and pianists Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy (including Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring).Alexis Ffrench will be performing music from his latest album, Michael Morpurgo will be reading passages from his novel War Horse with musical accompaniment from Ben Murray, Anton Lesser will read excerpts from Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall with music by Debbie Wiseman played by Katherine Rockhill. Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Dan Tepfer will be performing French chanson […]
2024-01-29 09:41:00
What happens when a conductor best known for his operatic work, conducts Mendelssohn's Elijah: Sir Antonio Pappano & the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican with Gerald Finley
Mendelssohn: Elijah - Sarah Connolly, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Antonio Pappano, Gerald Finley, Allan Clayton, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra - Barbican Hall (Photo: Mark Allan)Mendelssohn: Elijah; Gerald Finley, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Sarah Connolly, Allan Clayton, Guildhall Voices, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano; Barbican HallReviewed 28 January 2023A satisfying, well-thought-out performance of Elijah with a consummate account of the title role from Gerald Finley, plus chorus and orchestra on thrilling formIt is tempting to think of Mendelssohn's Elijah as an opera manqué. But like Handel in some of his more dramatic oratorios, Mendelssohn took full advantage of the non-operatic presentation which meant that dramaturgy could be creative, he could rely on the audience being able to fill in the gaps by reading the libretto and most importantly, large choral numbers could expand considerably.So what happens when a conductor best known in London for his operatic work, conducts […]
2024-01-23 09:06:00
Bliss International Song Series 2024: Schumann & Schubert in Pembroke College's newly refurbished chamber hall
Joseph Middleton & Sarah Connolly at Pembroke College's Bliss International Song Series in 2023 (Photo: Sally March)Pembroke College, Cambridge's Bliss International Song Series, artistic director Joseph Middleton, relaunched last year in the college's newly refurbished 200-seater chamber hall (a former United Reformed Church), complete with new Steinway (previously the song series had been in the Old Library). The series is named for composer Sir Arthur Bliss who studied at the college. So far this season, the series has seen recitals by Sir Simon Keenlyside and Dame Sarah Connolly, and a masterclass from Sir Thomas Allen.On Friday 9 February, baritone Konstantin Krimmel and pianist Joseph Middleton perform Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, then on 5 March tenor Christoph Prégardien and Joseph Middleton present A Heine Songbook with settings of Heine's poetry by Schubert and Schumann including Schumann's Dichterliebe.Founded and Directed by Joseph Middleton, Pembroke Bye-Fellow and College Musician, the series offers a year-round programme of concerts devised […]
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