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In 2000, writer, curator, and collector John Corbett found himself on his hands and knees digging through stacks of ephemera.. The post appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
2024-04-20 08:34:00
A day at Leeds Lieder Festival: Fauré, Boulanger, Mahler and more
Gabriel Fauré by John Singer Sargent, 1889Lecture recital: Gabriel Fauré and his mélodies; Graham Johnson, Sarah Fox, Florian Störtz; Leeds Lieder Festival at The Venue, Leeds ConservatoireGabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger, Mahler, Roger Quilter, Muriel Herbert; James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook; Leeds Lieder Festival at The Venue, Leeds ConservatoireReviewed 18 April 2024A day of French song with a focus on Fauré, with Graham Johnson making us love the composer's late period, and James Gilchrist in fine form, from elegant Fauré to perfumed Boulanger, Mahler in comic mode and Roger Quilter with his heart on his sleeveThursday 18 April was A Day of French Song at Leeds Lieder Festival. In the morning the festival's Young Artists had a public masterclass with soprano Dame Felicity Lott concentrating on French repertoire, then at lunchtime pianist Graham Johnson was joined by soprano Sarah Fox and baritone Florian Störtz for a lecture recital on Gabriel Fauré and his mélodies, and Johnson went on […]
2024-04-17 16:00:59
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2024-04-06 11:15:00
Bizet's Carmen at Covent Garden: gritty realism & a reluctance to add any local colour & movement, redeemed by musical performances
[…] well taken. Having two Francophone singers as Dancairo and Remendado, Pierre Doyen and Vincent Ordonneau, was a great boon. The two avoided any sense of the comic, but they and Manacorda brought a lightness and pointedness to their music, the scenes with the smugglers in Act Two are some of the most comic opera in the piece and the performance reflected this style in a pointed way. Blaise Malaba was a robust and rather slimy Suniga with Grisha Martirosyan as a musical but untrustworthy side-kick. Sarah Dufresne and Gabriele Kusyte made a lively pairing as Frasquita and Mercedes, bringing a lightness to their musical performance but also really leaning in to the idea of the two being hookers.In the pit, the orchestra under Antonello Manacorda were on terrific form. In the overture, Manacorda's speeds took no prisoners and throughout he kept the work on a blessedly tight rein, ensuring that […]
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