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2024-01-15 08:55:00
2024 sees the Northern Aldborough Festival marking its 30th year presenting music in the picturesque village of Aldborough near York. This year the festival runs from 13 June to 22 June 2024. The festival opens with a focus on young artists as 25-year-old Tom Fetherstonehaugh conducts Fantasia Orchestra, (made up of the UK’s most exciting young musicians), alongside pianist Alim Beisembayev, who at 23 won the last Leeds Piano Competition, performing Tchaikovsky and Chopin.Other highlights include the Armonico Consort bringing its semi-staged production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, the Julian Joseph Trio, violinist Viktoria Mullova with pianist Alasdair Beatson, and of course the festival's New Voices Singing Competition. Young artists performing include guitarist Jack Hancher, pianist Adriana Babin, saxophonist/accordionist Mikeleiz-Zucchi Duo and winner of the festival 2023 New Voices Singing Competition mezzo-soprano Lea Shaw with pianist Kristina Yorgova.Aldborough’s late-night venue ‘The Shed’ also returns for concert goers who want to continue […]
2023-09-22 00:00:00
Beethoven, Bruch, Valen, Vaughan Williams et al: Orchestral Works (Adrian Boult, Arve Tellefsen, Vernon Handley et al)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 01 - 04 Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in C major * [25'46]05 - 16 Job. A Masque for Dancing [44'36]Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin- pianos, London Philharmonic Orchestra *; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian BoultEMI CDM567220-2 [recorded December 1968* and August 1970; CD issued 1999][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Abbey Road No.1 Studio* and Kingsway Hall, LondonRecording engineers: Christopher Parker* and Michael Gray; Producer: Christopher BishopEnglish Music for Strings:01 - 06 Arnold Bax: Variations on the name Gabriel Fauré for string orchestra and harp [17'10]07 Arnold Bax: Symphonic Serenade for string orchestra [10'33]08 Stephen Dodgson: Essay No. 7 (1992) [16'52]09 - 15 Richard Arnell: Classical Variations in C for Strings, op.1 [12'34]16 Norman Del Mar: Allegro concertante for horn and string orchestra, op.15 (1944) * [8'30]Stephen Bell- horn, BBC Concert Orchestra *; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martin YatesDutton Epoch CDLX7244 […]
2019-03-04 05:45:00
Tales from the East (CD review)
[…] recorded works is the EStrella Duo performing them in arrangements for two pianos. But such is not entirely the case. They are more than a novelty. The pianists are consummate artists who together bring new pleasures and new insights to much traveled roads. These are, for all intents and purposes, new pieces of music, not merely new arrangements. The first set of selections is from Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka, arranged for two pianos by V. Babin. The "Russian Dance" is a good curtain raiser, a good overture to begin the program that follows. It is zesty and robust, and the two pianists play it with an easy yet virtuosic élan. At first, I thought I'd try to distinguish the styles of the two performers, but it was a hopeless cause. They both play with such acumen, their agility on the piano so keen, I'm sure they could have at any […]
2018-04-30 22:32:24
On a recent sunny spring morning, Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of Bulgari, sat in the famed high-end jewelry company's Fifth Avenue location in Manhattan, discussing his goals for the brand, his company's collaboration with the just-concluded Tribeca Film Festival, and more. The store, on 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, located diagonally across from Trump Tower, reopened last October after 18 months of renovations.
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