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2020-12-22 13:25:27
Irlandiani: Carina Drury's new disc explores the links between Italian composers in 18th century Dublin and Irish traditional music
Irlandiani - Bocchi, Geminiani, Carolan, traditional Irish; Carina Drury, Eimear McGeown, Nathaniel Mander, Aileen Henry, Poppy Walshaw; Penny Fiddle Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 22 December 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) For her imaginative debut recital, Irish cellist Carina Drury contrasts music by Italian composers in early 18th century Dublin with traditional Irish music and finds a fascinating trade between the twoDuring the 18th century, under the Protestant Ascendancy, Dublin thrived and became the second largest city (after London) in the British Empire. The city was the home of the Irish Parliament and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, there was plenty going on politically and culturally. So much so that, famously, George Frideric Handel took a break from his London seasons and at the invitation of the Duke of Devonshire, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, came to Dublin in 1741-1742 and presented a season of concerts at […]
2020-12-17 07:41:32
A sense of sharing material with each other: lutenist Ronn McFarlane and gambist Carolyn Surrick in Fermi's Paradox:
Fermi's Paradox; Ronn McFarlane, Carolyn Surrick; Sono Luminus Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 December 2020 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) A viola da gamba, a lute and a repertoire which ranges from Telemann and Marais to traditional music to contemporary; a delightful disc which arose directly out the lockdown experiences of two distinguished musiciansThis delightful new disc, Fermi's Paradox from lutenist Ronn McFarlane and viola da gamba player Carolyn Surrick on Sono Luminus is sui generis. Both instrumentalists come at the music from an Early Music background, and both play in a variety of distinguished period instrument ensembles in North America, but both have a folk-influence in their make-up too, and both write music. The album arose directly out of this year's lockdown; with emptied diaries and living within 20 miles of each other, weekly get togethers developed into an idea for an album. The music […]
2019-03-11 00:00:00
The Handel Chamber Music Box
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL(1685-1759)CHAMBER MUSIC(COMPLETE)6 CDsL'Ecole d'Orphée:Stephen Preston, flute Susan Sheppard, cello John Toll, harpsichord Lucy Carolan, harpsichord John Holloway, violinDavid Reichenberg, oboeMicaela Comberti, violinPhilip Pickett, recorderRobert Woolley, harpsichord Alison Bury, violin Rachel Beckett, recorder Recorded 1991TRACKLISTGEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL(1685-1759)CHAMBER MUSIC(COMPLETE)L'Ecole d'OrphéeCD 1 Total time 74'22 Flute Sonatas01. Op. 1 No. 1a in E minor 11'41 Larghetto (adagio)-andante-largo-allegro-presto 02. Hallenser Sonata No. 1 in A minor […]
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2015-09-21 20:44:18
Sad death of noted English harpsichordist
We regret to report the death, at her Leith flat near Edinburgh, of the much recorded harpsichord player and organist Lucy Carolan. A Cambridge scholar who went on to study with Gustav Leonhardt, she was an extremely private person with a wide range of musical connections. Lucy was 62 when she was found dead, on September 4.
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