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2024-01-22 15:45:25
Mozart, 2024
This Week in Classical Music: January 22, 2024. Mozart. The main event of this week is Mozart’s birthday, on January 27th. Wolfgang Amadeus was born in 1756 in Salzburg. One of the greatest composers in history, he excelled in practically every genre of classical music. His operas are of the highest order (just think of the Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, the Marriage of Figaro, or Così fan tutte, but then there are several operas, though not as popular, such as La clemenza di Tito, The Abduction from the Seraglio, or Idomeneo, that would make any other composer proud). His symphonies are the pinnacle of the orchestral music of the Classical period, and so are his piano concertos. His violin concertos were written when he was very young (the last one, no. 5, “Turkish” was completed when Mozart was 19) but were already very good. He wrote many piano sonatas that […]
2024-01-19 10:14:00
An evening of bold & adventurous programming: wind & brass from Southbank Sinfonia & Britten Sinfonia combine under Nicholas Daniel at St John's Smith Square
Percy Grainger in the uniform of a US Army bandsman, 1917Copland, Mozart, Lindberg, Stravinsky, Alberga, Grainger; Southbank Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Daniel; St John's Smith SquareReviewed by Florence Anna Maunders, 18 January 2024An enormously successful collaboration between two leading chamber orchestrasCombining the wind, brass and percussion players from two fantastic orchestras together into one ensemble, this was an evening of bold and adventurous programming featuring the combined forces from two different exciting and engaging ensembles. At St John's Smith Square on 18 January 2024, members of Southbank Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia combined under conductor Nicholas Daniel to present a kaleidoscopic and vibrant selection of music originally written for, or specially arranged for, wind and brass (with a sprinkle of percussion too), with music by Copland, Mozart, Magnus Lindberg, Stravinsky, Eleanor Alberga and Percy Grainger.Things began with a strikingly lyrical performance of Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man, in which the legato, open […]
2023-09-26 04:00:00
English Classical Clarinet Concertos (Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments)
John Mahon (1748-1834) Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F major (No.1 is lost)Duets Nos. 1 & 4 for Two Basset HornsJohann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Concerted Symphony in F majorJames Hook (1746-1827) Clarinet Concerto in E-flat majorColin Lawson-Clarinet/Basset Horn; Michael Harris-Basset HornPeter Holman, The Parley of Instruments(Period Instruments)Hyperion CDA66896 (1997)[Flac & Scans]
2023-01-14 14:15:00
Classical music or New Age nonsense?
A concerto for Basset clarinet, orchestra and optional electronics inspired by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with four movements titled Breath of Life, Meditation, Mind Concentration and Intense Spiritual Union. And it gets worse or better depending on your point of view: the soloist and orchestra intone mantras, and in conclusion the brass and string sections chant the mantra of the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara Om mani padme hum. Is it classical music or is it New Age nonsense?The concerto is the sadly departed Wim Henderickx's Sutra which was co-commissioned for the soloist Annelien Van Wauwe by BBC Radio 3 and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. Annelien Van Wauwe was a major influence on the concerto's composition. She is a qualified yoga teacher who explains that “I feel many similarities between actually doing yoga, getting really focused and concentrated on the breath, and then being on stage as a woodwind soloist. It’s […]
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