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The glories of Roman polychoral music after Palestrina explored by I Fagiolini with Benevoli's Missa Tu es Petrus for four choirs
Orazio Benevoli: Missa Tu es Petrus; Palestrina; Bonifazio Graziani; I Fagiolini, the City Musick, Robert Hollingworth; CoroReviewed 11 December 2023An exploration of the rare splendours of 17th-century 16-part mass based on Palestrina's motet, richly inventive and full of gorgeous textures, a work that is certainly not deserving of its relative obscurityPalestrina died in 1594 and for the following century his music remained a prime example of concerted church music with other composers writing in a similar style. The result is a high degree of stylistic diversity as the 17th century developed and only now are we really exploring the highways and byways. This recent disc from Robert Hollingworth, I Fagiolini and the City Musick on the Coro label features the music of Orazio Benevoli (1605-1672) and Bonifazio Graziani (1604/5-1664), focusing on Benevoli's four choir Missa Tu es Petrus based on Palestrina's motet. Little of Benevoli's music has made it onto disc and this […]
2021-09-30 19:57:41
Legendary Brazilian-born American cellist Aldo Parisot was born on this day in 1918. Parisot joined the teaching faculty at the Yale School of Music in 1958 and served in this position for 60 years, retiring in 2018 — just months before his death, aged 100. To learn more about Parisot’s legacy visit www.aldoparisot.com. […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-06-29 12:04:31
Young Artists Performance of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at Opera Holland Park
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera - Georgia Mae Bishop - Opera Holland Park young artists performance 2019 (Photo Frances Marshall / Marshall Light Studio)* Verdi Un ballo in maschera Young Artists performance; Nadine Benjamin, Adriano Graziani, Jack Holton, Georgia Mae Bishop, dir: Rodola Gaitanou/Rachael Hewer, City of London Sinfonia; Opera Holland Park Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 28 June 2019 The annual Young Artists Performance at Opera Holland Park Verdi: Un ballo in maschera - Adriano Grazini, Claire Lees Opera Holland Park young artists performance 2019 (Photo Frances Marshall / Marshall Light Studio) The annual Opera Holland Park Young Artists performance took place on Friday 28 June 2019. Rodula Gaitanou's production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera [see my review] featured young artists Jack Holton as Anckarstrom, Claire Lees as Oscar, Georgia Mae Bishop as Madame Arvidson, Blaise Malaba as Ribbing, Tom Mole as […]
2019-06-10 06:56:37
A finely balanced cast in Opera Holland Park's 1930s setting for Verdi's Un ballo in maschera
[…] any production of Un ballo in maschera work is a big challenge, and one to which few productions really rise. But OHP brought a variety of creditable elements to their staging, with some strong individual performances making the evening really memorable. Verdi: Un ballo in maschera - Opera Holland Park 2019 (Photo Ali Wright) Un ballo in maschera is OHP's 2019 young artists performance when, on 28 June 2019, Nadine Benjamin and Adriano Graziani as Amelia and Gustavo, will be joined by Jack Holten, Claire Lees, Georgia Mae Bishop (who sings The Mother in the premiere of my opera The Gardeners at Conway Hall on 18 June 2019), Blaise Malaba, Tom Mole, and Samuel Oram, directed by Rachel Hewer (who hails from my home town of Grimsby) and conducted by Sonia Ben-Santamaria.Elsewhere on this blog Something for everyone: I chat to Michael Williams', Buxton Festival's CEO, about […]
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