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Russian composer
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- Russian Empire, Soviet Union
- composer, music pedagogue, singer
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2020-02-11 10:14:26
Yan Pascal Tortelier & Iceland Symphony Orchestra's 70th birthday tour reaches London with Yeol Eun Son in Ravel and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's riveting Aeriality
Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Photo Iceland Symphony Orchestra) Bizet, Ravel, Thorvaldsdottir, Prokofiev; Yeol Eum Son, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier; Cadogan Hall Reviewed by Colin Clarke on 10 February 2020 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) Iceland Symphony Orchestra's first UK tour brings a dazzling performance from pianist Yeol Eum Son and a riveting, magnificent piece by Anna Thorvaldsdottir The Iceland Symphony Orchestra's 70th birthday tour of the UK (its first UK tour) reached London's Cadogan Hall on Monday 10 February 2020 when, under conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier, they played Bizet's L’Arlésienne, Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand, with soloist Yeol Eum Son, and a selection from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, plus Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Aeriality. It must be Bizet season in London, what with ENO’s Carmen over at the Coliseum and now a sizeable selection of music from the Suites […]
2020-02-11 09:36:27
Bringing the music to vibrant life: Owen Rees & Contrapunctus explore the enthusiasm for Josquin's music in 16th century Spain
Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin's Spanish legacy - Morales, Guerrero, Victoria, Josquin Desprez; Contrapunctus, Owen Rees; Signum Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 February 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The surprising influence of Josquin on 16th century Spanish composers is explored by Contrapunctus who bring what might have been simply an academic exercise to vibrant lifeUnder the title Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin's Spanish legacy on Signum Classics, Owen Rees and Contrapunctus give us music by Morales, Guerrero, Victoria and Josquin, with Victoria's Missa Gaudeamus at the disc's centre. At first sight this might seem like a strange mix of pieces, motets by two 16th century Spanish composers, Morales and Guerrero, a mass by a late 16th century composer based for much of his life in Rome, Victoria, and a motet by 15th century French composer Josquin, also based for much of his life in Italy. But Owen […]
2020-02-10 07:27:48
Les vêpres Siciliennes: Verdi's French Grand Opera makes a rare appearance in Welsh National Opera's striking new production
Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes - Wojtek Gierlach, Anush Hovhannisyan, Jung Soo Yun Welsh National Opera (Photo Johan-Person) Verdi Les vêpres Siciliennes; Anush Hovhannisyan, Jung Soo Yun, Giorgio Caoduro, Wojtek Gierlach, dir: David Pountney, cond: Carlo Rizzi; Welsh National Opera at Wales Millennium Centre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 8 February 2020 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Verdi's French Grand Opera makes a rare appearance in the UK, in a powerful evening from WNO Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes - Wojtek GierlachWelsh National Opera (Photo Johan-Person) Apart from Otello, during Verdi's lifetime when his operas were performed at the Paris Opera they were given in French often in revised version with ballet which brought the works closer to the Paris Opera's concept of Grand Opera. Three times, Verdi created a work specially for the Paris Opera, crafting operas which, with their historical setting, large crowd scenes, scope […]
2020-02-08 07:43:15
For a piece to suit the requirements of a particular occasion is the ultimate praise: composer Bernard Hughes chats about his approach to composing & his new disc of music for narrator & orchestra, Not Now, Bernard!
David McKee's Not Now, Bernard! (Publisher Andersen Press) Bernard Hughes (Photo SJ Field) I first came across Bernard Hughes' music in 2013 when my choir, London Concord Singers, performed his Two Choral Fanfares, and we would give further performances of his pieces, well-made music which still provided a satisfying challenge to good amateurs. Then in 2016 I reviewed I am the Song, the BBC Singers and conductor Paul Brough's disc of Bernard Hughes' choral music on the Signum Classics label [see my review]. Now Bernard has another disc out, Not Now Bernard on Orchid Classics. On this disc Alexander Armstrong narrates three of Bernard's works for narrator and orchestra, plus music by Judith Weir, Malcolm Arnold and John Ireland, with the Orchestra of the Swan and conductor Tom Hammond. In fact, Barnard and Tom Hammond are co-producers of the disc. I recently met Bernard for a coffee […]
