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2024-03-28 07:26:00
Without a shadow of doubt, a brilliant programme all round: Sibelius, Prokofiev & Saariaho in Berlin with Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Tarmo Peltokoski
Jan Lisiecki (Photo: Christoph Köstlin/Deutsche Grammophon)Kaija Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver (Winter sky), Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite; Jan Lisiecki, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, cond. Tarmo Peltokoski; Philharmonie, BerlinReviewed by Tony Cooper, 23 March 2024Helsinki-born composer, Kaija Anneli Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver made a great contribution to Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester’s concert at the Philharmonie, BerlinWhilst taking a break from Dmitri Tcherniakov’s Ring cycle at Staatsoper Berlin [see Tony's review], I took in a concert by Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, at the Philharmonie in a well-planned programme comprising Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor with soloist Jan Lisiecki, Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite and a piece by the Helsinki-born composer, Kaija Saariaho, entitled Ciel d’hiver (Winter sky). In fact, the concert opened with Ciel d’hiver. And being not too familiar with Saariaho’s music, I soon discovered that she was a prolific and futuristic writer who penned a trio of […]
2024-03-26 08:10:00
A radical new look: full line-up for Nevill Holt's 2024 festival
The full line-up for the radical new 2024 Nevill Holt Festival has now been announced. Running from 1 to 26 June 2024, guest festival director James Dacre's programme features opera, classical music, jazz and contemporary, alongside visual arts, talks and literature.This is a very different style of festival to previously, instead of two main operas there is a wide mix of events intended to tempt people into repeat visits. Also, the wider estate is more involved with an outdoor art exhibition, come for a concert and stay for Anthony Caro's sculpture.The musical events place quite a reliance on established artists and I miss a young artists strand, though casting for the opera has not yet been announced.Opera remains a strong strand in the festival, there will be six performances of Melly Still's new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute, with Finnegan Downie Dear conducting Britten Sinfonia. And Finnegan Downie Dear […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-03-21 18:08:10
Peter Child, a thoroughly Americanized native of East Anglia, will be retiring this year after 37 years of teaching at MIT. In the intimate but acoustically reassuring Killian Hall, with the cooperation of Collage New Music, the Institute’s Music Department hosted an evening of his recent works. Many of his fellow composers from around the [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2024-03-21 10:16:00
The Queen of Spades, Deutsche Oper, 20 March 2024
PIQUE DAME von Pjotr I. Tschaikowskij, Premiere am 9. März 2024 in der Deutschen Oper Berlin, copyright: Marcus LieberenzCountess (Doris Soffel) and Hermann (Martin Muehle)Hermann – Martin Muehle Tomsky – Lucio Gallo Prince Yeletsky – Thomas Lehman Chekalinsky – Chance Jonas-O’Toole Surin – Kyle Miller Chaplitsky – Andrew Dickinson Narumov – Artur Garbas Master of Ceremonies – Jörg Schörner The Countess – Doris Soffel Lisa – Maria Motolygina Pauline – Karia Tucker Governess – Nicole Piccolomini Masha – Arianna Manganello Children’s commander – Sofia Kaspruk Little Hermann – Aleksandr Sher Little Lisa – Alma Kraushaar Stage piano – Jisu Park Old servant – Wolfgang SiebnerDirector – Sam BrownDesigner – Stuart NunnChoreography – Ron HowellVideo – Martin EidenbergerLighting – Linus FellbornAssistant directors – Constanze Weidknecht, Silke SenseDramaturgy – Konstantin ParnianChildren’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (director: Christian Lindhorst)Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (director: Jeremy Bines)Statisterie, and Opernballet of the Deutsche OperSebastian Weigle […]
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