Winifred Lawson News
singer and actress (1892-1961)
- soprano
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- opera singer
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2024-04-24
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-04-23 21:54:31
A Final Flourish with Cappella Clausura
by Cappella Clausura Board members Lawson Daves and Martha Hatch Bancroft As Amelia LeClair’s tenure with Capella Clausura draws to a poignant close, the ensemble prepares for a grand finale this weekend: an ethereal rendition of Vespers by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani Accompanied by the celestial harmonies of the H+H Youth Choruses’ Chorus of Sopranos + Altos, this magnum opus promises to enrapture audiences with its resplendent melodies and transcendent beauty. With an ensemble comprised of an organ, gambas, theorbos, and choruses of men and women, the concert is poised to be an unforgettable performance—a fitting crescendo to LeClair’s illustrious legacy. Tickets HERE. Beyond the music, this concert serves as a heartfelt farewell to a trailblazer whose passion and perseverance have reshaped the contours of classical music. It is a tribute to a luminary who dared to defy convention, carving a path for future generations of female musicians to follow. As attendees […]
2024-04-01 08:07:00
Moving intimacy and sense of communication: Bach's St Matthew Passion from the Academy of Ancient Music, music director Laurence Cummings and just eight singers
Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion - Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings at Barbican Hall (Photo: Academy of Ancient Music)Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion; Anna Dennis, Tim Mead, Nicholas Mulroy, George Humphreys, Mhairi Lawson, Magid El-Bushra, Paul Hopwood, Rodney Earl Clarke, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings; Barbican HallReviewed 29 March 2024 (Good Friday)Just eight soloists and 28 instrumentalists create a sense of intimacy yet profound communication, filling the hall in a way that made the whole a moving experience.Some of Johann Sebastian Bach's masterworks from the 1730s and 1740s, such as the Mass in B minor and the Art of Fugue, not only have no apparent performance tradition from Bach's time but also leave us uncertain as to the exact performance forces that Bach envisaged. But an earlier masterwork, the St Matthew Passion, has a clear performance tradition from Bach's time, premiered in 1727, Bach performed it again […]
2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] Albion Ensemble (George Caird and Victoria Wood- oboes, Andrew Marriner and Julia Holmes- clarinets, Felix Warnock and Michael Cole- bassoons, Michael Thompson and Peter Francombtrumpets)Meridian CDE84107 [recorded 1985; CD issued 1985][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St Olave's School, Orpington, Kent, UKRecording engineer and Producer: John ShuttleworthWolfgang Amadeus Mozart:01 - 07 Wind Serenade in B-flat major, K.361 'Gran Partita' [48'44]The Albion Ensemble (George Caird and Katte Clemmow- oboes, Andrew Marriner and Colin Lawson- clarinets, Angela Malsbury and Michael Harris- bassett horns, Felix Warnock and Neil Levesley- bassoons, Peter Francomb, Stephen Bell, Michael Baines and Susan Dent- Horns, Duncan McTier- double bass)Hyperion Helios CDH55093 [recorded June 1988; this CD reissue 2002][digital-download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, LondonRecording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Arthur JohnsonNorwegian Rhapsody:01 - 04 Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, op.46 [14'17]05 Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, op.34 - […]
2023-09-28 08:05:00
Dramatick Opera: Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company in Purcell and Dryden's King Arthur at Temple
Dorset Garden Theatre, London in 1673Later the Queen's Theatre where Purcell's King Arthur premiered in 1691Purcell, Dryden, Thomas Guthrie: King Arthur; Lindsay Duncan, Rowan Pierce, Mhairi Lawson, Samuel Boden, James Way, Edward Grint, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn; Temple Music at Temple ChurchReviewed 27 September 2023Stylish musical performances allied to an imaginative dramatic context create a very satisfying evocation of Purcell and Dryden's dramatick opera17th century semi-opera (or dramatick opera as contemporaries called it) remains a tantalising genre, more akin to a modern West End musical theatre spectacular than anything. It is a curious hybrid that owes its existence to the particularity of late 17th century London where with a court whose tastes overran budget, a highly developed spoken theatre tradition, independent theatres where actors needed to be paid so economics forced the necessity of theatrical performances having a commercial element, and local taste. After all the fondness for mixing spoken and […]
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