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Japanese composer and conductor (1925–1989)
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2024-01-09 07:48:00
Aldeburgh Festival at 75: festival regular, Tony Cooper reports
[…] centenary year) centred on Peter Grimes which was miraculously and successfully staged on Aldeburgh beach with the festival then under the direction of Jonathan Reekie while his successor, Roger Wright, who has been at the crease enjoying a terrific innings for the past decade, retires after this festival. The 2019 festival presented the UK première of the chamber opera The Hunting Gun by Thomas Larcher [see Tony's review], based on a best-selling post-war Japanese novella by Yasushi Inoue surrounding a universal story of deception of others and, indeed, of ourselves. A work of depth and passion, it raised considerable interest all round for this Austrian-born composer therefore I’m glad to see him back this year offering Aldeburgh the UK première of his most recent work Unerzählt (Untold), a 20-minute piece featuring South Tyrol-born baritone, Andrè Schuen, accompanied by Julius Drake. Forming the backbone of the festival are four featured artists comprising composer […]
2022-06-08 10:18:15
Yasushi Akutagawa: Trinita Sinfonica Context Composed during a period of Yasushi Akutagawa’s career where his music became influenced by some of the foremost Russian composers. Known as his ‘Sino-Soviet’ period (1947-57), Akutagawa went on cultural exchanges with the USSR and was made aware of the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-08-24 08:11:24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Autumn season in Glasgow and Edinburgh
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (photo BBC) The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Autumn season sees the orchestra returning to performances with live audiences in Glasgow City Halls and Edinburgh's Usher Hall. The season opens with guest conductor Joana Carneiro in a programme of music by Magnus Lindberg and Sibelius including Lindberg's Violin Concerto with soloist Pekka Kuusisto, in a season which also includes music by Jörg Widmann, Einojuhani Rautavara, and Unsuk Chin, arrangements by François Leleux, plus music by Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Polish-American composer Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925-2000), Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa (1925-1989) and Russian composer Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901).There are two programmes spotlighting the talents of Jörg Widmann (clarinettist, composer, conductor) and François Leleux (oboist, conductor). Widmann performs his own Con Brio alongside Weber's First Clarinet Concerto and Schumann's Symphony No. 2. Leleux performs his own arrangements of Mozart arias alongside music by Mendelssohn and Louise Farrenc. Principal guest conductor Ilan Volkov directs a programme of new […]
2021-04-06 10:18:15
Yasushi Akutagawa: Trinita Sinfonica Context Composed during a period of Yasushi Akutagawa’s career where his music became influenced by some of the foremost Russian composers. Known as his ‘Sino-Soviet’ period (1947-57), Akutagawa went on cultural exchanges with the USSR and was made aware of the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
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