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2023-10-03 11:22:22
Our cover stars this month are the legendary early music ensemble The Tallis Scholars. As his trailblazing vocal group turns 50 years old, the ensemble’s conductor Peter Phillips celebrates with Jeremy Pound. Elsewhere in the magazine, Rebecca Franks reports on the Welsh National Opera Orchestra’s deep delve into the world of Czech music, while conductor François-Xavier Roth tells Clive Paget what marks his versatile Les Siècles orchestra out from others. Jessica Duchen explores a strange, surprising and highly effective new visual take on Fauré’s Requiem, and John Allison tells the story of composer Priaulx Rainier, a distinctive but hidden gem of South African music. For Composer of the Month, Erik Levi recounts the astonishing adventures of Jan Ladislav Dussek – which included hobnobbing with royalty, accusations of conspiracy, scandalous affairs and bankruptcy. And this month’s Building a Library is Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante: Charlotte Smith enjoys this graceful work, and picks out some finest […]
2023-08-29 09:13:00
Salzburg Festival (1) - Volodos: Mompou, Liszt, and Scriabin, 18 August 2023
Grosser Saal, MozarteumMompou: Musica callada, nos 1, 2, 27, 24, 25, 11, 15, 22, 16, 6, 21, 28 Liszt: Ballade no.2 in B minor, S 171Scriabin: Études in F-sharp minor, op.8 no.2; in B-flat minor, op.8 no.11; Préludes in E-flat minor, op.11 no.14; in B major, op.16 no.1; in E-flat minor, op.16 no.4; in B major, op.22 no.3; in B-flat minor, op.31 no.1; Deux Poèmes, op.63; En rêvant, op.71 no.2; Flammes sombres, op.73 no.2; Piano Sonata no.10, op.70; Vers la flamme, op.72Image: © SF/Marco BorrelliOpportunities are rare to hear the music of Federico Mompou, and from a pianist of the stature of Arcadi Volodos rarer still. My friend and colleague Erik Levi, who also wrote the excellent English-language programme essay for this recital, described Mompou to me as ‘Webern meets Satie’: a good and intriguing starting point. In this selection of twelve pieces from the twenty-eight that make up Musica callada (1959-67), […]
2023-08-07 17:19:03
One of the Hungarian’s great masterpieces, this richly evocative work has inspired many top violinists; Erik Levi reveals the finest recordings of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2
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2023-04-06 06:08:52
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