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[…] Irene in Donizetti’s Belisario (Queen Elizabeth Hall)‚ both with Chelsea Opera Group‚ and Myrtle Knight Crew (Glyndebourne). Engagements abroad have included Xerxes in Sao Paolo‚ Brazil‚ Die Walküre in Paris and Nantes‚ Falstaff and Suzuki Madama Butterfly in Tel Aviv‚ Eduige Rodelinda with Opera Theatre Company throughout Ireland‚ the UK and in New York‚ Azucena Il Trovatore in Ireland‚ AssuntaThe Saint of Bleecker Street at the Spoleto Festival‚ the title role in Telemaco with the English Bach Festival in London and Athens‚ Irene Theodora in Strasbourg and Azucena Il Trovatorewith Den Jyske Opera‚ Denmark. Concert and recital work has taken Yvonne to Japan‚ France‚ Spain‚ Scandinavia‚ Switzerland‚ USA and‚ of course‚ throughout Great Britain. She has received great critical acclaim for‚ in particular‚ her interpretation of the Angel in Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius‚ Verdi’s Requiem and the song cycles of Mahler and Berlioz as well as for her performance as […]
Brian Dickie, Life as General Director of Chicago
2013-11-10 18:21:09
The concert in the beautiful chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich (above) yesterday evening was an event of great beauty and generosity, and filled with affection for the maddening and brilliant Lina Lalandi who founded the English Bach Festival 50 years ago. She died last year at the age of 91. Nick Kenyon, who had worked for Lina in those early days, gave a reception before the concert for those many very much still around who worked for her and with her. Nick and Roger Norrington (also in there at the beginning) spoke at this event as a double act - full of humour about their various experiences with Lina, whom they both admired so much. Lina had given the English Concert, founded by Trevor Pinnock 40 years ago, their very first gig, at the English Bach Festival, as well as their first engagement in London. So […]
2013-02-25 15:10:00
Classical musicians behaving inappropriately
[…] 'turned the colour of an orange', he remembers. During the next break in rehearsals, someone explained to Tavener what a pederast was.From Geoffrey Haydon's biography John Tavener - Glimpses of Paradise. Header photo shows Igor Stravinsky greeting Mistlav Rostropvich at the Royal Academy of Music, London in June 1964. Stravinsky was in England to conduct his Symphony of Psalms and Variations on the Bach Chorale Von Himmel Hoch da komm' ich her at the English Bach Festival in Oxford, and rehearsals were held at the Royal Academy. Mrs Stravinsky has her back to the camera, while the figure in the background extreme upper-left is the 20 year old John Tavener. Stravinsky's early serial composition Canticum Sacrum was a major influence on the young Tavener. Also on Facebook and Twitter. Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical […]
2013-01-17 02:00:00
1 Man, 1000 Composers: a Stravinsky Delirium - Vol. 2
[…] & Marielle Labèque My personal favourite recording of the Concerto for 2 Pianos. LP Rip Philips 410 301-1 (1983)Igor Stravinsky Petrushka Scènes de Ballet Boris Berman (Piano on "Petrushka") Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein LP Rip DGG 410 996-1 (1984)Igor Stravinsky Les Noces Mass Any Mory, Soprano; Patricia Parker, Mezzo-Soprano, John Mitchinson, Tenor; Paul Hudson, Bass. Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris, Homero Francesch (Pianos on "Les Noces") Trinity Boys' Choir English Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra Leonard Bernstein LP Rip DGG 2530 880 (1977) Igor Stravinsky Les Noces Pribautki Berceuse du chat 4 Russian Songs 4 Peasant Songs Jacqueline Brumaire, Soprano; Denise Scharley, Mezzo-Soprano; Jacques Pottier, Tenor; José van Dam, Bass. Geneviève Joy, Ina Marika, Jacques Delécluse, Michel Queval (Pianos on "Les Noces") Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris National Opera Pierre Boulez LP Rip Orpheus SMS 2433 (1966) Igor […]