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Perth Festival of the Arts: from Wallace and Gromit for brass band and The Magic Flute in Scots to the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Tenebrae
In its 52nd year, Perth Festival of the Arts returns on 22 May to 1 June and on 8 June 2024 with a diverse programme of arts and culture. As ever, there is a strong classical music strand. Steven Mercurio conducts the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Perth Concert Hall in a programme of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Bruch's Violin Concerto with soloist Chloe Hanslip. European ensemble II Giardino d'Amore present their programme, The New 4 Seasons, a musical theatre experience with music by Vivaldi, Piazzola and Richter.The Scots Opera Project return to the festival with an innovative reinterpretation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This ground-breaking production reimagines the classic within the confines of an asylum, performed in a Scots language translation. Whilst Scottish Opera will be presenting opera on a miniature scale with their Pop-Up performances. Principal Percussionist of English National Opera, Mick Doran, brings an irreverent, humorous, and moving show – An A-Z of Orchestral […]
2024-01-25 07:51:00
Leipzig 300: Dunedin Consort celebrates Bach's appointment at St Thomas' Church with his music alongside that of his rivals
When Bach took up his appointment at St Thomas' Church, Leipzig in 1723 one of his main duties was to write music for the Sunday services. He was in fact third choice for the post, but would dutifully (and perhaps gladly) labour for years, producing a weekly cantata as well as larger scale works such as Passions. Bach's previous appointment, as kapellmeister in Köthen, had not needed any sung church music as his employer, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen had been a Calvinist. With the pressure of a weekly cantata and more, Bach's imagination seemed to take off. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that his cycles of cantatas for Leipzig helped change the course of Western classical music.When the post at St Thomas' Church was being filled, both Telemann and Graupner were successful in the applications. Each composer came to Leipzig for an audition, performing two new cantatas at a service. Only […]
2022-12-16 00:00:00
Dvorak & Fernström: Orchestral Works (Vernon Handley & Birgit Finnila)
01 - 10 Antonin Dvorak: Biblical Songs, op.99 B.185 * [25'28]11 - 13 John Fernström (1897-1961): Symphony No.12, op.92 [21'50]Birgit Finnila- alto*, Malmo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon HandleyBig Ben 571 006-2 [recorded August 1987; digital reissue 2017][digital download; flacs. cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St Johannes Church, Malmo, SwedenRecording engineer: Goran Finnberg; Producer: Andrew KeenerAntonin Dvorak - Tone Poems:01 The Water Goblin, Op. 107, B. 195 [22'30]02 The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109, B. 197 [26'20]03 The Wild Dove, Op. 110, B. 198 [20'43]Malmo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon HandleyBig Ben 486 571-2 [recorded February & May 1987; digital reissue 2021][digital download; flacs, cover scan - no booklet]Recording venue: St Johannes Church, Malmo, SwedenRecording engineer: Goran Finnberg; Producer: Andrew KeenerAntonin Dvorak:01 - 10 Legends, op.59 B.122 [43'56]11 - 15 Suite in A major ‘American’, op.98b B.190 [21'29]West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon HandleyABC Classics 476 3514 [recording […]
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