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2022-07-19 14:48:00
City of London Sinfonia's 2022/23 season - The World Rediscovered
The City of London's (CLS) 2022/23 season includes a seven-part concert series, The World Rediscovered, in four different venues across London: Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre, Southwark Cathedral, Round Chapel Hackney and Village Underground in Shoreditch. The concert series will offer musical discoveries alongside fresh perspectives on well-loved chamber repertoire, and performances will feature introductions and improvisations from CLS players.The series begins with Morning, Noon and Night, a sequence going from dawn to dusk and featuring John Luther Adams’ Sky With Endless Stars, alongside music by Haydn, Debussy and Britten's Nocturne with tenor Nick Pritchard, all under Luke Jerram’s touring Gaia artwork as part of Southwark Cathedral's Gaia Festival. Also in the cathedral as part of the festival will be Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.At Village Underground, Schubert within reach will present a new take on Schubert's Octet. Played in the round in an informal setting, musicians will swap seats between each movement […]
2022-03-13 10:28:34
Bach Inspired: Mark Austin on the Bach Choir's project for six new works inspired by the St Matthew Passion
[…] Bach Choir's album Bach Inspired is released on 18 March 2022. The album is released on Stone Records in the lead-up to the Bach Choir’s annual St Matthew Passion at the Southbank Centre on 10 April (finally returning after a 2 year hiatus) with soloists including Mark Stone as Christ, Ed Lyon as Evangelist, Sophie Bevan, Toby Spence, Jane Irwin and Roderick Williams, with David Hill conducting the Bach Choir, Florilegium, Finchley Children's Music Group and Southwark Cathedral Girls' Choir
2021-11-28 14:41:10
Southwark Cathedral, LondonTenor William Morgan was the soloist in Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s powerful song cycle based on the work of the teenage nature writer Last year, Dara McAnulty’s Diary of a Young Naturalist revealed a compelling new teenage voice in nature writing and conservation. Scenes from the Wild is an 80-minute song cycle with music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, setting words by Amanda Holden that distil the essence of McAnulty’s book into 26 succinct poems. It was Holden’s last completed project before her sudden death in early September and, as performed by the tenor William Morgan and the City of London Sinfonia in this premiere conducted by Geoffrey Paterson, it’s a captivating work, marrying insightful words to gently powerful music. It begins with a recording of a blackbird’s song, lingering long enough so that we really listen to its detail. There are a few lines of speech from the tenor soloist, in […]
2021-11-26 10:14:23
A tremendous achievement: premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's 'Scenes from the Wild' as part of City of London Sinfonia's 50th birthday celebrations
Frances-Hoad: Scenes from the Wild - William Morgan, City of London Sinfonia, Geoffrey Paterson at Southwark Cathedral (Photo Nick Rutter for Apple and Biscuit Recordings) Frances-Hoad Scenes from the Wild; William Morgan, City of London Sinfonia, Geoffrey Paterson; Southwark Cathedral Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 25 November 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A humungous achievement for all concerned; Frances-Hoad's remarkable 80-minute song cycle celebrating the orchestra's birthday, the natural world and the thoughts of a remarkable young manCity of London Sinfonia is celebrating its 50th birthday with a season of concerts, Origin, at Southwark Cathedral. For the third concert in the series on Thursday 25 November 2021, Geoffrey Paterson conducted City of London Sinfonia and tenor William Morgan in the premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Scenes from the Wild with a libretto by Amanda Holden based on Dara McAnulty's book Diary of a Young Naturalist. A conservationist […]