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OperaJournal: January 2015
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Opera on Blu-ray, DVD, Live and HD-Live. Thursday, 29 January 2015. Monteverdi - Orfeo (Royal Opera House, 2015 - Webcast). Claudio Monteverdi - Orfeo. Royal Opera House at The Roundhouse, 2015. Christopher Moulds, Michael Boyd, Gyula Orendt, Mary Bevan, Susanna Hurrell, Rachel Kelly, Callum Thorpe, James Platt, Susan Bickley, Anthony Gregory, Alexander Sprague, Christopher Lowrey. Royal Opera House Youtube - 21 January 2015. Is one worthy to act as a standard bearer for the artform, for the ingenuity an...
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OperaJournal: December 2014
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Opera on Blu-ray, DVD, Live and HD-Live. Tuesday, 30 December 2014. Beethoven - Fidelio (Milan, 2014 - Webcast). Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio. Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2014. Daniel Barenboim, Deborah Warner, Klaus Florian Vogt, Anja Kampe, Peter Mattei, Falk Struckmann, Mojca Erdmann, Kwangchul Youn, Florian Hoffmann. ARTE Concert - 7 December 2014. The choice of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio. And it is possibly the only worthwhile and discernible point about the stage concept - it's that it helps di...
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BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): Prom 24: There is nothing like a Dame . . .
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BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog). Reviews of some of the Prom concerts of the 2008 season. And occasional other related observations). NB: neither this blog nor its author has any official connection with the BBC]. Tuesday, 5 August 2008. Prom 24: There is nothing like a Dame . . . Metaphorically, in Prom 24, she chained herself to the musical railings in full wholehearted support of Dame Ethel. The applause was enthusiastic, and deservedly so. My last note as I tried to absorb this superb perfor...
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Britten Sinfonia News: July 2014
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Wednesday, 30 July 2014. Britten Sinfonia Academy Aldeburgh Residency. Britten Sinfonia Academy have just returned from Snape Maltings where they joined Aldeburgh Young Musicians for an intensive week-long chamber orchestra course themed 'Britten Inspired'. Here are some photos showing what the Academy got up to during their week in Aldeburgh:. Early morning yoga on the Hepworth Lawn (c) Otis Luxton/AYM. Every morning began with a warm-up with everyone. An informal sharing of work by AYM composers. Music...
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Britten Sinfonia News: Meet Iain Farrington
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Friday, 24 April 2015. Pianist, orgainst, composer and arranger, Iain Farrington regularly appears with Britten Sinfonia in all four of these guises. This May he performs in our Songs of Vienna. Programme with Barbara Hannigan, and later in the summer Britten Sinfonia Academy. Give the world premiere performances of his new work, YOYO. Despite having such a busy schedule Iain took some time out to tell us a bit about himself. What has been the highlight of your career so far? When are you happiest? My pi...
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Britten Sinfonia News: March 2015
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Monday, 30 March 2015. Fifteen hundred new audience members? The Cambridgeshire Key Stage 1 tour funded by Cambridgeshire Music Hub and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation visited 9 schools between Monday 23 and Friday 27 March 2015. Each school hosted a 1 hour concert as part of Live Music Week, presented by workshop leader Jessie Maryon Davies and featuring five Britten Sinfonia musicians. 8220;So, we’re doing nine concerts in five days? 8220;Yes.”. 8220;With three concerts in one day on the Wednesday? Today...
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Britten Sinfonia News: February 2015
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Monday, 16 February 2015. Pianist, Alasdair Beatson performs Han Abrahamsen's Double Concerto for violin, piano and strings. Alongside Thomas Gould and Britten Sinfonia this March. He took some time out from his busy schedule to answer a few questions about himself;. What has been the highlight of your career so far? When are you happiest? Playing the music of Fauré! What is your greatest fear? I hate spiders and regularly hoover the ivy outside my kitchen window. What is your earliest musical memory?
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Britten Sinfonia News: December 2014
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014. Brussels Sprouts and Christmas Carols. Ahead of the looming excitement of Christmas day we asked our Musically Gifted composers what they're most looking forward to and what they really think about Brussels sprouts. All of these composers will have new works premiered by Britten Sinfonia this season, find out how you can get involved on the Musically Gifted website. Watch our Christmas video here. What’s your favourite Christmas song and why? Favourite thing about Christmas?
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Britten Sinfonia News: Sinfonia Student review - At Lunch 4
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Thursday, 12 March 2015. Sinfonia Student review - At Lunch 4. Britten Sinfonia At Lunch 4. West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 10/03/15. Harrison Varied Trio for violin, piano and percussion. Joey Roukens Lost in a surreal trip. Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2. Lunchtime concert came in its eclecticism, not its continuity. The two composers, whose works comprised the beginning and end of the recital, were active during a similar time, however their music could not be more dissimilar. The real star of this p...
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