Meet the staff! Music from Franz Doppler in a new video from the staff of Peregine's Pianos
Updated: 2023-06-30 13:06:00
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 30 June 2023 Meet the staff Music from Franz Doppler in a new video from the staff of Peregine's Pianos Labels : spotlight Well , this is a lovely bit of fun that popped into my in-box . In the video , the proprietor and two staff-members at Peregine's Pianos put to good use one of their instruments and one of their rooms available for hire by playing a delightful trio by the flamboyant Austrian flute virtuoso and composer Franz Doppler 1821-1883 So here are Dawn Elizabeth Howells Proprietor , Piano Barbara Toth Assistant , violin Carina Udriste Assistant , flute play the Andante et Rondo . Videographer Selah Hennessy Peregrine's Pianos is the exclusive dealer
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 30 June 2023 I have rarely heard Bach's Mass in B minor performed with such consistency of style , integrity and sheer musicality : Vox Luminis at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall Autograph score of the first page of the Credo of Bach's Mass in B minor Bach : Mass in B minor Vox Luminis Wigmore Hall Reviewed 29June 2023 Bach's crowning achievement performed with a strength of purpose and superb style , what I came back to was the consistency of phrasing and the sense of line Bach's Mass in B Minor began life as a Missa consisting of just Kyrie and Gloria a work that would be acceptable in both Roman Catholic and Lutheran liturgies , and
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 29 June 2023 London Philharmonic Orchestra's 2023 24 season celebrates 60 years of being resident in Eastbourne Labels : LPO preview Congress Theatre , Eastbourne The London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO has residencies at Brighton's Dome Theatre , Saffron Hall in Essex and at Eastbourne's Congress Theatre and the 2023 24 season celebrates the orchestra's 60 years as resident orchestra in Eastbourne . The theatre is the largest on the South Coast , the present theatre was built in 1963. The first concert in Eastbourne was on 23 September 1934, just two years after the orchestra was established , and founder Sir Thomas Beecham conducted a programme of Rossini ,
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 29 June 2023 300 children celebrate the joys of music-making at Richard Shephard Music Foundation's Make Music Day 2023 Labels : music education photo essay Richard Shephard Music Foundation's Make Music Day 2023 Photo : Duncan Lomax , Ravage Productions Last week Make Music Day was on 21 June Make Music Day is the UK’s largest single-day music festival , encouraging musicians , producers , promoters and music lovers to collaborate and organise in-person and online performances in and for their communities . nbsp Richard Shephard Music Foundation's Make Music Day 2023 Photo : Duncan Lomax , Ravage Productions As part of the events , Primary School children
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 29 June 2023 Is a Rose Labels : preview On 30 June Platoon releases an EP of Caroline Shaw s orchestral song cycle Is a Rose which features text by Robert Burns , Shaw herself and British poet Jacob Polley recorded by the Philharmonia , conductor Oliver Zeffman and soloists Nicky Spence tenor Davoné Tines bass-baritone and Ella Taylor soprano Also included as a bonus track is a new arrangement of Renaissance the theme to the second season of the HBO's The White . Lotus The EP is released to accompany Classical Pride at the Barbican on 7 July 2023, conceived and curated by conductor Oliver Zeffman , presented by broadcaster Nick Grimshaw , this will be the
: : . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 28 June 2023 Music of such engaging variety and imagination : Richard Boothby's Music to hear . exploring Alfonso Ferrabosco's 1609 book of music for solo lyra viol Labels : cd review Music to hear . Alfonso Ferrabosco : Music for the Lyra Viol Richard Boothby , Asako Morikawa Signum Classics The lyra viol is a type of small bass viol that was popular in England in the 17th century and for which a specific repertoire was created . Viol player Richard Boothby has already recorded the complete lyra viol music of William Lawes and here , on a new Signum Classics disc Music to hear . Boothby turns his attention to pieces from Alonso Ferrabosco's Lessons for
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 28 June 2023 Carmen comes to Clapham as St Paul's Opera celebrates 10 years Labels : preview My local opera company , St Paul's Opera SPO has been celebrating its 10th anniversary . There was a gala concert in April and now the company is presenting staged performances of Bizet's Carmen from 29 June to 1 July 2023 at St Paul's Church , Rectory Grove , Clapham , SW4 0DZ . Eleanor Burke directs with designs by Raphaé Memon , and John Paul Jennings conducting . Eleanor Burke directed HGO's terrific production of Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen see my review Abbie Ward is Carmen we caught her in HGO's Dido Aeneas last year , see my review with Roberto Abate as
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 28 June 2023 A Midsummer Night’s Dream : Figure’s Musical Director Frederick Waxman introduces their upcoming Shakespeare Mendelssohn production at Opera Holland Park Labels : Opera Holland Park preview Frederick Waxman conducts Handel’s Serse at Opera Holland Park , June 2022 After the success of their fantastically detailed” The Guardian production of Handel’s Serse last year , acclaimed historical performance ensemble Figure return to Opera Holland Park this week , from Thursday 29 June Saturday 1 July with a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream accompanied by Mendelssohn’s enchanting incidental music . nbsp In a new , highly-physical
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 27 June 2023 Le roi de Lahore : Dorset Opera Festival give Massenet's first major success its first stage outing in the UK since 1879 Labels : preview Design by Philippe Chaperon for Act V of Massenet's Le roi de Lahore at the Paris Opera in 1877 Massenet's Le Roi de Lahore was the third of his operas to be produced in Paris . The production , at the Palais Garnier in 1877, gave him his first major success and spawned performances across Europe . Despite being performed and recorded by Joan Sutherland in 1977 the opera has never reached the modern-day popularity of some of Massenet's other operas and remains something of a rarity . Chelsea Opera Group
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 27 June 2023 A refreshing sense of lightness : Chichester Cathedral Choir the Rose Consort of Viols in sacred music by Chichester Cathedral's 17th-century organist , Thomas Weelkes Labels : cd review What joy so true : Anthems , Canticles and Consort music by Thomas Weelkes Choir of Chichester Cathedral , The Rose Consort of Viols , Charles Harrison Regent Records Recorded by the modern successors to Weelkes own choir , this disc brings a lovely freshness and naturalness to a highly imaginative survey of the composer's sacred works from large-scale anthems to intimate consort music Thomas Weelkes moved to Chichester Cathedral in 1601 or 1602 to take up the
: . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 27 June 2023 A rarity of piano pleasure Jonathan Biss and Mitsuko Uchida performing Schubert’s four-hand music in London . Labels : by Tony Cooper preview Wigmore Hall Mitsuko Uchida Jonathan Biss The outstanding American pianist Jonathan Biss is touring Europe this summer with the equally outstanding Japanese-British pianist Mitsuko Uchida stopping off in London for a couple of concerts at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 8 September and Sunday 10 September following on from appearances at San Sebastian , Salzburg , Gstaad and Dublin . They’ll be offering a special four-hands programme devoted to the works of Schubert comprising Lebensstürme : Allegro in A minor
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 26 June 2023 Through the Looking Glass with the LSO , Queen Mary University of London and composer Paul Rissmann Labels : preview The London Symphony Orchestra LSO and Queen Mary University of London have launched The Alice Sound a set of cross-curricular learning resources for young people , schools and teachers that based on Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass , with everything available through a dedicated website , The Alice Sound Inspired by Lewis Carroll's books , composer Paul Barnes wrote two musical suites which were premiered at the Barbican by the LSO in 2015 Alice in Wonderland and 2022 Through the
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 26 June 2023 Making a big noise : through the noise announces expansion of its crowd-funded noisenights Labels : preview Audience at noisenight nine Photo : Evie Redfern After two years of sold-out shows , through the noise announced that they are expanding their crowdfunded classical gigs to 22 venues across the UK . By the end of the year it is expected that over 25,000 people will have been to a noisenight after growing demand from a young fanbase This Autumn’s newly announced line-up features Fatma Said , Manchester Collective , Abel Selaocoe The Bantu Ensemble , Alexandra Whittingham , Misha Mullov-Abbado , Thibaut Garcia , Lodestar Trio , Junyan Chen ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 26 June 2023 An engaging ultimately touching evening : Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the Grange Festival Labels : Grange Festival opera review The Sixteen Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice Caroline Blair , Heather Lowe The Grange Festival Photo : Craig Fuller Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice Vienna version Purcell : Dido and Aeneas Heather Lowe , Alexandra Oomens , Caroline Blair , James Newby , Helen Charlston , director : Daniel Slater , The Sixteen , conductor : Harry Christophers The Grange Festival 22 June 2023 Having collaborated with director Daniel Slater on The Grange Festival s production of Handel's Belshazzar in 2019 see my review
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Sunday , 25 June 2023 Visually seductive and strikingly arresting : The Queen of Spades at The Grange Festival is a real study in obsession Labels : Grange Festival opera review Tchaikovsky : nbsp The Queen of Spades Josephine Barstow , Eduard Martynyuk The Grange Festival Photo : Craig Fuller Tchaikovsky : The Queen of Spades Anush Hovhannisyan , Eduard Martynyuk , Andrei Kymach , Ilya Kutyukhin , Josephine Barstow , director : Paul Curran , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , conductor : Paul Daniel The Grange Festival Reviewed Friday 23 June 2023 A study in obsessions , a series of strong performances bring director Paul Curran's intriguing vision to life , in Gary
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 24 June 2023 Adding the countertenor voice to the conversation : Iestyn Morris on recording a disc of romantic Russian song Labels : interview Nigel Foster and Iestyn Morris at Menuhin Hall When the modern countertenor voice developed in the post-war period performers had two main areas of repertoire , early music and contemporary . Since then , countertenor repertoire has widened somewhat but it is still unusual to hear the countertenor voice in full-blown romantic . repertoire For his debut recital disc , countertenor Iestyn Morris has pushed things further with Romances on the Quartz label with pianist Nigel Foster creating a recital of romantic Russian
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 22 June 2023 Birmingham bound : concerts in Symphony Hall and Town Hall as part of B:Music and Ex Cathedra's new seasons Labels : Birmingham Birmingham Town Hall B:Music , the Birmingham-based music charity , has announced its 2023 24 season at Symphony Hall and Town Hall , whilst the choir Ex Cathedra , artistic director Jeffrey Skidmore , has also announced its 2023 24 season which includes concerts at Symphony Hall and Town Hall as part of Ex Cathedra’s long-established residency , plus in venues across the Midlands and . London B:Music's season kicks off on 6 October with Thomas Trotter celebrating 40 years as Birmingham City Organist , and the season
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 22 June 2023 One of the towering masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire : violinist Simon Blendis introduces Enescu's Octet Labels : GSMD Guest Posting preview Simon Blendis As the Guildhall School prepares for its Chamber Music Festival Simon Blendis , professor of violin at the Guildhall School , introduces George Enescu's Octet which features in the . festival Each year Guildhall School of Music Drama hosts a wonderful Chamber Music Festival in which groups are formed from a mixture of postgraduate students and teaching professors , giving students the opportunity to work alongside experienced chamber musicians and showcasing some of the great
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 21 June 2023 Leamington Music brings the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's production of Jonathan Dove's The Enchanted Pig to Warwick Labels : preview Jonathan Dove : The Enchanted Pig Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Photo Greg Milner Jonathan Dove's operas are popular with conservatoires , so it is no surprise to find that earlier this month , the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire presented a new production of Dove's The Enchanted Pig . nbsp Described as a magical family show for children aged 8 to 80 Dove's musical tale , with words by Alasdair Middleton based on Romanian and Norwegian folk tales has delighted audiences since its premiere in 2006 and I well
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 20 June 2023 A Phoenix Rising : Wigmore Hall's Pride event with the Fourth Choir and a new disc of songs by LGBT composers Labels : cd news preview Wigmore Hall Pride news . Unusually there is a flurry of classical music activity around Pride this year . Unusual , because habitually LGBT classical musicians have tended to keep a lower profile . Tenor Brian Smith Walters has a debut recital disc out which features works by LGBT composers , many in the classical canon but others less well known . A single from the disc , by Angela Morley , is out on Friday 23 June , on which date , you can also go to see Nicholas Chalmers conducting the Fourth Choir at Wigmore
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 20 June 2023 Summer Love : Isabelle Aboulker , Max Reger and Granville Bantock at London Song Festival Labels : preview The title-page of the first edition of Oscar Wilde's The Sphinx with decorations by Charles Ricketts Nigel Foster's London Song Festival is having a Summer season , three concerts under the umbrella title of Summer Love celebrating songs by Isabelle Aboulker , Max Reger and Granville Bantock at Hinde Street Methodist . Church Isabelle Aboulker is considered to be France’s greatest living art-song composer . Born in Paris in 1938, her father was Algerian-born film director and writer Marcel Aboulker and her maternal grandfather was the
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 20 June 2023 Support emerging young artists , whose commitment is unparalleled , literally realise their dream in front of your eyes : Longhope Opera stages Rossini's La Cenerentola Labels : preview Longhope Summer Opera Photo Tom Lovatt On 1 and 2 July 2023, Longhope Opera will be presenting Rossini's La cenerentola on the Longhope Estate in Newton Valence on the South Downs . Matt O'Keeffe , founder of Longhope Opera , conducts the Scherzo Ensemble and Rosie Kat directs , with a cast of young and emerging artists including Alexandra Meier in the title role , with Jorge Carlo Mariani , Jake Muffett , James Quilligan , Meilir Jones , Daniella Sicari ,