Baltic Tides: piano music by two important Baltic pianist composers, Lūcija Garūta & Ester Mägi makes for a marvellous, compelling disc
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: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 31 July 2025 Baltic Tides : piano music by two important Baltic pianist composers , Lūcija Garūta Ester Mägi makes for a marvellous , compelling disc Labels : cd review Baltic Tides piano music by Lūcija Garūta and Ester Mägi Eva Maria Doroszkowska First Hand Records Reviewed 30 July 2025 A marvellous disc , exploring music by two important 20th century Baltic pianist composers and featuring some wonderful gems in compelling performances When we look back with the eye of history , music in a particular era or place can sometimes seem dominated by one particular person and it is only by drilling down that we find that reality was a lot more
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 30 July 2025 TV and film producer , Jan Younghusband appointed chair of British Youth Opera Labels : BYO music news Jan Younghusband Photo : BYO At a time of challenge in arts funding , British Youth Opera BYO has bravely soldiered on , providing support , training and opportunity for young singers fresh out of college . BYO's recent Summer opera productions have shown the company challenging and innovating with Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress at the Three Choirs Festival in 2023 see my review Britten's Rape of Lucretia at the Brunel Museum in 2024 and Britten's Peter Grimes in collaboration with Cambridge Philharmonic at Saffron Hall and
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 30 July 2025 Frederick and his sister : music for Postsdam and Bayreuth created for Frederick the Great and Wilhelmine of Bayreuth Labels : cd review Recorder concertos from Sanssouci Quantz , CPE Bach , Benda , Graun , Isaac Makhdoomi , Ensemble Piccante Prospero In Wilhelmine's footsteps : the music of Bayreuth Wilhelmine , Johann Pfeiffer , Bernhard Joachim Hagen , Locatelli Camerata Øresund Channel Classics Reviewed 29 July 2025 Civilised , elegant and sometimes cutting edge , a chance to dip into the music worlds of the royal siblings whose lives did not always provide musical . opportunities Both of King Frederick William I of Prussia's eldest
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 30 July 2025 The Thing , The Joystick and The Reins in Peckham : Ennio Morricone's score to be performed in full for new solo work by Eve Stainton at Bold Tendencies Labels : preview The Joystick and The Reins Collage image Eve Stainton John Carpenter's 1982 horror film , The Thing which starred Kurt Russell featured a score by Ennio Morricone because Carpenter wanted the film to have a European musical approach . In fact , Carpenter was also a composer and was involved in the final . score Now the complete score for the film is to receive what is thought to be its first performance in full when Jack Sheen conducts Sinfonia Smith Square at Bold
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 29 July 2025 Thomas Jung , the first recipient of the Constant Lambert Fellowship to be new principal guest conductor of Birmingham Royal Ballet Labels : ballet music news Thomas Jung Photo : The Finest Light The Constant Lambert Fellowship , a partnership between Birmingham Royal Ballet BRB and the Royal Ballet and Opera , was created in 2018 to support the development of young conductors in the dance world . Now , BRB has announced that Thomas Jung , the first recipient of the fellowship , is to be BRB's new principal guest . conductor Thomas Jung , who will be with BRB for three seasons , will conduct the Royal Ballet Sinfonia at certain
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 28 July 2025 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain in Bromsgrove and Birmingham Labels : music education preview National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s Senior Choir performing in Bromsgrove in 2024 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s NCCGB Senior Choir will perform a free lunchtime concert in St John’s Church , Bromsgrove on Wednesday 6 August 2025. The concert is at 2.30pm and audience members can simply turn up . Dan Ludford-Thomas , NCCGB’s Musical Director , conducts a programme designed to showcase the versatility of the choir . nbsp The programme includes music from Josquin and Schutz , to Mozart and Debussy , plus
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 28 July 2025 Gavin Higgins to be inaugural Associate Composer at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester in 2026 Labels : music news Three Choirs Gavin Higgins Photo : Yusef Bastaway The Three Choirs Festival has announced Gavin Higgins as its inaugural Associate Composer , marking the launch of a major composer development programme . Higgins will launch his three-year residency with a commission for a new setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis to be premiered at the 2026 Festival in Gloucester , the city of his birth . The work will be premiered by the combined three cathedral choirs of Gloucester , Hereford and Worcester at Choral Evensong on
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 28 July 2025 Passion project that deserves to be enjoyed : Alastair Penman's The Last Tree Labels : cd review Alastair Penman : The Last Tree Alastair Penman Meadowbank Music Reviewed 23 July 2025 Impressively multi-tracked , Alastair Penman's new album is a passion project about climate change , yet also a remarkably engaging suite of Michael Nyman-esque music that deserves to be enjoyed Saxophonist Alastair Penman s latest disc , The Last Tree is his fifth studio album and the third on his Meadowbank Music label . The disc features his suite for saxophone orchestra , The Last Tree The Last Tree is Penman’s second project inspired by Climate Change ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 26 July 2025 To honour the women by giving voice to their experience : pianist Deirdre Brenner introduces The Magdalene Songs which she brings to the Oxford International Song Festival Labels : interview Oxford Lieder Festival Deirdre Brenner Photo : Andrej Grilc From 1922 to 1996 more than 10,000 women and girls were incarcerated in Ireland's Magdalene Laundries . Operated by four religious orders , these for-profit punitive institutions detained individuals against their will , committing serious systematic violations against human rights . nbsp The Magdalene Songs is an ongoing project initiated by pianist Deirdre Brenner that seeks to honour the%20Ali%20Wright.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 25 July 2025 Satisfying all round : Opera Holland Park's revival of its 2018 production of Verdi's La traviata showcases a trio of fine principals in a vividly realised production Labels : Opera Holland Park opera review Verdi : La Traviata Alison Langer , Ellie Edmonds Opera Holland Park 2025 Photo : Ali Wright Verdi : La Traviata Alison Langer , Matteo Desole , Michel de Souza , director : Rodula Gaitanou , conductor : Matthew Kofi Waldren , City of London Sinfonia Opera Holland Park Reviewed 23 July 2025 Holland Park's revival of its 2018 production was no seasoned routine , but a vibrantly living and musical performance that was profoundly
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 23 July 2025 Will definitely stay in the memory : Gweneth Ann Rand Simon Lepper in Judith Weir's woman.life.song at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall Gweneth Ann Rand Florence Price : Some o'These Days , Bewilderment Laura Bowler : Glue , Gravity , call it what you like . Roxanna Panufnik : If I Don't Know Judith Weir : woman.life.song Gweneth Ann Rand , Simon Lepper 22 July 2025 Judith Weir's 2000 song cycle for Jessye Norman gets a compelling and direct performance as part of Gweneth Ann Rand's typically fearless programme reflecting of women's music and women's lives from the comic to the tragic Judith Weir's woman.life.song is an
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 22 July 2025 Polish Baroque : Wrocław Baroque Ensemble present selections from Mikołaj Zieleński’s magnum opus Labels : poland preview Gniezno Cathedral and Lake Jelonek , Poland , where Mikołaj Zieleński worked Photo by Diego Delso , CC BY-SA 4.0 WikiMedia Little is known of Mikołaj Zieleński beyond the fact that he published a major collection of works in 1611. On 14 August 2025, Wrocław Baroque Ensemble under the direction of its founder Andrzej Kosendiak , will be giving us a chance to hear selections from Mikołaj Zieleński’s magnum opus Offertoria et communiones totius anni alongside Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589 at St Martin in the . Fields Wrocław%20Alastair%20Miles%20(Claudius)%20Gregory%20Feldmann%20(Hamlet)%20credit%20Genevieve%20Girling.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 22 July 2025 Style substance : Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet in Buxton is a rewarding musical dramatic feast with the festival confidently stepping on the shoulders of its previous production Labels : Buxton Festival opera review Thomas : Hamlet Gregory Feldmann Buxton International Festival Photo : Genevieve Girling Ambroise Thomas : Hamlet Gregory Feldmann , Yewon Han , Alastair Mile , Allison Cook , director Jack Furness , Orchestra of Opera North , conductor : Adrian Kelly Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House Reviewed 20 July 2025 Buxton's return to Hamlet does the work proud with a stylishly minimal production from Jack Furness allowing%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling.jpg%20(3).jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 21 July 2025 The ennui of modern life : Bernstein Poulenc's one-act operas from the 1950s in an intriguing double bill at Buxton International Festival Labels : Buxton Festival opera review Bernstein : Trouble in Tahiti Charles Rice , Allison Cooke Buxton International Festival Photo : Genevieve Girling Leonard Bernstein : Trouble in Tahiti Francis Poulenc : La voix humaine Hanna Hipp , Charles Rice , Allison Cooke , Chloé Hare-Jones , Harun Tekin , Ross Cumming , director : Daisy Evans , conductor : Iwan Davies Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House Reviewed 19 July 2025 Two operas from the 1950s in a clever double bill that does not
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 19 July 2025 A family affair : beginning as a memorial to his father , Andrew Arceci's Winchendon Music Festival has grown into a community enterprise Labels : interview The Murdock-Whitney House , Winchendon History Cultural Centre Andrew Arceci is an American viola da gamba , violone , and bass player who studied at the Peabody Conservatory The Juilliard School and at Oxford . His UK performances have included the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Oxford Baroque , and Brighton Early Music Festival Andrew is also the artistic director and founder of the Winchendon Music . Festival Andrew Arceci Photo : Jeffrey Hornstein Winchendon is a small
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 17 July 2025 Cheltenham Music Festival celebrates its 80th birthday doubles its audience year-on-year Labels : Cheltenham music news Mozart's Requiem : David Crown conducts Cheltenham Bach Choir and the Musical Amicable Society at Cheltenham Town Hall This year the Cheltenham Music Festival celebrated its 80th birthday see my review of the closing concert The birthday year included two new commissions , four world premieres , large-scale orchestral performances and intimate chamber recitals . Cheltenham’s 80th anniversary proved an opportunity to celebrate the Festival’s heritage and also look to a promising . future The festival’s 80th season saw a
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 16 July 2025 Blossoming : santoor virtuoso Eeshar Singh in collaboration with Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Glasshouse , Gateshead Labels : North East preview Eeshar Singh Royal Northern Sinfonia As part of GemArts Masala Festival at The Glasshouse in Gateshead on 18 July 2025, santoor virtuoso Eeshar Singh is collaborating with Royal Northern Sinfonia on Blossoming a live performance that Indian classical instrumentation with Western orchestration and neoclassical . textures Musicians from Royal Northern Sinfonia will join Eeshar Singh santoor Jeevan Singh percussion and multi-instrumentalist Sirrjan Singh for an evening that promises to be an.jpg)
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 16 July 2025 As Genesis Sixteen enters its 15th year , 22 young singers and one conductor are welcomed as the latest cohort Labels : music news The Sixteen Genesis Sixteen Now entering its 15th year , Genesis Sixteen is set to welcome a new cohort for 2025 26 with 22 singers and one conductor joining The Sixteen’s free young artists’ programme for 18-23-year-olds which aims to nurture the next generation of talented ensemble singers . Supported by by the Genesis Foundation , Genesis Sixteen is the UK’s first ever fully funded programme of its kind . nbsp The latest Genesis Sixteen cohort welcomes singers from across the UK and Northern Ireland , and