Engaging the audience: James Newby and Joseph Middleton in a folk-inspired programme at a cool Leeds café/bar
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: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday 18 April 2024 Engaging the audience : James Newby and Joseph Middleton in a folk-inspired programme at a cool Leeds café bar Labels : concert review Leeds Leeds Lieder Leeds Lieder 2024 Joseph Middleton , James Newby Through the Noise at Hyde Park Book Club Matyas Seiber , John Jacob Niles , Thomas Traill , Joseph Suder , Percy Grainger , Vaughan Williams , Britten , Ravel : Cinq Mélodies populaires , grecques Mahler : nbsp Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen James Newby , Joseph Middleton Leeds Lieder Through the Noise at Hyde Park Book Club 17 April 2024 A new collaboration sees Leeds Lieder at a cool café bar with an engaging and beautifully sung
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday 17 April 2024 A City Full of Stories : Anna Phillips on her work with Academy of St Martin in the Fields' SoundWalk Labels : first person Guest Posting Illustrations of SoundWalk by Ruby Wright Anna Phillips is a harpist who is currently studying for a Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music . She had the opportunity to take part in the Academy of St . Martin in the Fields' SoundWalk project as part of an elective with the Open Academy Department at the Royal Academy of . Music The Connection at St . Martin’s is a day centre that supports homeless people to help rebuild their lives , through helping them on their way out of homelessness and
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 16 April 2024 Das Jahr : OAE commissions four women composers to respond to Fanny Hensel's piano cycle Labels : music news April' from the manuscript of Fanny Hensel's Das Jahr illustration by Wilhelm Hensel Though we might wish it otherwise , works by historical women composers often cleave to certain genres , often related to the fact that women were not encouraged to publish music and wrote for more domestic performance . There is also the issue of confidence in approach to larger-scale forms . This weekend 21 April 2024 for instance , the Engegård Quartet will be playing Fanny Hensel's Quartet in E flat at Conway Hall see website for details ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 16 April 2024 A Spring and Summer of new opera : Tête à Tête's plans for 2024 Labels : preview Tête à Tête is not just planning its Summer opera festival in London but is creating a whole Spring and Summer of opera . In May , the company is heading to Newcastle , joining forces with members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia for two days of workshops for opera makers , aimed at encouraging the development of new opera in the North East further information June sees the company in London working with student composers from the Royal College of Music RCM to present Revolutions an evening of six short operas by RCM composers performed by RCM students . nbsp
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 16 April 2024 The sound of an image : recent chamber music by New York City-based , Puerto Rican-born composer Gabriel Vicéns Labels : cd review : Mural chamber music by Gabriel Vicéns Stradivarius Reviewed 15 April 2024 At times fierce and concentrated , Gabriel Vicéns music can evoke Webern and Felmann , but it also brings in his own visual element New York City-based , Puerto Rican-born composer , guitarist , and visual artist Gabriel Vicéns fourth studio album Mural released on the Stradivarius label , features seven of Vicéns chamber pieces for various ensembles including piano trio , Pierrot ensemble , and woodwind quintet . nbsp Gabriel Vicéns
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 15 April 2024 From the Homeland : Islington Festival of Music and Art Labels : preview Islington Festival Photo : Marc Gascoigne Islington Festival of Music and Art is returning with fourteen events across nine venues in and around Islington from 5 to 20 July 2024. This year's festival takes as its theme , From the Homeland and events take us through the landscapes of Czech Republic , Hungary and Denmark , as well as journeys from India to Scotland and Australia to . America The festival opens with a Czech theme as Joana Ly violin Miguel Ángel Villeda Cerón cello and Martin André piano perform music by Smetana , Martinu and Dvorak , and the festival
: , , : , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 15 April 2024 Energy , discipline , control and sheer love of music-making : National Youth Orchestra and National Youth Brass Band in Gavin Higgins , Dani Howard , Prokofiev , Julius Eastman and more Labels : concert review NYO South Bank Centre National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain , Jessica Cottis Catalyst Coleridge-Taylor , Julius Eastman , Gavin Higgins , Dani Howard , Prokofiev National Youth Brass Band and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain , Tess Jackson , Jessica Cottis Royal Festival Hall Reviewed 14 April 2024 From Julius Eastman's creative provocation in the Clore Ballroom to the stupendous combined brass band and
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday 13 April 2024 No boundaries or rules : Yorkshire-based Paradox Orchestra is reinventing the orchestral concert whether it be bringing a string orchestral sound to Pink Floyd fans or disco to music festivals The Paradox Orchestra Fifty Years of Pink Floyd Leeds Minster The Paradox Orchestra is a relatively new professional ensemble based in Yorkshire . Founded in 2020 by Michael Sluman a young professional oboist , the orchestra consists mostly of graduates of Leeds Conservatoire Created to fill what Michael perceived as a gap , the orchestra provides work for young professional musicians in Yorkshire and in three years has developed into an impressive
: , , , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday 12 April 2024 Turkey's leading orchestra , the German national youth orchestra plus ensembles from Tokyo , Prague , Vienna , Buenos Aires : 2024 25 Zurich International Orchestra Series at Cadogan Hall Labels : Cadogan Hall preview Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra The 2024 25 Zurich International Orchestra Series at Cadogan Hall has recently been announced and as ever it is a chance to hear orchestras that do not always make it to London's bigger halls . The season opens on 7 October with Theodore Kuchar conducting the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine in a programme of Sibelius , Brahms and Beethoven but which begins with
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday 12 April 2024 Full of good things : Sean Shibe and the Dunedin Consort in John Dowland , a new Cassandra Miller concerto and much else besides Labels : concert review John Dowland : Lachrimae , or Seaven Tears Sean Shibe , The Dunedin Consort Milton Court Concert Hall Rowallan Manuscript Straloch Manuscript , Dowland , Purcell , Geminiani , James MacMillan arr . George Duthie , David Fennessy , Linda Catlin Smith , Cassandra Miller Sean Shibe , The Dunedin Consort , John Butt Milton Court concert hall , Barbican Reviewed 11 April 2024 Moving from the sheer magic of Dowland writing for lute and viols through to contemporary music for guitar and strings 
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday 11 April 2024 A little bit of magic : Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories sung one to a part at the original pitch by I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth Labels : cd review Victoria : Tenebrae Responsories I Fagiolini , Robert Hollingworth CORO Reviewed 9 April 2024 Just one voice to a part , just intonation and a wonderfully expressive approach to line , all combined with lovely poise to make this disc a little bit of magic Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories are completely wonderful and few choristers can be entirely ignorant of them , most ensembles attempt some of them at some time . Usually performed in modern editions for standard SATB at a pitch that
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday 11 April 2024 The choirs of two of London's historic chapels come together for the first time to celebrate the Queen instrumental in founding both Labels : preview The choirs of two of London's historic chapels are coming together for what is thought to be their first joint concert . The Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital , Chelsea will be directed by Ralph Allwood and William Vann in a concert on Tuesday 30 April 2024 in the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College . They will be joined by the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists for a concert celebrating Queen Mary II's . Birthday There will be music by
: , : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday 10 April 2024 Dramatic Britten , athletic Watkins and high-energy Mozart : Britten Sinfonia , Ben Goldscheider and Nicky Spence at Milton Court Labels : Barbican Britten Sinfonia concert review Britten : Serenade for tenor , horn strings Ben Goldscheider , Nicky Spence , Britten Sinfonia Milton Court Photo : Shoel Stadlen Judith Weir : Heroic Strokes of the Bow Britten : Serenade for tenor , horn and strings , Huw Watkins : Horn , Concerto Mozart : Symphony No . 35 Haffner' Nicky Spence , Ben Goldscheider , Britten Sinfonia , Max Baillie , Michael Papadopoulos An imaginative and appealing programme centred on Ben Goldscheider's peerless
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 9 April 2024 A lovely evocation of stillness and calm : Alastair Penman's Quietude on his Meadowbank Music label Labels : cd review Quietude Penman , Satie , Debussy , Humperdinck , Bruckner Alastair Penman Reviewed 9 April 2024 A rather lovely disc that mixes Penman's own pieces with arrangements , all evoking stillness and calm allied to lovely tone and fine musicianship Saxophonist Alastair Penman s latest release , Quietude is his second release on his Meadowbank Music label . The album features seven original compositions by Penman alongside eight new arrangements of well-known works ranging from Trois Gymnopédies by Erik Satie arranged for soprano
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 9 April 2024 Celebrating the RNLI : a community event from Manchester Camerata Orchestras Live's Classically Yours at Withernsea High School Labels : preview Withernsea sea front Withernsea Lifeboat speeds past Pier Towers Photo courtesy of Withernsea RNLI via BBC 2024 is the 200th anniversary of the RNLI so hopefully we can expect plenty of performances of Malcolm Arnold's The Padstow Lifeboat but on a more local level 2024 is the 30 year anniversary of Hornsea Inshore Rescue and the 50 year anniversary of the return of a lifeboat to Withernsea RNLI lifeboat station . To celebrate these , Manchester Camerata is visiting Withernsea High School for a
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 8 April 2024 Three different harps , a Moog Voyager , Ableton and various FX modules : composer Graham Fitkin and harpist Ruth Wall join forces for Harpland FitkinWall : Harpland Migration is not new . It’s been going on for millennia . The reasons for migration may be geological , climate based , oppressive , work related or voluntary . A new programme from harp and electronica duo FitkinWall follows threads of migration , loss and longing in their new show Harpland This performance focuses on one small aspect of migration , the eviction and subsequent migration of farmers and crofters from the Scottish highlands during the Clearances . FitkinWall ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 8 April 2024 Deadly Sins in New York and Silver Lion in Venice : Ensemble Modern Labels : preview Wallis Giunta Photo : Dario Accosta Ensemble Modern is currently on a small tour of the USA with concerts in Houston and New York including Carnegie Hall . Under conductor HK Gruber the ensemble with mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta and a-cappella ensemble amarcord , will be presenting Kurt Weill's Die Sieben Todsünden in a new version for chamber ensemble , plus music by Paul Hindemith , Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Arnold Schoenberg . A second programme in New York will focus on Cuban-American composer Tania León alongside transcriptions of Conlon Nancarrow's
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 8 April 2024 Catalyst : National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain , National Youth Brass Band Jessica Cottis in Gavin Higgin's Concerto Grosso for Brass Band Orchestra much more Labels : Liverpool preview South Bank Centre National Youth Brass Band Gavin Higgin's Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra was premiered at the BBC Proms in 2022 by The Tredegar Band , BBC National Orchestra of Wales , and Ryan Bancroft . The work was co-commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain , and the orchestra is joining forces with the National Youth Brass Band under conductor Jessica Cottis to give two performances of Higgins' work in