2022 in Concert reviews: Ethel Smyth, Vaughan Williams, Gavin Higgins, Julian Phillips, Robert Max
Updated: 2022-12-31 09:47:00
: : , , , , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 31 December 2022 2022 in Concert reviews : Ethel Smyth , Vaughan Williams , Gavin Higgins , Julian Phillips , Robert Max Labels : concert review Ethel Smyth : Mass Nardus Williams , Robert Murray , Sakari Oramo , Bethan Langford , Božidar Smiljanić , BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC Proms Photo BBC 2022 was a very varied year for concerts , as well as the usual Baroque music , chamber music and song , there were other themes running through the year . For a start , RVW's 150th birthday brought a nice selection of concerts and the BBC Proms proved something of a bumper . year Baroque music began with Patrick Allies and Siglo de Oro transporting us to 17th
: : , , , , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 30 December 2022 2022 in Opera and Music Theatre reviews : Alessandro nell'Indie , The Wreckers , Armida , Rusalka , South Pacific and the Ring completed Labels : opera review Ethel Smyth : The Wreckers James Rutherford , Philip Horst , Karis Tucker Glyndebourne Photo Richard Hubert Smith 2022 was a strong year for opera productions , and many of the ones that stayed in the mind were unusual operas , rarely performed works being newly investigated . Prime amongst these must be Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers receiving its first professional stage production since the 1950s , at Glyndebourne in a new edition that restored its original form , and it was heard at
Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 24 December 2022 Southwell Minster Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year It has been a busy year , bringing you over 650 stories , reviews and previews . We trust that you will all have a pleasant and restful . break Posted by Planet Hugill at Saturday , December 24, 2022 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Popular Posts this month Sleep , Jesus , Sleep : Roxanna Panufnik's new version of the Ukrainian carol features an Afghan tabla player in support of Refugees Composer Roxanna Panufnik and Signum Classics have released
: : : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 23 December 2022 Music for a video game must serve the players' actions : Olivier Deriviere talks about writing music for A Plague Tale : Requiem Labels : interview Olivier Deriviere Photo Alexandre Jeanson Olivier Deriviere is a French video game composer , best known for his work on Alone in the Dark Obscure Remember Me and Streets of Rage 4 His work on Get Even was nominated for a BAFTA in 2018 for Best Score . Most recently Olivier has written the score for A Plague Tale : Requiem the sequel to A Plague Tale : Innocence 2019 also with music by Olivier and it follows siblings Amicia and Hugo de Rune who must look for a cure for Hugo's blood disease in Southern
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: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Thursday , 22 December 2022 O splendor gloriae : The Tallis Scholars at St John's Smith Square Christmas Festival Labels : concert review William Byrd : Mass for five voices Kyrie Superius part O splendor gloriae Byrd , Gombert , Fayrfax , Taverner , Gesualdo The Tallis Scholars , Peter Phillips St John's Smith Square Christmas Festival Reviewed 21 December 2022 Almost into its 50th-anniversary celebrations , the ensemble gave us a gloriously mixed bag of polyphony , from early to late Tudor , plus Italy and beyond , a rich and vibrant diet A capacity house at St John's Smith Square s Christmas Festival on Wednesday 21 December 2022 heard Peter Phillips and the Tallis
: : , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 21 December 2022 A daring and refreshing project : 12 composers , 12 different approaches Carols after a Plague from The Crossing Labels : cd review Carols after a Plague : nbsp Shara Nova , Tyshawn Shawney , Edith Canat de Chizy , Joseph C Philips , Jr . LJ White , Samantha Fernando , Leila Adu-Gilmore , Nina Shekhar , Vanessa Lann , Mary Jane Leech , Alex Berko , Viet Cuong , Donald Nally The Crossing , Donald Nally New Focus Recordings Reviewed 21 December 2022 A daring and refreshing project : Twelve new contemporary carols , twelve different views of what a contemporary carol might be and to what plague they were referring In 2021, the American choir ,
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 21 December 2022 35 world premieres and an Irish giant : Aldeburgh Festival 2023 Labels : Aldeburgh preview Alison Wilding's Migrant 2003 at Snape The 2023 Aldeburgh Festival will run from 9 to 25 June 2023, and features 35 world premieres of which 21 are Britten Pears Arts commissions and 9 European , UK and English premieres . The festival opens with the premiere of Sarah Angliss' new opera Giant which tells the story of the 18th-century Irish giant” Charles Byrne , explores the true tale of surgeon John Hunter and his obsession with Charles Byrne a man he betrayed in one of the most disturbing acts in the era of the grave robbers . Angliss' score uses just,%20Kseniia%20Nikolaieva%20(Third%20Lady),%20Gabriel%C4%97%20Kup%C5%A1yt%C4%97%20(Second%20Lady),%20Gyula%20Orendt%20(Papageno),%20Filipe%20Manu%20(Tamino),%20The%20Magic%20Flute%20%C2%A9%20ROH%202022.jpg)
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Tuesday , 20 December 2022 In fine fettle : conductor Maxim Emelyanychev brings an interesting element of period style to the latest Magic Flute revival at Covent Garden Labels : Covent Garden opera review Mozart : The Magic Flute Alexandra Lowe , Kseniia Nikolaieva , Gabrielė Kupšytė Gyula Orendt , Filipe Manu Royal Opera Photo : Camilla Greenwell ROH 2022 Mozart : The Magic Flute Anna Prohaska , Filipe Manu , Gyula Orendt , Brindley Sherratt , Aigul Khismatullina , director : David McVicar Angelo Smimmo , conductor : Maxim Emelyanychev Royal Opera House , Covent Garden A strong cast for the latest revival of this long-running production with Maxim Emelyanychev bringing an
: , , : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Monday , 19 December 2022 Seven world premieres , 19 concerts at its home base , 14 guest conductors : Southbank Sinfonia's 20th birthday celebrations continue Labels : preview SJSS Southbank Sinfonia at St John's Smith Square Southbank Sinfonia continues its 20th anniversary year with a Spring Summer 2023 season that includes 19 concerts in its St John's Smith Square home , working with 14 guest conductors and including seven world premieres . Things kick off on 19 January 2023 when Owain Park conducts a programme that includes Philip Glass Symphony No . 3 plus music by Diana Burrell John Woolrich and Javier Alvarez . Also in January , Mark Forkgen conducts an
: , , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Monday , 19 December 2022 Natalya Romaniw , Freddie De Tommaso , Erwin Schrott in Puccini's Tosca at Covent Garden Labels : Covent Garden opera review Puccini : Tosca Natalya Romaniw Royal Opera Photo Clive Barda Puccini : Tosca Natalya Romaniw , Freddie De Tommaso , Erwin Schrott , director : Jonathan Kent Simon Iorio , conductor : Daniel Oren Royal Opera Reviewed 18 December 2022 A terrific trio of principals make sparks fly and give us some terrific singing in this latest revival , featuring Natalya Romaniw's house debut as Tosca The Royal Opera has only had three productions of Puccini's Tosca since the company was founded in 1946. The first , directed by Christopher
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Sunday , 18 December 2022 A lovely way to begin the Christmas season : Handel's Messiah from Laurence Cummings Academy of Ancient Music at Barbican Centre Labels : AAM Barbican concert review The chapel of the Foundling Hospital where Handel performed Messiah annually Handel : Messiah Amanda Forsythe , Jess Dandy , Thomas Walker , Ashley Riches , Academy of Ancient Music , Laurence Cummings Barbican Hall Reviewed 16 December 2022, A richly rewarding account of Messiah were words and character were to the fore , yet there were plenty of dazzling rhythms and fabulous passagework Handel's Messiah is one of those works which has developed its own performance traditions , almost.jpg)
: : , , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 17 December 2022 Making ancient music sound modern : Franck-Emmanuel Comte on Le Concert de l'Hostel de Dieu's mixing old new music , collaborating with beatboxers , hip-hop and more Labels : interview Rehearsing the 50 50 programme : Le Concert de l'Hostel de Dieu with Martyn Harry Photo Florent de Gaudemar Franck-Emmanuel Comte and his period instrument ensemble Le Concert de l'Hostel de Dieu released a new disc on the Aparté label in September , nbsp 50 50 a project where the ensemble performs a mix of music by Lully and by Purcell alongside works inspired by Purcell by the contemporary French composer David Chalmin and music inspired by Lully by the
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 16 December 2022 20 Christmas pieces by 19 women composers from the 20th and 21st centuries : Somerville College Choir's The Dawn of Grace Labels : cd review The Dawn of Grace : music for Christmas : nbsp Somerville College Choir , Oxford , Will Dawes , Luca Morgante RESONUS Reviewed 15 December 2022 An imaginative Christmas programme that features 20 pieces by 19 women contemporary composers woven into a satisfying recital by the young voices from Somerville College Somerville College , Oxford was founded in 1879 in order to give women and non-conformists the ability to come to Oxford to study , and the college choir sings in the only non-denominational college
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Thursday , 15 December 2022 To enter White's world is to enter a parallel universe : Alastair White's opera Rune recorded live on Metier Labels : cd review Alastair White : Rune Patricia Auchterlonie , Simone Ibbett-Browne , Ben Smith , Joseph Havlat , Siwan Rhys Metier Reviewed 14 December 2022 On dazzling form , Alastair White's new opera , recorded live , creates seductive , virtuoso textures from just two singers and three pianos Alastair White s Fashion|Opera Rune debuted at the Round Chapel in Hackney as part of Tête-à-Tête : The Opera Festival and a live recording has appeared on Métier with soprano Patricia Auchterlonie and mezzo-soprano Simone Ibbett-Browne and an
: Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 14 December 2022 Live Music Now Scotland announces a new creative learning initiative Labels : music education Scotland Emma Martin with children from Invergarven School in Girvan Live Music Now Scotland LMNS has announced a striking new creative learning initiative whereby LMNS musicians Emma Martin singer songwriter Sophie Rocks harp Sally Simpson fiddle and Neil Sutcliffe accordion have been placed in five additional support needs schools and units in South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire , to work collaboratively with teachers and senior leadership teams to identify ways to teach the curriculum creatively through the medium of . music The project is a combination
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 14 December 2022 Manic energy and musical vision : Alex Paxton's ilolli-pop on nonclassical Labels : cd review Alex Paxton ilolli-pop Sometimes Voices Corncrack Dreams , Mouth Music Alex Paxton , Dreammusics Ensemble nonclassical Reviewed 12 December 2022 Welcome to the wonderfully imaginative , manically energetic world of Alex Paxton , music that never seems to sit still , taking us on journeys across myriad brilliant textures and timbres Composer and improvising trombonist Alex Paxton s new disc on nonclassical ilolli-pop features a selection of Paxton's recent works all performed by Dreammusics Ensemble and Alex Paxton improvised trombone solo , keyboards
: : , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Tuesday , 13 December 2022 How Cold the Wind doth Blow : songs by RVW , friends and pupils at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall Jack Liebeck , William Vann , Mary Bevan , Nicky Spence at Wigmore Hall Photo courtesy of William Vann How Cold the Wind doth : Blow Vaughan Williams , Holst , Thomas Dunhill , Ireland , nbsp Rebecca Clarke , Grace Williams , Elizabeth Maconchy , Ina Boyle Mary Bevan , Nicky Spence , Jack Liebeck , William Vann Wigmore Hall Reviewed 11 December 2022 A lovely way to round off the RVW celebrations with a selection of his finest folk-song arrangements alongside songs by his friends and pupils On Sunday afternoon 11 December 2022
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Monday , 12 December 2022 A tricky relationship : the friendship of Benjamin Britten and W H Auden examined in London Song Festival's final event of the season Labels : concert review W H Auden and Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten and W H Auden Charlotte Bowden , Harry Grigg , Nigel Foster London Song Festival at Hinde Street Methodist Church Reviewed 9 December 2022 Britten's W H Auden settings placed in a biographical context make for a revelatory evening exploring the important yet tricksy relationship between poet and composer Benjamin Britten would have a close relationship with the poet WH Auden for around seven years , from 1935 to 1942 and their collaborations
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 10 December 2022 Persephone : young film composer Veronika Hanl's lockdown project began as the stripped-back telling of a classic tale from Greek mythology Labels : interview Veronika Hanl Veronika Hanl is a London-based Austrian-born composer and producer who has been working in film and television along with producing and amongst her recent projects is working with Isobel Waller-Bridge for the Apple TV series Roar starring Nicole Kidman and Alison Brie . nbsp Veronika has been based in the UK for the past five years . She describes it as getting crazy expensive , but she fell in love with the city . It is the city to be . In Spring 2022, Veronika released one
: , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 9 December 2022 I am he who kisses his comrade lightly on the lips at parting , and I am one who is kissed in return' creating my cantata Out of the Shadows Labels : preview During Lockdown in 2020, I had a tendency to reread old books and revisit old musical projects . One project resulted in the creation of my cantata Et expecto resurrectionem as I returned to an early , incomplete musical project see my article In search of eternal life' One of the books I was re-reading , a history of gay life during the 19th century set me thinking . When reading books , if texts draw me in and elicit musical ideas , then I tend to scribble in the book . In this case , I
: The Collaborative Piano Blog The piano in ensemble . The piano in real . life Pages Home About This Blog About Chris Foley Register for Lessons Contact Me Friday , November 11, 2022 The Bard College Conservatory's Collaborative Piano Fellowship Will Be Accepting Three Pianists in 2023 Erika Switzer , Director of the Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship Katie Rossiter sends along the following information regarding Bard Conservatory's collaborative piano : fellowship The Bard College Conservatory is seeking applicants for three fellowship positions in the Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship a two-year fellowship program designed to give professional experience to pianists who have a strong interest in becoming collaborative artists , with the ultimate aim of easing the