A virtuosic cascade of ecstatic and endless deep listening: The Hermes Experiment with Shiva Feshareki
Updated: 2023-01-28 09:42:00
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 28 January 2023 A virtuosic cascade of ecstatic and endless deep listening : The Hermes Experiment with Shiva Feshareki Labels : concert review guest review Shiva Fesharecki Milton Court Concert Hall Photo Emma Werner Oliver Leith , nbsp Stevie Wishart , nbsp Mira Calix , nbsp Jethro Cooke The Hermes Experiment , nbsp Shiva Feshareki The Hermes Experiment , Shiva Fesharecki Milton Court Concert Hall , Barbican Reviewed by Florence Anna Maunders , 26 January 2023 The Hermes Experiment join forces with Shiva Fesharecki taking us on a journey that combines the ensemble's distinctive sound with Fesharecki's to explore sonic boundaries At the Barbican s Milton Court
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 28 January 2023 Part of her musical journey : violinist Esther Yoo chats about recording the Barber and Bruch concertos Labels : interview Esther Yoo and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in recording sessions for their new disc Photo : Frances Marshall The violinist Esther Yoo has a new disc out , a pairing of Bruch's Violin Concerto No . 1 and Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra RPO conductor Vasily Petrenko and issued on the Deutsche Grammophon label . Both concertos have personal significance for Esther , whilst her relationship with the RPO goes back to 2018 when she was the orchestra's first artist in . residence
: , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 28 January 2023 Over 3000 performers , Photos of August Manns and the chorus and orchestra at the 1897 Handel Festival at Crystal Palace Labels : music news spotlight August Manns at the Handel Festival at Crystal Palace in 1897 In 1856, the idea arose of commemorating the centenary of the death of Handel with a series of concerts at Crystal Palace , such was the success of the idea that a preliminary festival was held at Crystal Palace in 1857. This led to the Triennial Handel Festival which continued until 1926. From 1855 to 1901, the director of music at Crystal Palace was the conductor August Manns 1825-1907 Included in the article are a selection of.jpg)
: : , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 27 January 2023 Calling all young musicians : Scottish Young Musicians launches Ensemble of the Year , 2023 Labels : music education music news Scotland Scottish Young Musicians is seeking to find the best young music group in Scotland , with entries open to all school-aged pupils in the country . nbsp The 2023 Ensemble of the Year competition is inviting entries from ensembles playing any grouping of instruments . The competition is on-line , nbsp open to ensembles of 3 to 12 players who play together regularly in a formal group from a school or recognised music organisation . There is no minimum age or standard , but members must be school students in .
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 27 January 2023 Mangling Médée : why are stylistically appropriate performances of Cherubini's opera so rare Labels : feature Cherubini : Medea Sondra Radvanovsky Metropolitan Opera Photo Metropolitan Opera Mangling Médée In the wake BBC Radio 3's broadcast of Cherubini's Medea from New York's Metropolitan Opera , we look at why stylistically appropriate performances of Cherubini's 1797 opera remain such a rarity Last October 2022 the Metropolitan Opera in New York presented its first-ever production of Cherubini's Medea recently heard on BBC Radio 3 The work was famously associated with Maria Callas , and the Met history of the opera is linked to Rudolph Bing's
: : : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Thursday , 26 January 2023 How we come together to understand the legacy of enslavement : Insurrection : A work in progress at the Royal Opera House Labels : preview Rehearsals for Insurrection Photo Sama Kai The Barbados Rebellion of April 1816 was the largest slave revolt in Barbadian history . It only lasted a few weeks , as the enslaved men and women , who worked on the island’s many estates and plantations , were defeated by the Colonial Militia . What we know about the rebellion largely comes from the victors , the colonialists , the enslaved were rarely , if ever , able to tell their stories . But what we have is their music , the songs they . sang A new project at
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Thursday , 26 January 2023 Faces in the Mist : the first disc devoted to Richard Peat's striking and evocative music Labels : cd review Faces in the mist : Choral music of Richard Peat The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College , Cambridge , The Girl Choristers of Ely Cathedral , Sarah MacDonald conductor Adam McDonagh piano Michael Sedgwick trumpet Aaron Shilson organ Anne Denholm harp Regent Records Reviewed 26 January 2023 The first disc devoted to the lovely choral music of Richard Peat , always imaginative and full of evocative moments Faces in the Mist from Regent Records is the first disc devoted to the choral music of Richard Peat a varied collection of both sacred and
: Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 25 January 2023 Out of the Shadows in the Brixton Bugle Labels : Brixton preview The February issue of The Brixton Bugle my local newspaper has a lovely little article about Out of the Shadows our forthcoming concert for LGBT+ History Month at Hinde Street Methodist Church on 3 February 2023. The digital version of the article isn't on-line yet , but if you click on the image then you should get one big enough to . read The Brixton Bugle is a free community newspaper that is printed monthly with 10,000 copies distributed around Brixton . Both the Brixton Bugle and the Brixton Blog are published by a Community Interest Company which is run for the benefit of the
: , : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 25 January 2023 Lyricism , melancholy sadness : pianist Ruth McGinley composer Neil Martin collaborate on Aura Labels : cd review Aura : traditional Irish melodies arranged by Neil Martin Ruth McGinley Reviewed 25 January 2023 Unashamedly Romantic , this new disc takes ten traditional Irish tunes and takes them into new and hauntingly evocative territories For her latest album , Derry-born pianist Ruth McGinley has returned somewhat to her roots and produced a disc of Irish airs re-imagined , in collaboration with Belfast composer Neil Martin Aura available via Bandcamp is the least folksy of discs , though the ten tracks all have their origins in traditional,%20Franco%20Fagioli%20(Poro),%20Maayan%20Licht%20(Alessandro)%20in%20Vincis%20Alessandro_%20Akt%201_(c)_Falk%20von%20Traubenberg.JPG)
: , : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Tuesday , 24 January 2023 Flavio , Orfeo and more : Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival announces its 2023 programme Labels : Germany preview Leonardo Vinci : Alessandro nell'Indie Jake Arditti , Franco Fagioli Mayan Licht at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival in 2022 Photo Falk von Traubenberg Last September we finally made it to Bayreuth for Max Emanuel Cencic's Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival which takes place in the 18th century splendour of the Margravial Opera House . Last year , the focus of the festival was the first modern revival of Leonardo Vinci's Alessandro nell'Indie in a spectacular production that recreated the premiere's use of male singers for both male and
: : , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Tuesday , 24 January 2023 Style and elegance : with Bach-Abel Society , Les Ombres take us back to the elegant evenings of the Bach-Abel concerts in London Labels : cd review Bach-Abel Society Bach , Abel , Schröter , Haydn Les Ombres Mirare Reviewed 17 January 2023 A delightful and imaginative disc which takes us into the salons of London at the height of the popularity of the Bach-Abel concerts with music full of style and elegance Carl Friedrich Abel arrived in London in 1759 aged 36 and Johann Christian Bach would arrive in 1762 aged 27 The two knew each other , their fathers were friends and colleagues Bach senior had worked with Abel senior at the court in Köthen By
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Sunday , 22 January 2023 Aural Adventures : Colin Currie Quartet and Liam Byrne at Kings Place Labels : concert review Kings Place Liam Byrne at Kings Place Photo : Viktor Erik Emanuel Dark Full : Ride John Luther Adams , Rolf Wallin , David Lang , Steve Reich , Connor Shafran , Julia Wolfe Colin Currie Quartet Kings Place Reconstructing Resonance : Picforth , Alex Mills , Maddalena Casulana , Nico Muhly Liam Byrne Kings Place Reviewed 20 January 2023 The launch of Sound Unwrapped included two contrasting explorations , four percussionists surrounding the audience , and a single viola da gamba made modern via electronics and sound installation Kings Place s new season ,
: : , Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Saturday , 21 January 2023 Advocating for a sense of classicism : conductor Alexander Shelley on recording the music of Robert Schumann , Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann Alexander Shelley and NAC Orchestra Photo : Dwayne Brown The conductor Alexander Shelley has been the music director of the National Arts Centre NAC Orchestra in Ottawa since 2015, and he is also principal associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra With the NAC Orchestra , Shelley is part of the way through a cycle of four double-CD sets on Analekta devoted to the music of Robert Schumann , Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms , with the third disc in the set to be released on 3 March 2023.
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 20 January 2023 Out of the Shadows in Estonia : our programme of Robert Hugill's songs to be performed at the Glasperlenspiel Festival in Tartu in 2024 Labels : music news preview St John's Church , Tartu home of the Glasperlenspiel Festival I am pleased to announce that Out of the Shadows will be presented in Estonia in 2024 at the Glasperlenspiel Festival in Tartu . The evening of my songs including two new cantatas , performed by Ben Vonberg-Clark tenor James Atkinson baritone and Nigel Foster piano premieres at Hinde Street Methodist Church , London on 3 February 2023, and at the invitation of the festival's artistic director , Peeter Vähi , the programme will
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Friday , 20 January 2023 Handel the European : two concerts showcasing the diversity imagination of Handel's cantatas Labels : CMF concert review Handel Wigmore Hall Portrait miniature of Handel c1710 by Christoph Platzer Photo of a lost original , Handel-Haus , Halle Handel : nbsp Sans y penser Cantate Francaise HWV 155, No se emendera jamas HWV 140, German Arias 202-208 Claire Ward , Maxim Del Mar , Miriam Nohl , Kiristiina Watt City Music Foundation at the Great Hall , St Bartholomew's Hospital , 18 January 2023 Handel : nbsp Alpestre monte HWV81 Un'alma innamorata HWV173 Tra le fiamme HWV170 Carolyn Sampson , Finnish Baroque Orchestra Wigmore Hall Two concerts
: Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Thursday , 19 January 2023 Jennifer Johnston and Joseph Middleton launch Leeds Lieder's Spring recital season Leeds Lieder begins 2023 with a programme of four Spring recitals . The first sees mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston and festival director Joseph Middleton celebrating song of the 20th and 21st centuries by British and American composers at the Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall on Friday 10 February 2023 as part of the 2023 Contemporary Music Festival at the University of . Leeds Johnston and Middleton's recital includes songs by Jonathan Dove and Benjamin Britten including Canticle I , Cheryl Frances Hoad's two Ophelia songs and Lady Macbeth , a scena by Joseph
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 18 January 2023 The onus is really on each player to listen to what's going on around them : violinist Jeff Wu introduces the Guildhall String Ensemble's programme Labels : Guest Posting preview Jeff Wu On Friday 20 January 2023, the Guildhall String Ensemble returns to Milton Court Concert Hall directed by violinist Jonathan Morton artistic director and leader of the Scottish Ensemble and principal first violin of the London Sinfonietta The programme consists of works by American and English composers , nbsp Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Tippett’s Concerto for Double String Orchestra are showcased alongside Caroline Shaw's , Punctum Jessie Montgomery's
: : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Wednesday , 18 January 2023 Intercourse of Fire and Water : Idlir Shyti in programme for solo cello that mixes late Romanticism with contemporary Labels : cd review Tan Dun , Arnold Bax , Ernest Bloch , Pascal Dusapin Idlir Shyti Coviello Contemporary Reviewed 17 January 2023 An imaginative recital that draws together four contrasting 20th century works for solo cello , contrasting the late Romanticism of Bax and Bloch to more contemporary voices Idlir Shyti is a young Albanian cellist who is based in London whose studies have included the École Normale de Musique de Paris , Royal College of Music and Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia Rome . For his debut disc , Shyti has
: , : Pages Home Robert's Link Tree Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Facebook Tuesday , 17 January 2023 Music , Migration Mobility : the story of émigré musicians from Nazi Europe in Britain Labels : exhibition review During the 1930s , a huge number of people , most of them Jewish , fled Germany , Austria and other countries in order to escape the Nazi regime . Many settled in Britain , and of these a significant number were musicians and these largely Jewish musicians had an enormous impact on musical life in post-war Britain . This much , we have always realised , but the new exhibition at the Royal College of Music , Music , Migration Mobility the story of émigré musicians from Nazi Europe in , Britain highlights the remarkable debt that we owe