BCMG in Bloom: celebrating cherry blossom time
Updated: 2023-03-31 10:53:00
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 31 March 2023 BCMG in Bloom : celebrating cherry blossom time Labels : BCMG preview Photography by Anthony Crutch at Cherry Blossom Concert 2022 It's cherry blossom time and on Sunday , Birmingham Contemporary Music Group BCMG will be celebrating with an outdoor concert in Oozells Square , Brindley Place , Birmingham on Sunday afternoon , 2 April 2023. Hanami or flower viewing , is the Japanese tradition of celebrating the transient beauty of the cherry blossom . Every year , flocks of people join together for outdoor parties beneath the boughs of the blooming trees . So , BCMG will be performing a selection of music by Charlotte Bray , Hollie Harding , Dai
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 31 March 2023 Handel in Rome : Nardus Williams and the Dunedin Consort at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Handel Wigmore Hall Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome , built by Cardinal Pamphili's father with interiors partly created by Cardinal Pamphili Handel in Rome Handel : Overture to Admeto Ero e Leandro Concerto Grosso Op . 6 No . 6 Tra le fiamme arias from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and La Resurrezione Nardus Williams , Dunedin Consort , Matthew Truscott Wigmore Hall Reviewed 30 March 2023 The Dunedin Consort takes us to the homo-erotically charged , hothouse atmosphere of Handel's Rome in 1707 and 1708 The Dunedin Consort s Handel in Rome
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 31 March 2023 Jasdeep Singh Degun releases single Aapki Khushi with Ashnaa Sasikaran from Opera North and South Asian Arts UK's Orpheus Labels : Opera North preview spotlight Opera North and South Asian Arts UK's production of Orpheus was one of the runaway successes of last year . Based on the opera by Monteverdi , but featuring both Western classical and Indian classical performers , the production mixed Monteverdi's music with that of award-winning Leeds-based sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun , with Degun as co-music director of the performance alongside classical musician Lawrence . Cummings Now , part of the opera has been released as a single on
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 30 March 2023 A joy in telling stories in music : the Manchester Camerata , the Monastery music Labels : feature Manchester Manchester Camerata's Music Cafe at the Monastery Photo Duncan Elliott If you visit Gorton in Manchester today , it is something of a puzzle why E.W . Pugin's gloriously exotic church , now known as The Monastery even exists , surrounded as it is by desolation and modern housing estates . Built at the height of Manchester's 19th-century expansion , abandoned and nearly demolished in the 20th century it has been re-invented as a community hub and resource , as well as the home to one of Manchester's liveliest ensembles , the
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 29 March 2023 After Byrd : HEXAD Collective launches its concert series exploring hidden music for voices Labels : concert review The HEXAD Collective at Holy Trinity , Minchinhampton , December 2022 Piers Kennedy , William Cornysh , Anna Semple , William Byrd , Raffaella Aleotti , Claudio Monteverdi HEXAD Collective Crypt of the Priory Church of the Order of St John Reviewed 28 March 2023 Launching its After Byrd series , the young vocal ensemble pairs Byrd with contemporary works and more in vibrant , engaged performances The HEXAD Collective a seven-strong vocal ensemble founded in 2019 by Daniel Gethin , went underground last night 28 March 2023 to
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 29 March 2023 The go-to place for information about opera performances across the globe : we chat to Operabase's new CEO , Ulrike Köstinger Labels : interview Operabase CEO , Ulrike Köstinger Since its founding in 1996 by Mike Gibb , the Operabase website has become somewhat ubiquitous in the opera world , providing the go-to place for information about opera performances across the globe , both for audience members and professionals . In 2017, Operabase was bought by Arts Consolidated , a Danish company that also owns Cue TV . Operabase has a new CEO , Ulrike Köstinger , who took over at the beginning of this year though she has been with the company
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 28 March 2023 Successfully integrated into the same eco-system : The Stoller Hall and Chetham's School of Music in Manchester Labels : feature article Manchester Manchester : left to right , Manchester Cathedral , the Victorian former Manchester Grammar School building , Chetham's 15th century buildings and The Stoller Hall . In the foreground left , the National Football Museum The Stoller Hall in Manchester is the most recent addition to an ensemble of buildings that goes back to the 15th century . At that period , housing was built for the clergy of Manchester Collegiate Church , now the Cathedral . Thanks to the generosity of Sir Humphrey Chetham , in%205%20%C2%A9%20Robin%20Clewley.jpg)
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 27 March 2023 Let other pens dwell on misery and grief' a joyous ensemble performance of Jonathan Dove's Mansfield Park from RNCM Opera Labels : Manchester opera review RNCM Jonathan Dove Mansfield Park RNCM Opera Photo Robin Clewley Jonathan Dove : Mansfield Park director Stephen Barlow , conductor Lee Reynolds , RNCM Opera Royal Northern College of Music Reviewed 26 March 2023 A young cast brings the operatic Mansfield Park to life in an engaging ultimately moving production that placed Austen herself at its centre Jonathan Dove s orchestral adaptation of his 2011 opera Mansfield Park originally written for soloists and piano duet debuted at The Grange
: , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Sunday , 26 March 2023 The latest in Manchester Camerata's Mozart , Made in Manchester series featured a lovely creative dialogue between Jean-Efflam Bavouzet , Gábor Takács-Nagy and the players Labels : concert review Manchester Mozart , Made in Manchester Jean-Efflam Bavouzet , Gábor Takács-Nagy , Manchester Camerata The Stoller Hall Photo Manchester Camerata Mozart : Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail Piano Concertos Nos . 11 in F major , 12 in A major 13 in C major Jean-Efflam Bavouzet , Manchester Camerata , Gábor Takács-Nagy The Stoller Hall Reviewed 25 March 2023 The latest Mozart , Made in Manchester with three concertos from the 1780s , in
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 25 March 2023 A lockdown success story : St Mary's Perivale and its amazing programme of 120 recitals per year , viewed live and online Labels : interview Piano recital by Alasdair Beatson at St Mary's Perivale Photo John Ross One of the success stories of Lockdown , St Mary's Perivale has managed the tricky task of creating an engaging concert series , with a strong focus on young artists , that has both an online and a live presence . Run by a team of volunteers , led by artistic director Hugh Mather , the concert series is based at a redundant church in Ealing where they give around 120 concerts per year three per week during term time' with concerts
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 25 March 2023 Intriguing , illuminating , frustrating : Henning Kraggerud and RNCM Chamber Orchestra Labels : concert review Manchester RNCM Grieg : Violin Sonata No . 3 Henning Kraggerud RNCM Chamber Orchestra RNCM Grieg , arr . Kraggerud Lund : Violin Sonata No . 3 Bach , arr . Kraggerud Lund : Goldberg Variations excerpts Henning Kraggerud , RNCM Chamber Orchestra Royal Northern College of Music Reviewed 24 March 2023 Grieg and Bach orchestrated , inwonderfully engaged and vital performances from RNCM Chamber Orchestra under the charismatic Henning Kraggerud The Royal Northern College of Music s RNCM Original Voices Festival celebrates new
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 23 March 2023 Touches of Sweet Harmony : Leeds Lieder's 2023 festival Labels : Leeds preview This year's Leeds Lieder Festival is the biggest ever , running from 9 to 17 June 2023 having expanded from four to nine days . Under artistic director Joseph Middleton , guest of honour Dame Janet Baker is joined by performers including Véronique Gens , Sarah Connolly , nbsp Mark Padmore , Louise Alder , Christine Rice , Peter Brathwaite , James Newby , nbsp Kate Royal , Ailish Tynan , Graham Johnson , Julius Drake , and Susan . Manoff To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin Graham Johnson will be giving a lecture recital on the great.jpeg)
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 23 March 2023 Faggots and their Friends , dimensional moving photography , Sonic Geography AFRODEUTSCHE : Manchester International Festival 2023 Labels : Manchester preview Philip Venables Ted Huffman Photo : Dominic Mercier This year's Manchester International Festival runs from 29 June to 16 July 2023, organised by Factory International , artistic director John McGrath . Amongst the myriad of artistic events on offer at the festival , the classical music programme will feature the world premiere of a musical adaptation of Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta’s cult 1977 book The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions created by composer Philip Venables
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 22 March 2023 Pilgrim's Progress , The Faery Bride , The Age of Aspiration more : the Three Choirs Festival launches its 2023 programme for Gloucester The Three Choirs Festival at Gloucester Cathedral Photo : Michael Whitefoot This year's Three Choirs Festival takes place from 22 to 29 July 2023 in and around Gloucester , with over 60 events featuring 21 premieres and music by 50 living composers . The festival is continuing its celebrations of Vaughan Williams' 150th birthday with performances of Sancta Civitas Pilgrim's Progress and Flos Campi along with other large-scale works such as Elgar's The Apostles and Bach's St John Passion A new feature at
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 22 March 2023 Late romanticism and youthful vitality : Cello Concertos by Enrique Casals Édouard Lalo from Jan Vogler Moritzburg Festival Orchestra Labels : cd review Enrique Casals Édouard Lalo : Cello Concertos Jan Vogler , Moritzburg Festival Orchestra , Josep Caballé Domenech Sony Classical Reviewed 21 March 2023 Lalo's lesser-known concerto alongside the late Romanticism of Enrique Casals' almost unknown concerto , with stylishly elegant solos from Jan Vogler and wonderfully vital playing from the young festival orchestra Enrique Casals was cellist Pablo Casals' younger brother , and his Cello Concerto was written in 1946, ostensibly for Enrique's
: , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 21 March 2023 Friends are nothing , Family nothing , all the world is a wilderness premiere recording of Jonathan Dove's In Exile Labels : cd review Jonathan Dove : In Exile Simon Keenlyside , Raphael Wallfisch , City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , Gergely Madaras Lyrita Reviewed 21 March 2023 Inspired by Raphael Wallfisch's family history , this remarkable work for solo baritone , solo cello and orchestra proves to be quite remarkable dark , complex and profound Composer Jonathan Dove and cellist Raphael Wallfisch have been talking about Dove writing a cello concerto for Wallfisch for over ten years and this finally came to fruition with the premiere
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 21 March 2023 Opera Vision's Next Generation podcast Labels : music news Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin Oper Frankfurt Photo Barbara Aumuller I have rather belatedly been catching up with Nina Brazier s podcast for OperaVision Brazier is a staff director at Oper Frankfurt and her podcast , which has been running monthly since September , explores the experiences of young singers taking part in young artist programmes across Europe , at Opera for Peace , the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro , Oper Frankfurt and the Palau de les Arts in Valencia . nbsp The latest episode , from 1 March 2023, entitled Oper Frankfurt : just three days talks to soprano Nombulelo Yende
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 21 March 2023 27 ensembles , 80 performances recordings in over 50 locations : the Continuo Foundation celebrates Early Music Day with a new round of grants Labels : music news Today 21 March 2023 is Early Music Day In addition to the many events organised across Europe , the Continuo Foundation is celebrating by announcing the recipients of its latest grant round and the launch of a new digital platform for early music , Continuo Connect which is intended to be the most comprehensive listing of period instrument performances in the UK . nbsp The foundation's latest grant awards will support over 80 performances and recordings in more than 50 locations
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 20 March 2023 Rachmaninoff , Rossini , young artists and John Casken's The Shackled King : the 2023 Newbury Spring Festival Labels : preview Sheepdrove , one of the venues for this year's Newbury Spring Festival The Newbury Spring Festival has been running since 1979 and this year runs from 6 to 20 May 2023, and there is a fine classical music line-up . Rachmaninoff makes a big showing this year , thanks to the 150th anniversary pianist Steven Osborne makes his festival debut with an all-Rachmaninoff programme , pianist Barry Douglas joins the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra , conductor Olari Elts for Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No . 1, as part of%20and%20Madeline%20Robison%20(Rose%20Maybud)%20Ruddigore,%20Mark%20Senior%20PR.jpg)
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 20 March 2023 Gilbert Sullivan All-singing , all-dancing small-scale Ruddigore at Wilton's Music Hall Labels : opera review Gilbert Sullivan : Ruddigore Peter Benedict , Charli Baptie Oracle Productions at Wilton's Music Hall Photo by Mark Senior Gilbert Sullivan : Ruddigore Madeline Robinson , Charli Baptie , Rosemary Ashe , Joe Winter , Kieran Parrott , Peter Benedict , Graham Stone , Steve Watts , director : Peter Benedict , musical director : Tom Noyes Oracle Productions at Wilton's Music Hall Reviewed 17 March 2023 An engaging take on the G S classic with winning individual performances and the sheer energy of the dancing chorus , you could not help but
: , : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 18 March 2023 A nice mix of Wagner , Franck and Saint-Saens : Anton Hanson of Quatuor Hanson , on the chamber version of Chausson's Poème on their disc , Chants nostalgiques Labels : interview Quatuor Hanson Jules Dussap , Simon Dechambre , Gabrielle Lafait , Anton Hanson Having already released discs of quartets by Haydn All Shall Not Die Ligeti , Bartok , and Dutilleux Not All Cats Are Grey as well as George Crumb's Black Angels the French ensemble , Quatuor Hanson joined forces with soprano Marie-Laure Garnier and pianist Célia Oneto Bensaid to release Chants nostalgiques on the b records label , featuring music by Chausson , Faure and Charlotte
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 17 March 2023 Bringing song to South East London : Jocelyn Freeman's SongEasel celebrates its fifth anniversary with Quintessential Song Labels : preview SongEasel's 2020 project , MiniWinterreise with Nigerian soprano , Francesca Chiejina Pianist Jocelyn Freeman's SongEasel , tag-line Bringing song to South East London' , is celebrating its fifth anniversary and the achievement of charitable status with Quintessential Song a series that presents seven recitals across South East London . nbsp Quintessential Song is launched by baritone Stephan Loges and pianist Jocelyn Freeman on 22 April 2023 at Blackheath Halls where they will be performing Brahms , Robert