Hooray for summer and all that it has to offer! Tony Cooper reports on this year’s BBC Proms, the world’s largest classical-music festival
Updated: 2023-04-28 06:44:00
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: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 28 April 2023 Hooray for summer and all that it has to offer Tony Cooper reports on this year’s BBC Proms , the world’s largest classical-music festival Labels : BBC by Tony Cooper preview And summer has a lot to offer for classical-musical aficionados wherever they are with the BBC Proms running this year from Friday 14th July to the famous Last Night on Saturday 9th September . Therefore , there’s a feast of music over a wonderfully packed eight-week season offering more than 84 concerts featuring over 3000 musicians thus making the BBC Proms the largest festival of its kind in the world . Remember , too , that the Proms reaches far beyond the Royal Albert.jpg)
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 28 April 2023 Henryk Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs at ENO in an astonishing visual treat from Isabella Bywater Labels : ENO opera review : Górecki Symphony of Sorrowful Songs third movement Nicole Chevalier English National Opera Photo : Clive Barda Henryk Górecki : Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Nicole Chevalier , director : Isabella Bywater , conductor : Lidiya Yankovskaya English National Opera at the London Coliseum Górecki's moving symphony given a treatment that is less a dramatisation and more a poetic visual meditation on the music For its last new main stage event of the season , English National Opera ENO made the intriguing choice to present a
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 27 April 2023 BREMF's Autumn Festival is back , for the first time since 2019. Labels : BREMF preview Secret Byrd the Gesualdo Six Photo Mark Allen For the first time since 2019, the Brighton Early Music Festival BREMF is presenting an Autumn festival , across two weekends from 13 October to 28 October 2023. The festival opens with Secret Byrd the Gesualdo Six and Fretwork in an immersive music drama based around Byrd's masses performed by candlelight . And continuing the theatrical theme , Whispering Dome will be a large scale multi-media event involving BREMF choirs , local schools and musicians from Morocco and West Africa , devised by Jeremy Avis The
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 27 April 2023 Leipzig 1723 : we know Bach won , but the fascination of hearing the application cantatas for the Thomaskantor position from Telemann , Graupner and Bach in superb performances Labels : cd review Leipzig 1723 : Application cantatas for the Thomaskantor position Bach , Telemann , Graupner Ælbgut , Capella Jenensis Accentus Cantatas from the top three composers who applied for the position ultimately taken by Bach in 1723 beyond the historical fascination of the programme , this a most musical and rewarding . performance In 1722 the composer Johann Kuhnau died , after 21 years of service as St Thomas Cantor in Leipzig . The role was a
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 26 April 2023 50th anniversary : Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev celebrate with a diverse and imaginative season Labels : preview SCO Scotland Scottish Chamber Orchestra Maxim Emelyanychev Photo Christopher Bowen The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is celebrating its 50th anniversary with its 2023 24 season led by principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev , who has extended his contract through to 2028. Emelyanychev and the orchestra launch the season with a Grand Tour of Scotland Beethoven's Symphony No . 3 Eroica' performed in seven different locations across the country , from Perth to Aberdeen and Craigmillar to Ayr , along with a new piece
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 26 April 2023 Music for wind from the OAE's Night Shift at Brixton's The Blues Kitchen Labels : concert review OAE The Blues Kitchen , Brixton the audience for the OAE's Night Shift Night Shift Telemann , Beethoven , Tomasi , Kagel , Françaix members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Blues Kitchen , Brixton An evening full of colour and vivid character as four of the OAE's wind players presented an engaging exploration of wind music , mixing the serious with the witty and the downright funny The Night Shift is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment s more casual concert series , popping up in pubs and other non-traditional venues , places
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 25 April 2023 Spitalfields Music's 2023 Festival Looking at the programme for Spitalfields Music's 2023 Festival you feel that the festival is back with a bang . The programme features 16 premieres alongside neglected historical repertoire performed in iconic locations in and around the East End from 30 June to 12 July 2023. From premieres of music by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre to a programme about Henry VIII's wives mixing Libby Larsen and Julian Phillips with original Tudor music to Michael Finnissy setting Hans Christian Anderson . The festival is opened by soprano Nardus Williams , baritone Roderick Williams , pianist Allyson Devenish and poet Rommi
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 25 April 2023 Beethoven , Beach Ravel : the Fidelio Trio at Conway Hall Labels : concert review Conway Hall Amy Beach Beethoven : Ghost Trio Beach : Trio in A minor : Ravel Trio in A minor Fidelio Trio Conway Hall Sunday Concerts Reviewed 23 April 2023 Magical textures , civilised dialogue , passionate intensity very present playing in a typically imaginative programme from the Fidelio Trio On Sunday 23 April 2023, the Fidelio Trio Darrah Morgan , Tim Gill , Mary Dullea performed at Conway Hall s Sunday Concerts in a programme of Beethoven's Piano trio in D Ghost' Amy Beach's Trio in A Minor and Ravel's Trio in A minor Beforehand , I gave a pre-concert
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 24 April 2023 Compelling thriller : Handel's Arminio from Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists Labels : Covent Garden Handel opera review Handel : Arminio Gabriela Kupšytė , Sarah Dufresne , Michael Gibson , Josef Jeongmeen Ahn , Kamohelo Tsotetsi Royal Opera House Photo : ROH Marc Brenner Handel : Arminio Gabriela Kupšytė , Sarah Dufresne , Isabelle Peters , Kamilla Dunstan , Josef Jeongmeen Ahn , Michael Gibson , Kamohelo Tsotetsi , director : Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol , conductor André Callegaro , orchestra of the Early Opera Company , Royal Opera Jette Parker Artists Linbury Theatre Handel's late , problem opera recast as a compelling contemporary
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Sunday , 23 April 2023 Sir Andrzej Panufnik's Composing Myself Labels : music news Sir Andrzej Panufnik famously said that he communicated in music not words , but his autobiography , Composing Myself , nbsp which was published in 1987 conveys the remarkable drama of Panufnik's life . It is now being re-issued by the ever-enterprising Toccata Press as part of a two-volume edition of Panufnik's complete writings . The new edition includes detailed annotations , an introduction from Simon Callow and a final chapter by Camilla , Lady Panufnik detailing the composer’s momentous return to Warsaw in 1990 having defected to the West in 1954, he refused to return to his native
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 22 April 2023 If you have an ensemble that is diverse already , it makes it more inviting , younger singers in the audience realise it could be them : the ideas behind the founding of new vocal ensemble Vox Urbane Labels : interview Vox Urbane Dan Ludford-Thomas launch concert Vox Urbane is a new professional vocal ensemble formed by conductor Dan Ludford-Thomas and artistic director Helen Meyerhoff The choir launched on 16 April 2023 at a concert in the distressed grandeur of the Asylum Chapel Peckham with a programme that included a UK premiere by Tara Mack alongside music by Judd Greenstein Philip Glass Poulenc , Meredith Monk Shruthi Rajasekar
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 21 April 2023 The Pied Piper The Crab : WNO Youth Opera in double bill by Jonathan Willocks Paul Ayres Labels : Cardiff WNO The 80-strong voices of WNO Youth Opera will be back on stage at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 27 and 28 May 2023 with a double bill featuring two contemporary , story-based operas , Jonathan Willcocks' The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Paul Ayres' The Crab the Played with the Sea The two are directed by Angharad Lee , with Dan Perkin conducting an instrumental ensemble , whilst Céleste Langrée's designs are inspired by the youth camps of Llangrannog and Glan-Llyn and the vibrancy of village . playgrounds The Pied Piper of
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 21 April 2023 Les Troyens , Carmelites , Endgame and Orrible Opera : the 2023 season of the BBC Proms Labels : BBC preview BBC Proms BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 2023 So , the BBC Proms are back the season , announced yesterday , will run from 14 July to 9 September 2023, and features 84 concerts including 72 at the Royal Albert Hall . It is a return to the full , large-scale Prom season . Sort of . There are visiting orchestras and ensembles , including the Budapest Festival Orchestra , the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra , Boston Symphony Orchestra , Les Siecles and Pygmalion , but these play a rather smaller role than in pre-COVID times 
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 20 April 2023 Marking the Coronation on bandstands across England , thanks to Music for Youth Labels : preview Gorleston-on-Sea Bandstand , Norfolk Photo : Visit Great Yarmouth Music for Youth's Coronation Bandstand Project will see thousands of young musicians perform on bandstands in public parks across England from 6 8 May 2023, enabling music and young people to play an important part in marking this historic occasion . Participation in music events like this supports young people in their development , well being and improves social skills . Music for Youth will fund and support Music Education Hubs and Local Cultural Education Partnerships regionally
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 19 April 2023 An American original the fascinating Mrs Beach Labels : Conway Hall preview Dr Mrs H.H.A Beach On Sunday 23 April 2023, the Fidelio Trio Darragh Morgan violin Tim Gill cello Mary Dullea piano are performing Beethoven's Ghost Trio Amy Beach's Trio in A minor and Ravel's Trio in A minor at Conway Hall . Before the concert I will be giving a pre-concert talk , at 5.30pm , introducing Beach and giving background to her music Still known mainly for her songs , Amy Beach 1867-1938 was in many ways a remarkable figure . Destined by her family to be a nicely brought up lady pianist , married at the age of 18 to a man older than her father , she studied
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 19 April 2023 The Poet's Echo : Jocelyn Freeman friends weave a compelling programme out Pushkin settings by Prokofiev , Shostakovich Britten Labels : cd review Prokofiev : nbsp Three Romances on words by Alexander Pushkin , Shostakovich : Cello Sonata Four Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin Britten : The Poet's Echo Gemma Summerfield , Gareth Brynmor-John , Abi Hyde-Smith , Jocelyn Freeman Rubicon Reviewed 17 April 2023 A highly intelligent and compelling programme , pulling various threads together , Pushkin himself , the ideas of censorship or exile , and the blazing friendships , to shed an interesting light on the music The Poet's Echo pianist