Investing in the magic of Purcell's music: The Fairy Queen from The Sixteen at Cadogan Hall
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: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday 27 September 2024 Investing in the magic of Purcell's music : The Fairy Queen from The Sixteen at Cadogan Hall Labels : Cadogan Hall Choral at Cadogan opera review The Sixteen Dorset Garden Theatre in 1673 where Purcell's The Fairy Queen premiered Purcell : The Fairy Queen Antonia Christophers , Matthew Brook , Robin Blaze , Katy Hill , Alexandra Kidgell , Charlotte Mobbs , Mark Dobell , Oscar Golden Lee , Ben Davies , The Sixteen , Harry Christophers Cadogan Hall Reviewed 25 September 2024 Focusing on the music , a stylish and engaging performance that drew us into Purcell's magical world , aided by a delightful narration After the performance of
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday 27 September 2024 Compelling performances : Stephen Hough , YL Male Voice Choir , Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia launch Nordic Soundscapes Labels : concert review Philharmonia South Bank Centre Akseli Gallen-Kallela : Kullervo Sets Off for War Mural , 1901, in the Old Student House , Helsinki University Sigfúsdóttir : Oceans Grieg : Piano Concerto Sibelius : Kullervo Stephen Hough , Johanna Rusanen , Tommi Hakala , Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat YL Male Voice Choir , Philharmonia , Santtu-Matias Rouvali Royal Festival Hall Reviewed 26 September 2024 A contemporary composer spanning orchestral and post-rock , and two 19th century composers
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday 25 September 2024 Leonardo dreams of flying machines Harriet Quimby flies across the English Channel : Dominic Ellis-Peckham London Oriana Choir launch their 2024 25 season Labels : preview London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham London Oriana Choir , musical director Dominic Ellis-Peckham , celebrated its 50th anniversary last season , and they are continuing the excitement with a 2024 25 season full of good things . The season opens on 18 October at St Paul's Church , Covent Garden with Take Flight a programme celebrating the night sky with Cecilia McDowall's Night Flight with cellist Gabriella Swallow and Eric Whitacre's Leonardo Dreams of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday 25 September 2024 High-quality music-making imaginative programming in the special natural setting of Exmoor Dartmoor : I chat to Tamsin Waley-Cohen of the Two Moors Festival Labels : interview preview Tamsin Waley-Cohen performing at the Two Moors Festival in 2022 Founded in 2001, the Two Moors Festival takes place each October in venues across Dartmoor and Exmoor . This year's festival runs from 3 to 13 October 2024 under the artistic direction of violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen , who took over the festival in 2020. For this year's theme , Tamsin has chosen the daily 24 hour cycle of various lights and darknesses , wakefulness and slumber that we all .
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 24 September 2024 A superb sense of community : Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana at Blackheath Halls Opera Labels : opera review Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana Katherine Broderick , Oliver Johnston , Janis Kelly , Michel de Souza , Idunnu Münch , director : Harry Fehr , conductor : Chris Stark , Blackheath Halls Opera Blackheath Halls Reviewed 24 September 2024 Professionals and non-professionals come together to create a real sense of community in a production that had real clarity to the story telling and strong performances from all . concerned A bell rings and the villagers fill the stage with movement and song . At the heart of Mascagni's
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 23 September 2024 LSO Jerwood Composer+ A deep dive into the potential of the violin bringing the Isle of Mull’s wild Atlantic rainforest to LSO St Luke's Labels : LSO preview LSO Jerwood Composer+ supports early-career composers in planning and delivering two artistic projects , with two composers selected each year for a 15-month placement . nbsp Mentored by LSO staff , they are encouraged to develop entrepreneurial skills around programming for specific audiences , planning , marketing , budgeting , fundraising and . evaluation The 2023 24 composers were Anselm McDonnell see my review of his recent disc , Kraina and Rufus Isabel Elliot and some of the
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 23 September 2024 Remembrance and renewal : Peter Seabourne's My Song in October Labels : cd review Peter Seabourne : Steps Vol 8 : My Song in October , nbsp September , Just September Karen Radcliffe , Michael Bell Sheva Contemporary Reviewed 20 September 2024 A step in contemporary composer Peter Seabourne's mammoth cycle of solo piano pieces , a touching act of remembrance for both composer and pianist , and a fine introduction to Seabourne's style Peter Seabourne is a composer whose work you are , perhaps , more likely to hear on disc than in the concert hall though he has had some significant success . On disc , Sheva Contemporary have issued a
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday 21 September 2024 Both audience player go on a journey together : Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš discusses Messiaen's Vingt Regards which he performs at the London Piano Festival Labels : interview Kings Place Reinis Zariņš Photo : Andris Sprogis Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš will be performing Olivier Messiaen s Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus a work for which he is becoming known , at the London Piano Festival co-Artistic Directors Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva at Kings Place on Sunday 6 October 2024. Written in 1944 and completed shortly after the liberation of Paris , the work premiered in 1945. A two-hour long , 20-movement meditation on the.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday 20 September 2024 Word of Mouth : Nordic Music Days comes to Glasgow as the festival leaves the Nordic region for only the 3rd time in its history Labels : preview Scotland Nordic Music Days was established in 1888 by the Council of Nordic Composers curated by composers and creators , Nordic Music Days now presents almost entirely contemporary classical music and sound , featuring artists from Greenland , Iceland , the Faroe Islands , Sweden , Norway , Denmark , Finland with partnership and exchange being key to the festival’s legacy which is also focused on sustainable practice and social . responsibility For only the third time in its history , Nordic
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday 19 September 2024 Celebrating Jommelli in style : Ian Page The Mozartists with Fflur Wyn , Ambroisine Bré , Hugo Brady make a compelling case for this neglected music Labels : opera review Wigmore Hall Jommelli : a celebration Fflur Wyn , Ambroisine Bré , Ian Page , The Mozartists at Wigmore Hall Photo : Benjamin Ealovega Jommelli a celebration Fflur Wyn , Ambroisine Bré , Hugo Brady , The Mozartists , Ian Page Wigmore Hall Reviewed 18 September 2024 Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jommelli's death with an evening of his fascinating and unjustly neglected music in killer performances from a trio of soloists that combined virtuoso dazzle with
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday 19 September 2024 Fire and water in the library : Siren Duo in an imaginative flute and harp recital for Temple Music Labels : concert review Temple Music Siren Duo Claire Wickes , flute , and Tomos Xerri , harp in Middle Temple Library . Debussy , Mozart , David Watkins , Astor Piazzolla , Adina Izarra , Toru Takemitsu , William Alwyn Siren Duo Claire Wickes , Tomos Xerri Temple Music Foundation at Middle Temple Library Reviewed 17 September 2024 Temple Music's first concert in the attractive 1950s neo-classical library with a wonderfully imaginative flute and harp programme based around images of fire and wate r Temple Music puts regular concerts on
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 17 September 2024 New season , new challenges , new collaborations : Britten Sinfonia launches its ambitious 2024 25 season Labels : Britten Sinfonia preview Britten Sinfonia with sitarist Anoushka Shankar and percussionist Manu Delago at Barbican Hall , 2022 Photo : Mark Allan The Britten Sinfonia's 2024 25 season launches on 8 October with a trio of concerts at the Barbican , and in Saffron Walden and Basingstoke with Will Gregory’s Moog Ensemble , an event which promises a fusion of maths , music , and retro-futurist synths including tributes to electronic music pioneers Delia Derbyshire and Wendy Carlos , and the premiere of Gregory’s Archimedes
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 17 September 2024 Exploring Georgian life : 18th-century food at Handel's House and celebrating the queer-coding of the Accademia dell’Arcadia at the Foundling Museum Labels : preview Food historians Marc Meltonville and Robert Hoare T wo intriguing aspects of Georgian life are being examined this month as the Handel Hendrix House is bringing Georgian food demonstrations to Handel's kitchen , whilst at the Foundling Museum , A Queer Georgian Social Season launches its 2024 25 season with Queen Christina's Queer Cabal : Handel Corelli As part of the recent restoration of Handel's house , which included returning the lower floors to their original layout 
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday 16 September 2024 A journey of remarkable emotional depth : Laurence Kilsby and Ella O'Neill at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall Brahms , Saint-Saens , Wolf , Schoenberg , Stenhammar , Rebecca Clarke , Hugh Wood , Weill , Britten , Jake Heggie Laurence Kilsby , Ella O'Neill Wigmore Hall Reviewed 15 September 2024 With a a remarkable combination of confidence and style , the young duo filled the hall with great presence in a thoughtful programme of remarkable emotional depth Tenor Laurence Kilsby and pianist Ella O'Neill released their debut recital , Awakenings earlier this year see my review and on Sunday 15 September 2024 the two were,%20Charlotte%20Badham%20(Clizia).jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday 14 September 2024 Engaging charm : Bampton Classical Opera in a delightful version of Alcina that does not take itself too seriously Labels : Bampton opera review SJSS Gazzaniga : Alcina's Island Inna Husieva Bampton Classical Opera Photo : Anthony Hall Bampton Classical Opera Gazzaniga : L'Isole d'Alcina Alcina's Island Inna Husieva , Sarah Chae , Charlotte Badham , Dafydd Allen , Monwabisi Lindi , Jonathan Eyers , Magnus Walker , Owain Rowlands , director Jeremy Gray , Chroma , conductor Thomas Blunt Bampton Classical Opera at Smith Square Hall Reviewed 13 September 2024 A comic take on Alcina with an opera that does not take itself too seriously in%20Belinda%20Lawley.JPG)
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday 13 September 2024 All change at the National Youth Choir as they bid farewell to three principal conductors Labels : music news nyc Greg Beardsell and National Youth Choir Photo : Belinda Lawley It is all change at the National Youth Choir as three principal conductors reach the end of their five-year contracts and will be finishing in their current roles at the end of September . The three are Greg Beardsell , principal conductor of the National Youth Choir 15-18 Years formerly the National Youth Training Choir , Joanna Tomlinson , principal conductor of National Youth Choir 9-15 Years formerly the National Youth Girls’ Choir and Lucy Joy Morris ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday 12 September 2024 Opera in Virtual Reality : Alastair White's CAPITAL direct from the Metaverse courtesy of Tête à Tête Labels : preview Alastair White : CAPITAL Wikipedia defines the Metaverse as a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact , usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection.The term metaverse originated in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash and is now often linked to virtual reality technology , and beginning in the early 2020s , with Web3.' In 2023, the worlds of opera and the Metaverse collided when Alastair White’s sixth fashion-opera , CAPITAL premiered at
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday 11 September 2024 Web of influences : Harry Christophers The Sixteen at Old Royal Naval College Chapel , Greenwich for latest stop of their Choral Pilgrimmage Labels : concert Orlande de Lassus and the Bavarian court musicians , circa 1563-70 by Hans Mielich 1516-1573 Masters of Imitation Lassus , Casulana , Josquin , Châtelet , Bob Chilcott The Sixteen , Harry Christophers Old Royal Naval College Chapel , Greenwich Reviewed 10 September 2024 Lassus' endlessly inventive and imaginative music in a programme that showcased 16th century composers' fascination for basing new works on existing material The Chapel at the Old Royal Naval College in
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 10 September 2024 Showcasing the talents of young Welsh musicians : Cowbridge Festival's Young Artists Programme features Bute Wind Quintet Quartet Draig Labels : music news preview Wales Since 2010, the Cowbridge Festival has been bringing classical music , jazz and folk to the community in the Vale of Glamorgan . The festival , which is now under the direction of the husband and wife team of violist Rosalind Ventris and conductor Joseph Fort , runs this year from 13 to 22 September , opening with the Castalian Quartet and Rosalind Ventris in Schubert , Coleridge Taylor , Beethoven and . Dvorak Ahead of this , the festival has announced its 2024 Young%20c%20Michael%20Wheatley.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday 10 September 2024 L'Olimpiade : Vache Baroque makes an engaging case for Pergolesi's penultimate opera Labels : opera review Vivaldi : L'Olimpiade Natasha Page Vache Baroque Photo : Michael Wheatley Pergolesi : L'Olimpiade Aoife Miskelly , Nazan Fikret , Natasha Page , Shafali Jalota , Bechara Moufarrej , Frances Gregory , Robert Forrest , director : Laura Attridge , musical director Jonathan Darbourne Vache Baroque Summer Festival Reviewed 8 September 2024 Outdoors and in the rain , yet enterprising Vache Baroque make an engaging case for Pergolesi's penultimate opera , along with some vividly virtuosic singing Vache Baroque is an enterprising company