If you go down to the woods: a gender-fluid witch & an oppressive religious sect in this gripping performance of Jack Furness' intriguing take on Hänsel und Gretel from Royal Academy Opera
Updated: 2024-11-20 11:02:00
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 20 November 2024 If you go down to the woods : a gender-fluid witch an oppressive religious sect in this gripping performance of Jack Furness' intriguing take on Hänsel und Gretel from Royal Academy Opera Labels : opera review RAM Humperdinck : Hänsel und Gretel Zahid Siddiqui Witch Royal Academy Opera Photo : Craig Fuller Humperdinck : Hänsel und Gretel Clover Kayne , Erin O'Rourke , Alex Bower-Brown , Zixin Tang , Zahid Siddiqui , director : Jack Furness , conductor : Johann Stuckenbruck , Royal Academy Opera Susie Sainsbury Theatre , Royal Academy of Music Reviewed 19 November 2024 A thought-provoking take on the traditional tale made all the
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 20 November 2024 Daniel Kidane day at Wigmore Hall , from a new piano trio to music written for Manchester Camerata and a harpsichord concerto for Mahan Esfahani Labels : preview Wigmore Hall Daniel Kidane Photo : Kaupo Kikkas Wigmore Hall is devoting Saturday 30 November 2024 to composer Daniel Kidane . Born in Britain of Russian and Eritrean parentage , Kidane was talented young and sang in the children's chorus of the English National Opera . He studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music , going on to continue his studies the St . Petersburg Conservatoire under Sergei . Slonimsky Wigmore Hall's day begins with a morning concert
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 20 November 2024 Wolf Hall : The Mirror and The Light Labels : preview We are all mesmerised by the return of Wolf Hall : The Mirror and The Light to our TV screens , even though we know how it ends Part of the atmosphere of the series is created by the score , written by Debbie Wiseman read my 2023 interview with her and this is released on Silva Screen Records on 13 December 2024 T o celebrate , there is an event at Rough Trade East I know , a very Tudor sort of venue on 13 December when Debbie Wiseman will be signing discs and there will be live performance of some of the music by the Locrian Ensemble , conducted by Debbie Wiseman . And there
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 19 November 2024 Soprano Barbara Frittoli , pianist Caroline Dowdle actor James Garnon in public masterclass at Marchmont House with Samling Artist Programme Labels : North East preview Scotland Samling Masterclass at Marchmont House Photo : Mark Pinder On Saturday 30 November 2024, Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli , pianist Caroline Dowdle and actor James Garnon will guide eight rising stars from the Samling Artist Programme through a lively mixture of song and opera in a public masterclass at Marchmont House a Palladian house in Berwickshire , Scotland This masterclass comes at the end of the Samling Artist Programme , an intensive weeklong
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 19 November 2024 Share the Stage sees Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus perform Tippett's A Child of Our Time with local amateur musicians from across the North East Labels : North East preview People's Requiem Royal Northern Sinfonia , the Glasshouse , 2021 On Sunday 24 November 2024, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus will be sharing the stage with local amateur musicians from across the North East to perform Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead . Conducted by Dinis Sousa , the performance will also feature soloists soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha , mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly ,
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 19 November 2024 Sinfonia Smith Square's Christmas Festival Labels : preview SJSS Sinfonia Smith Square's Christmas Festival It's had a bit of a name change , but the Christmas Festival is returning to Smith Square this December for a programme of seasonal specials and favourites , with concerts from 9 to 23 December 2024 at Smith Square Hall formerly St John's Smith Square Anna Lapwood and the choirs of Pembroke College begin things on 9 December with A Pembroke Christmas featuring music by John Rutter , David Bednall , and Kristina Arakelyan , plus Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Patricia Van Ness’ The Nine Orders of the Angels : Archangelus Then
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 18 November 2024 Au cimetièrère de Montmartre : baritone Julien Van Mellaerts pianist Alphonse Cemin in an imaginative trawl through the denizens of a Paris cemetery Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris Photo : Wikipedia Au cimetièrère de Montmartre : Schumann , Berlioz , Lili Boulanger , Poulenc , Yvette Guibert , Charles Trenet Julien Van Mellaerts , Alphonse Cemin Wigmore Hall Reviewed 17 November 2024 An imaginative trawl through the denizens of a Paris cemetery links together Heine , Berlioz , Boulanger and Poulenc in an engaging recital Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts now lives in Paris , and not far from his home.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Sunday , 17 November 2024 New World Symphony Veterans Day Concert : A World War II Journey with Lidiya Yankovskaya and Emily Magee Labels : concert review Letter from Florida New World Symphony Veterans Day Concert : A World War II Journey Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall Photo : Alex Markow , courtesy of New World Symphony New World Symphony Veterans Day Concert : A World War II Journey conductor : Lidiya Yankovskaya , Emily Magee soprano British historian James Holland host New World Symphony New World Center , Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall , Miami Beach , Florida Reviewed by Robert J Carreras , 11 November 2024 In what we hope will be the
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 16 November 2024 Glorious performances from Rhian Lois and Thomas Atkins lift ENO's new production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love Labels : ENO opera review Donizetti : The Elixir of Love Brandon Cedel , Bridget Lappin English National Opera , 2024 Photo : Marc Brenner Donizetti : The Elixir of Love L'elisir d'amore Brandon Cedel , Rhian Lois , Thomas Atkins , Dan D'Souza , director : Harry Fehr , conductor : Teresa Riveiro Böhm English National Opera at the London Coliseum Reviewed 15 November 2024 Reset to the England of the 1940s , Fehr's production misses some of the warmth of Donizetti's comedy but the evening was redeemed by glorious
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 15 November 2024 Life enhancing : the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Labels : concert review OAE South Bank Centre Bach : Brandenburg Concertos Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Queen Elizbeth Hall Reviewed 13 November 2024 The Brandenburg Concertos complete , vivid , vibrant and sometimes a little raw , the sheer energy , enthusiasm and technical nous really carrying you away Bach almost certainly never intended his Brandenburg Concertos to be performed en masse all six at once . In fact , we have no record at all of any performances of the concertos in this form during Bach's lifetime , his presentation%20Hogan%20Media%20-%20Shutterstock%20(2).jpg)
: , , , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 14 November 2024 Bushra El-Turk , Gavin Higgins , Laurence Osborn , Errollyn Wallen , Roxanna Panufnik , Gavin Bryars more honoured at 2024 Ivors Classical Awards Labels : music news Roxanna Panufnik , Gavin Bryars , Errollyn Wallen at the Ivors Classicxal Awards , BFI Southbank , London Photo : Hogan Media Shutterstock On Tuesday 12 November , The Ivors Academy honoured eleven composers with Ivor Novello Awards at the Ivors Classical Awards . Special awards were presented to Errollyn Wallen , nbsp Roxanna Panufnik and Gavin Bryars , five composers won awards for the first time , nbsp Gavin Bryars , Bushra El-Turk , Cassandra Miller ,
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 13 November 2024 By some strange piece of magic , it works : Dancing Queen from Asya Fateyeva Lautten Compagney Berlin mixes Rameau with the songs of ABBA Labels : record review Dancing Queen : Rameau meets ABBA Asya Faeyeva , Lautten Compagney Berlin Deustsche Harmonia Mundi Reviewed 12 November 2024 An unlikely marriage of saxophone , period instrument ensemble , Rameau and the songs of supergroup ABBA turns in gold in this entrancing and intriguing disc In 2023, whilst in Dresden for the Dresden Music Festival's production of Wagner's Das , Rheingold I caught a concert by saxophone player Asya Fateyeva and the period instrument ensemble Lautten
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 13 November 2024 Broadening the reach of opera in the South East and beyond : Barefoot Opera announces a Young Artist Tour of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor for 2025 Labels : preview Rossini : La cenerentola Barefoot Opera , 2023 Photo : Chris Parker Tenor Anthony Flaum has just been announced as the new artistic director of Barefoot Opera , a charity based in St Leonards on Sea , East Sussex that has a wonderful track record of working with community choirs , schools and colleges to broaden the reach of the artform in the South East and . beyond In 2022, their ground-breaking production , Bloom Britannia captivated audiences with its innovative
: : . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 12 November 2024 Inventions : The Harpsichord across Time and Borders . Labels : preview Katarzyna Kowalik Whilst the harpsichord has been used in contemporary music since the early 20th century , it still gives off the aura of a period instrument' . Harpsichordist Katarzyna Kowalik wants to change that . Her new programme , Inventions : The Harpsichord across Time and Borders features music that spans centuries and borders , celebrating harpsichord music from the British Isles . This programme combines contemporary works with historical pieces , highlighting female composers who have shaped and continue to innovate in harpsichord . music Alongside
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 12 November 2024 Back to its roots and looking to the future : Buxton International Festival 2025 Labels : Buxton Festival preview For 2025, the Buxton International Festival is returning to its roots and looking to the future . nbsp The company will be mounting a new production of Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet which was one of the festival's earliest successes with Sir Thomas Allen in the title role , and yes , I was there But alongside this the festival has commissioned four new one-act operas to form an evening's programme , Shorts Hamlet will be presented in a new festival production with festival artistic director , Adrian Kelly conducting the
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 11 November 2024 Wild Arts A very special Messiah with a difference this Christmas to bring the stories alive and create a real connection with audiences Labels : Guest Posting preview Handel : Messiah Wild Arts at The Art Workers’ Guild 2023 Photo : Lucy J Toms In 2023, the innovative young ensemble Wild Arts brought their powerful new take on Handel’s masterpiece to four venues in the UK . nbsp In association with opera and theatre director Tom Morris Breaking the Waves Dr Semmelweis War Horse this semi-staged production of Messiah brought drama and pace to Handel’s legendary telling of the Christmas story , performed by eight solo singers and an
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 11 November 2024 Colour , movement and tradition : Juan Diego Florez in Damiano Michieletto's new production of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann at Covent Garden Labels : Covent Garden opera review Offenbach : The Tales of Hoffmann Juan Diego Florez Royal Opera House Photo : RBO Camilla Greenwell Offenbach : The Tales of Hoffmann Juan Diego Florez , Alex Esposito , Olga Pudova , Ermonela Jaho , Marina Costa-Jackson , director : Damiano Michieletto , conductor : Antonello Manacorda : Royal Opera House Reviewed 10 November 2024 An evening of vivid fun that presents Offenbach's complex opera as a star vehicle in a grand setting without essaying any
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Sunday , 10 November 2024 Much more than a guilty pleasure : the songs of Reynaldo Hahn at the London Song Festival Labels : concert review Reynaldo Hahn in 1906 Songs by Reynaldo Hahn Maria Schellenberg , Jack Holton , Nigel Foster London Song Festival at Hinde Street Methodist Church Reviewed 8 November 2024 Over 20 of Hahn's best known songs in a comprehensive programme that illuminated his early career as a remarkable and prodigy-like song composer The London Song Festival s Autumn 2024 season is celebrating the Class of 1874 composers , poets and a singer all born in 1874. On 8 November 2024, at Hinde Street Methodist Church it was the turn of Reynaldo
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 9 November 2024 The sound of wind , sunlight or water : pianist Anna Tsybuleva on her new recording of Debussy's Préludes on Signum Classics Labels : interview Prokofiev : Piano Concerto No . 2 Anna Tsybuleva with hr-Sinfonieorchester , Alain Altinoglu I first chatted to pianist Anna Tsybuleva back in 2021 by Zoom from her house in the Caucasus when having won the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2015 with her performance of Brahms' Piano Concerto No . 2, she chose the work for her debut concerto recording on Signum Classics see my interview Anna is now back with another recording on Signum , this time Debussy's complete Préludes for Solo
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 8 November 2024 Club Inégales is back : Peter Wiegold's genre-defying evening is returning to its Euston home Labels : preview Peter Wiegold and notes inégales in 2016 Photo : Frederique Bellec Club Inégales is back Peter Wiegold's genre-defying evening is returning to its Euston home for four evenings from 14 November . The events take place thanks the extraordinary sponsorship of a firm of lawyers at Euston who provide Club Inégales with the use of their basement bar . One of the senior lawyers is also an amateur pianist , so they have commissioned five new 2’ pieces for him for the event on 20th November . His remarkable support extended to joining
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 8 November 2024 A bright beginning : Three Sonatas reveals the distinctive voice of young composer Sam Rudd-Jones in a disc of chamber music that intrigues Labels : cd review Sam Rudd-Jones : Three Sonatas Variations Jeux d'eau Hardy in Love Darragh Morgan , Kate Romano , Huw Watkins , Sam Rudd-Jones , Ed Lyon Prima Facie Reviewed 4 November 2024 A remarkable debut , a disc of chamber music by 25-year-old Sam Rudd-Jones reveals a distinctive voice with a compositional talent that intrigues and makes you look forward to what comes next This new disc from Prima Facie Three Sonatas presents the debut collection of chamber music by the young born 1999
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 8 November 2024 A slightly different , and innovative approach to coaching singers at Bailey Concert Singers' Symposium Labels : music news Dame Sarah Connolly Mark Padmore in discussion at the Bailey Concert Singers Symposium Coaching and masterclasses for singers tends to be focused , understandably , on the wider solo repertoire but the Bailey Concert Singers' Symposium BCSS takes a slightly different , and innovative approach . The 2024 edition took place in Marylebone on 19 September 2024 organised by the London Singers Collective founded and run by baritone Julian Debreuil . nbsp For the day , eight singers , chosen by competitive audition ,