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Boulezian: Liebeck/Apekisheva - Messiaen, Prokofiev, Fauré, and Stravinsky, 17 May 2015
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Monday, 18 May 2015. Liebeck/Apekisheva - Messiaen, Prokofiev, Fauré, and Stravinsky, 17 May 2015. Messiaen – Thème et Variations. Prokofiev – Violin Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.80. Fauré – Violin Sonata no.1 in A major, op.13. Stravinsky – Divertimento. Completed the programme, again in an excellent performance. The strangeness of the composer’s writing for violin registered, albeit without undue exaggeration. Here, of course, it is mixed with the strangeness of his response to Tchaikovsky&...8217;s Shro...
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Boulezian: Esfahani - Tomkins, Gibbons, Scheidt, Bach, Jones, Kidane, Kalabis, and W.F. Bach, 27 April 2015
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015. Esfahani - Tomkins, Gibbons, Scheidt, Bach, Jones, Kidane, Kalabis, and W.F. Bach, 27 April 2015. Tomkins – Barafostus Dreame. Gibbons – Pavan in G. Scheidt – Also geht’s, also steht’s. Bach – English Suite in D minor, BWV 811. Patrick Jones – Santoor Suite. Daniel Kidane – Six Etudes (world premiere). Viktor Kalabis – Akvarely. WF Bach – Sonata in E-flat major, Fk.5. Quartet, sounded as if a danse macabre. Received their first complete performance. They definitely sounded as ...
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Boulezian: The Virtues of Things, Royal Opera, 2 May 2015 (world premiere)
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Sunday, 3 May 2015. The Virtues of Things, Royal Opera, 2 May 2015 (world premiere). Ellipsis (Fiona Kimm), Peg (Robyn Allegra Parton), Eames (Paul Curievici), Selby (David Stout). Images; Stephen Cummiskey/ROH. Selby de Selby – David Stout. Ellipsis de Selby – Fiona Kimm. Peg de Selby – Robyn Allegra Parton. Eames – Paul Curievici. Dr Gravid – Richard Mosley-Evans. Performed in the Linbury just a few months ago, was a case in point; so, I think, was The Virtues of Things. A traditionalist prop-making co...
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Boulezian: Prom 57 - Swedish RSO/Harding: Mahler, 29 August 2014
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Friday, 29 August 2014. Prom 57 - Swedish RSO/Harding: Mahler, 29 August 2014. Symphony no.2 in C minor. Swedish Radio Choir (chorus master: Peter Dijkstra). Philharmonia Chorus (chorus master: Stefan Bevier). Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Timpani announced the third movement attacca. In spirit as well as in the letter. Artlessness and. Artfulness, innocence and. Guile were splendidly balanced in the twisting turns of what many of us now unavoidably think of as this pre-Berio ( Sinfonia. As so often ...
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Boulezian: R.I.P. Patrice Chéreau, 1944-2013
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Monday, 7 October 2013. RIP Patrice Chéreau, 1944-2013. There are many other things for which he should and will be remembered, but the 'Centenary'. Still the most compelling on film, will always take first place. Alas, some of us were not around to see it in the. But many years later, I was able to borrow the video cassettes one by one from my music teacher, to experience a. Revelation second only (or at any rate, joint second with my first 'live'. For whatever this may be worth, has as its front cover ...
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Boulezian: R.I.P. Sir Colin Davis, 1927-2013
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Sunday, 14 April 2013. RIP Sir Colin Davis, 1927-2013. I have experienced in concert, unquestionably the greatest of any Mendelssohn symphony. Of Haydn’s Creation. I could go on and on, and some day probably should. And Hänsel und Gretel. As for a 2000 Proms performance of Les Troyens. 8216;definitive’ would almost seem inadequate to express the ‘rightness’ of every aspect of the conducting, utterly unforced, utterly convincing. Two of his most recent towering achievements, both with the LSO, and equally...
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Boulezian: King Roger, Royal Opera, 1 May 2015
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Saturday, 2 May 2015. King Roger, Royal Opera, 1 May 2015. Archbishop – Alan Ewing. Deaconess – Agnes Zwierko. King Roger – Mariusz Kwiecień. Edrisi – Kim Begley. Roxana – Georgia Jarman. Shepherd – Saimir Pirgu. John Lloyd Davies (dramaturgy). Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna). Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). At last, Szymanowski’s masterpiece, King Roger. And nothing was gained by having to step outside for half an hour.). 8211; ...
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Boulezian: Wagner advertising that might have made Goebbels blush
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Friday, 28 September 2012. Wagner advertising that might have made Goebbels blush. A friend has just brought to my attention a report (click here. Concerning an extraordinary piece of German advertising. Can this brazenly racist depiction of Wagner metamorphosing into a caricature beyond crudity of Kent Nagano be for real? It looks as though it might have been rejected as not subtle enough for. This comment has been removed by the author. 30 September, 2012 10:36. 06 January, 2016 23:34. 160; Any ...
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Boulezian: Berlin Festtage (2) - Parsifal, Staatsoper Berlin, 28 March 2015
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015. Berlin Festtage (2) - Parsifal, Staatsoper Berlin, 28 March 2015. Amfortas – Wolfgang Koch. Gurnemanz – René Pape. Parsifal – Andreas Schager. Klingsor – Tómas Tómasson. Kundry – Anja Kampe. Titurel – Matthias Hölle. Squires – Sónia Grané, Annika Schlicht, Stephen Chambers, Jonathan Winell. First Knight of the Grail – Paul O’Neill. Second Knight of the Grail – Grigory Shkarupa. Voice from Above – Annika Schlicht. Dmitri Tcherniakov (director, set designs). The crowd continues to b...
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Boulezian: Strauss's Intermezzo at Garsington: Interview with Jac van Steen
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Thursday, 21 May 2015. Strauss's Intermezzo at Garsington: Interview with Jac van Steen. Image: Ross Cohen/Herzberger Artists. 8211; 150 years since his birth – offered, at least in the United Kingdom, a typical number of opportunities and frustrations. We heard a good number of excellent performances, not least a superlative Frau ohne Schatten. From the Royal Opera and. At the Proms, both, far from coincidentally, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. A fine. And Die schweigsame Frau. And so on…. Style, so now w...
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