Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | Posted by:Londonlyricopera
Fidelio at Cadogan Hall: Elizabeth Connell, Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts, Rachel Nicholls, Richard Wiegold, James Hancock, Andrew Staples, Paul Goodwin-Groen. Conductor Madeleine Lovell. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Phiharmonia Chorus.
http://www.londonlyricopera.com/207096/index.html
February 17th 2009 7.30pm
Fidelio
Opera in Two Acts
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Text in German by Joseph von Sonnleithner
from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly.
This version was first performed at the
Kärtnertortheater, Wien on 23 May 1814
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Philharmonia Chorus
Madeleine Lovell - Conductor
Elizabeth Connell - Leonore
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts - Florestan
James Hancock - Don Pizarro
Rachel Nicholls - Marzelline
Andrew Staples - Jaquino
Paul Goodwin-Groen - Don Fernando
Richard Wiegold - Rocco
Sung in German with English surtitles
Sunday, February 01, 2009 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Fellowship of the Stretched String
World premiere of this composition by John Joubert, a setting of a poem by Stephen Tunnicliffe. It will be performed by a mezzo-soprano and Fretwork (Consort of Viols) at the Wigmore Hall, London, on 1st February 2009 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the birth of Henry Purcell.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | Posted by:HFM
Winter Gala at the London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, NW11: Petra and Patrik Jablonski
Petra Jablonski (mezzo) & Patrik Jablonski (piano) perform a wide range of popular songs and arias as part of the LJCC's new Music Series at Ivy House, NW11. Repertoire from Handel to Gershwin and Bernstein.
Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Posted by:ikonarts
Stile Antico to tour again with Sting in Far East & Australia
Following the success of last year's concerts, British early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico will join Sting on a tour of Australia and Asia, bringing music from Sting's critically acclaimed album 'Songs from the Labyrinth', to a further two continents. The tour, which opens at the Sydney Opera House on 30th November, includes performances in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Tokyo and Osaka (tour itinerary included below).
'Songs from the Labyrinth' began as a Deutsche Grammophon recording project in 2006 which surpassed all expectations by debuting at the top of the classical charts in the US, UK, France, Canada & Germany. It is Sting's personal tribute to the lute songs of British composer John Dowland (1563-1626). Stile Antico accompanied Sting in all his European tour dates since the release of the album, which has seen performances at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus Vienna, among many others. They will be joined again for this tour by esteemed lutenist, Edin Karamazov.
For more information, images and press materials please contact Holly Skelton: holly@ikonarts.com or call +44 (0)20 7354 9199
Thursday, November 27, 2008 | Posted by:Londonlyricopera
Der fliegende Holländer at the Barbican: Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, James Hancock, Karl Huml, Anne-Marie Owens, Richard Roberts. Cond. Lionel Friend. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Chorus.
http://www.londonlyricopera.com/673/index.html
London Lyric Opera is proud to present a concert performance of Richard Wagner's music drama Der fliegende Holländer arguably one of the greatest operas of the romantic tradition.
Lionel Friend will conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Chorus and a stunning cast of International soloists including Gweneth-Ann Jeffers making her role debut as Senta, James Hancock singing the Holländer and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts as the spurned lover, Erik.
An exciting opportunity to hear Richard Wagner's first masterpiece accompanied by 78 players of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in concert at the Barbican. One performance only. Not to be missed.
Premiered in Dresden in 1843, Der fliegende Holländer follows the story of a mariner, cursed to sail the oceans for eternity, whose only hope of redemption comes once every seven years; A young woman dreams of a man she can rescue through love. She imagines herself as the 'angel' who will save the eternally damned Dutchman. Will these two lost souls find their way to each other?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | Posted by:Londonlyricopera
Cycles at Cadogan Hall: Cond Madeleine Lovell. St George's Chamber Orchestra.Katherine Broderick, Soprano. Anando Mukerjee, Tenor. Julietta Demetriades, Soprano. James Hancock, Baritone.
http://www.londonlyricopera.com/11701.html
Tuesday 16 September, 2008
7.30pm
London Lyric Opera
Cycles
Madeleine Lovell conductor
St George's Chamber Orchestra
Katherine Broderick soprano
Julietta Demetriades soprano
Anando Mukerjee tenor
James Hancock baritone
Programme:
Mendelssohn: Die schöne Melusine Overture, op. 32
Respighi: Deità silvane, P.147
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été, Op.7
Michael Pringsheim: Eichendorff Liederkreis (world premiere)
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (orch. RVW and Roy Douglas)
Four passionate song cycles. Four sumptuous voices. London Lyric Opera’s
‘Cycles’ explores the rich Romanticism of Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, the
mystical sincerity of Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, the evanescent
colours of Respighi’s Deità silvane, and the world première of Michael Pringsheim’s exquisite new cycle Six Eichendorff Songs. Conducted by Madeleine Lovell with the St George’s Chamber Orchestra the programme is completed with two purely orchestral narratives – Mendelssohn’s evocation of the legendary Melusine and Ravel’s Pavane.
Sunday, September 14, 2008 | Posted by:louis_kbf
Sacrum Profanum Festival - Classical-contemporary Music Event in Krakow, Poland
2008 Sacrum Profanum Festival in Krakow
Sacrum Profanum is one of the most acclaimed music projects in Poland nowadays. Launched in 2003, the project celebrates classical music from the 19th and 20th centuries. The goal of the festival is to present the intertwined motifs of 20th century music repertoire – Sacrum (the sacred) and Profanum (the profane). The festival aims to bring together the masterpieces of instrumental and vocal-instrumental music from different geographical areas to the heart of European continent. In the past years the culture-enriched city of Kraków has seen magnificent performances and contemporary music from Austria, France, Russia and the United States. The list of foreign artists performing in previous Sacrum-Profanum editions includes: Marc Minkowski, Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices, Schönberg Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Lucas Vis, Barbara Hendricks, Alexandre Tharaud, Vanessa Wagner, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Hervé Niquet, Ilya Gringolts, Stephen de Pledge, Pieter Wispelwey and many others.
This year’s edition, the sixth edition, which takes place from September 14-21, is devoted to German composers. The 2008 Sacrum Profanum Festival will be a large-scale presentation of the 20th century German composers’ repertoire, exposing the pivotal moments and the contested terms such as “classics” and “classical music”. To name some of the programmes, the classic repertoire by German composers ranging from Kurt Weill, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hans Werner Henze, Helmut Lachenmann, Heiner Goebbels, and Wolfgang Rihm are among those repertoires to be featured in the splendid performance by the ensembles of London Sinfonietta from the UK, Ensemble Modern and musikFabrik from Germany, Asko|Schönberg ensemble from the Netherlands, Klangforum Wien from Austria and the highly regarded Polish orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia. The performance of Sinfonietta Cracovia also features Ute Lemper, a well-knowned German singer and actress, and Mark Minkowski, a famous French conductor. The festival ends with three concerts from the legendary contemporary group, Kraftwerk. Moreover, the concerts will take place in several unique venues in Krakow, from the Philharmonic Hall and the Museum of Urban Engineering to the famous Oskar Schindler’s factory and Lenin’s steel factory. Organizing performances in such post-industrial venues are unprecedented move. Besides, about 14,000 visitors are expected to attend this anticipated event.
Thursday, September 04, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
York Early Music International Young Artists Competition
Applications are now being received for the 2009 York Early Music Festival International Young Artists’ Competition, which will be held in York, UK, in July 2009. To take part you need to be: aged between 17 and 30 years (35 for singers); part of an ensemble with a minimum of three persons (the group can be instrumental or vocal, or a mix of both); playing repertory from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century (using period instruments as appropriate).
All short-listed groups will present a recital at the 2009 York Early Music Festival, in front of a panel of judges drawn from the international world of recording, broadcasting, concert management and performance – and work alongside the distinguished singer Evelyn Tubb. This is your chance to get noticed!
The winners will receive a prize of £1,000, and – more importantly – a major boost to their professional careers, including future bookings, recording and broadcasting opportunities.
For full details of how to apply, please see the National Centre of Early Music website: www.ncem.co.uk/young artists.
Or ring York [01904] 632220 and ask for Ailsa Reid
The closing date for applications is 5 December 2008.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | Posted by:Rod Corkin
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Monday, August 04, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Stile Antico to tour again with Sting
Following the success of last year's concerts, British early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico will join Sting on a tour of Australia and Asia, bringing music from Sting's critically acclaimed album 'Songs from the Labyrinth', to a further two continents. The tour, which opens at the Sydney Opera House on 30th November, includes performances in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Tokyo and Osaka (tour itinerary included below).
'Songs from the Labyrinth' began as a Deutsche Grammophon recording project in 2006 which surpassed all expectations by debuting at the top of the classical charts in the US, UK, France, Canada & Germany. It is Sting's personal tribute to the lute songs of British composer John Dowland (1563-1626). Stile Antico accompanied Sting in all his European tour dates since the release of the album, which has seen performances at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus Vienna, among many others. They will be joined again for this tour by esteemed lutenist, Edin Karamazov.
For more information, images and press materials please contact Holly Skelton: holly@ikonarts.com or call +44 (0)20 7354 9199
Saturday, August 02, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem, Poulenc & Kodaly. Somerset Chamber Choir at Wells Cathedral
Saturday 2nd August, 7pm at Wells Cathedral
'Songs of War & Peace'
Poulenc Gloria
Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus
Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem
Somerset Chamber Choir
Southern Sinfonia
Charlotte Ellett (Soprano)
Andrew Staples (Tenor)
Benedict Nelson (Baritone)
Graham Caldbeck (Conductor)
Over more than two decades, the Somerset Chamber Choir has built a fine reputation for first class music-making,performing regularly with the UK’s finest vocal soloists and instrumentalists. One of Britain’s leading choral conductors, Graham Caldbeck also directs Nonsuch Singers (“one of London’s best chamber choirs” The Times). Joining the choir will be an exciting trio of young, award-winning vocal soloists and the highly acclaimed professional orchestra Southern Sinfonia (Sir Roger Norrington Patron).
This exciting concert brings together three contrasting 20th-century masterpieces in a moving and life-affirming programme about the pursuit of freedom and peace on earth.
Kodály’s Psalmus Hungaricus was commissioned in 1923 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of the cities of Buda, Pest and Óbuda to create the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Kodaly was drawn to the text, a 16th century poem based on Psalm 55, because of the recent turmoil brought to his country by the First World War. This dramatic, folk-inspired work draws parallels between the sorrows of King David and the suffering of the people of Hungary, which was under Turkish occupation when the poem was written. Lavish orchestral writing, a thrilling role for solo tenor and dramatic choruses all combine to create one of the composer’s most inspired works.
We mark the 50th anniversary of the death of that best-loved English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, with a performance of his intensely moving cantata, Dona nobis pacem, for soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and
orchestra. The composer had served in the Medical Corps during the Great War, and his impassioned and eloquent plea for peace - an angry warning by a composer with a social conscience - was written in 1937 as Europe lurched
towards another major war. Vaughan Williams draws his texts from a rich variety of sources, including the American Civil War poetry of Walt Whitman and biblical texts - the phrase Dona nobis pacem (“Give us peace’’) punctuates the entire piece.
Poulenc’s Gloria, with its matchless tunes and unmistakable freshness, enjoyed immediate acclaim following its first performance in Boston in 1961 - it has remained a firm favourite with performers and audiences ever since. The
arresting opening movement ‘Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of goodwill’, with its brass fanfares and swirling ostinati, sets the almost irreverent tone for this joyful masterwork, and stunning soprano solos add
an exciting extra dimension to the work. The composer’s sense of humour - ‘..while writing it I had in mind those frescoes by Gozzoli where angels stick their tongues out at each other’ - and his love of life, shine through in the
exuberance of this wonderful music. So here, then, is the perfect piece for a summer evening - described by Poulenc as “without question my best work”.
Book your tickets today and enjoy the splendour of this occasion in the lovely setting of Wells Cathedral.
Tickets: £7.50 - £25 (children & Students £2, subject to availability), available from MusicBox Tel: 01275 349010
Friday, August 01, 2008 | Posted by:brianoc
Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop w/Carrington, O'Connell and Falinska
SARTEANO CHAMBER CHORAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOP, ITALY ( TUSCANY )
1-8 August 2008, with Simon Carrington, Brian O'Connell and Bronislawa Falinska
This intensive and intimate conducting workshop is geared for music educators and choral conductors with strong vocal ability who are interested in rehearsing and performing chamber choral music. We heartily welcome qualified singers who are interested in attending the workshop in a non-conducting capacity; who love to sing in a chamber group environment and/or are very specifically looking to learn rehearsal and conducting techniques. You will be part of a twenty-two to twenty-four member ensemble that will prepare and perform a cappella choral music from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Up to two graduate credits are available through The Boston Conservatory.
There are three possible tiers of participation:Full Conductor, Conducting Auditor, Singer.
Each Full Conductor will conduct every day.
They will be assigned a piece for their daily podium time in the master class; they will
also conduct this piece in the final concert.
You may also choose to participate as either a Conducting Auditor or Singer. Included in the price of participating as a Conducting Auditor will be a private half-hour conducting session with Simon Carrington. Conducting Auditors will also have the opportunity to conduct the ensemble in the morning sessions if so desired.
The Master Class uses the Workshop ensemble as its laboratory, so everyone receives the benefits of each master class.
The two-part morning session will consist of Vocal Pedagogy and clinics on developing a vital chamber choir.
Broni Falinska, our visiting artist in Vocal Pedagogy, will again be joining us for daily ateliers using the Rohmert Method of Functional Voicetraining. This approach guides the singer towards an awareness of the voice not usually addressed by most conventional singing methods. Get ready for a sensorial exploration of the voice, and to explore how self-perception works in the combination of "hearing-feeling-seeing."
Brian O'Connell will be leading clinics on exploring connections between movement and musical/textual concepts and strategies for building cohesive chamber choirs
The afternoon sessions will consist solely of conducting Master Classes with Simon Carrington. This year we are again delighted to offer a Q&A/Dialogue session with Simon.
For a detailed description of the workshop, tuition costs (Farewell Dinner included), and an online application please visit http://www.sarteanochoralworkshop.com
Contact: Gail Leicher Tel: + 1 781.652.0158, or Email sarteanochoral@rcn.com
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
RTWSO launches new season
The Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2008/9 season. The RTWSO will be giving six concerts with a star-studded roster of soloists including Freddy Kempf (piano) and Robert Cohen (cello). Local musicians, such as Jeremy Clack (trumpet) and Anthony Zerpa-Falcon (piano), will also be performing with the orchestra, and Roderick Dunk will conduct three of the RTWSO’s concerts, which start on 5 October 2008.
As well as promoting its subscription scheme, which includes a half-price offer for new subscribers, the RTWSO is actively seeking new sponsors to support its work of promoting orchestral concerts locally.
“We are a well-established arts organisation and make an important contribution to the cultural life of Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas in Kent and Sussex,” explains RTWSO Marketing Manager, Tim Rogers. “Sponsorship is a highly effective and proven marketing tool. It’s a good way for local businesses to show their commitment to the community.
Like many orchestras, we need financial help from corporate sponsors, as well as the Friends of the RTWSO and Patrons, to offset the difference between expenditure and box-office takings. Orchestral concerts are expensive to arrange and promote. Even when we play to a full house, we still need a little extra.”
More information can be found on the RTWSO’s website at www.rtwso.org.
Sunday, July 27, 2008 | Posted by:rcicw
2008 Rose City International Conductor's Workshop
Fourth Annual Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop, Portland, Oregon. The musicians of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra are proud to announce the 2008 RCICW, which will take place on the campus of Warner Pacific College from July 21-27th, 2008.
Returning faculty include RCICW Director Kenneth Woods, conductor of the Oregon East Symphony and Avie Records recording artist, Christopher Zimmerman, Director of Orchestras and Orchestral Conducting at the Hartt School of Music and David Hoose, Director of Orchestral Activities at Boston University and conductor of Collage New Music of Boston.
The workshop offers all students the opportunity to work with the faculty and the musicians of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra as well as professional guest soloists including pianist Rick Rowley and singers Alexis Hamilton, Brennen Guillory and Esther Mae Moses. The Emerging Artist Program is geared towards highly advanced students completing their formal studies and preparing for a professional career and experienced conductors looking for advanced training at the highest level. 2008 EA repertoire includes Brahms- Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor with Rick Rowley, excerpts from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and Ponchielli’s La Gioconda with full orchestra and professional soloists, Dvorak’s Serenade for Winds, the 13 Instrument version of Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Mahler’s orchestration of Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Minor op 95 “Serioso.” The EA Program culminates in a Sunday Conductor Showcase, which offers participants the opportunity to get a video of themselves in a concert situation. The Discovery Program offers younger conductors, music educators and instrumentalists who are serious about conducting a chance to work with the orchestra and faculty in the Stravinsky Octet for Winds, Beethoven’s Symphony no 2 (piano reduction with Rick Rowley) and Haydn’s Symphony no. 86. The workshop also offers several seminars during the week and all sessions are attended by all students in both programs.
All sessions are professionally videotaped in CD-quality audio. Tuition for Emerging Artist Program is $790, Discovery Program $560, payable in instalments. Application deadline for guaranteed full consideration is March 22nd, after which applications may be considered on a space available basis. Information and application on the workshop website- www.rosecityworkshop.org . Dormitory housing on campus is available.Enquiries via email to admin@rosecityworkshop.org
Sunday, June 22, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Bach's Mass in B minor
St George's Singers perform Bach's sublime 'Mass in B minor' in the Bridgewater Hall on 22 June, with Manchester Camerata and a starry line-up of soloists including Nancy Argenta, Robin Blaze, Rebecca Outram, Michael George and Mark Wilde. Tickets £11, £16, £21 and £26, with discounts for studnets and groups, available from Box Office 0161 907 9000. More information from www.st-georges-singers.org.uk
Saturday, June 21, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Nonsuch Singers concert, St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin-in-the-Fields,Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4PP Saturday 21st June, 7.30pm
English Voices English vocal and choral masterpieces performed by candlelight Tallis - Loquebantur variis linguis; Salvator mundi Byrd - Sing joyfully Gibbons - Hosanna to the Son of David; O clap your hands Weelkes - Hosanna to the Son of David; When David heard Tomkins - When David heard Purcell - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; Hear my prayer Britten - Chorale; A Hymn to St Cecilia and solo songs by Dowland, Hilton and Purcell Emma Kirkby, soprano ("one of the world's most renowned early music specialists" BBC) Jakob Lindberg, lute and theorbo Nonsuch Singers ("one of London's best chamber choirs", The Times) Graham Caldbeck, conductor Join Nonsuch Singers, soprano Emma Kirkby and lutenist Jakob Lindberg for a very special evening of English songs and choral masterpieces, part of St Martin's "Best of British" festival.
The programme includes solo songs by Dowland and Purcell, as well as works by Byrd, Tallis and Weelkes from a golden age of English choral music, all performed in the wonderful setting of the beautifully restored St Martin-in-the-Fields. Nonsuch Singers is increasingly well-known for its wide-ranging, innovative programmes and communicative performances. With a repertoire encompassing works from the Renaissance to the present day, the choir performs regularly with many of the UK's leading ensembles and finest soloists.
Tickets £25, £22, £18, £12, £6, available online via www.smitf.org or telephone 020 7766 1100 Nearest tube: Charing Cross or Leicester Square Choir website: www.nonsuchsingers.com. Registered charity no.1105880
Thursday, June 19, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Casken Première
John Casken at the 2004 Proms.
Blue Medusa for bassoon and piano that featured at the 2004 Proms has been recast for chamer orchestra and receives its forst London performance of the on Thursday, 19th June 2008 at 6pm at St. John's Church, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY.
The concert is being given by the Berkeley Ensemble who will also perform Beethoven's Septet, op.20. The bassoon soloist will be Rosemary Burton, the dedicatee of the original bassoon and piano version. Admission is free and a free glass of wine will be available. There will be a retiring collection.
Friday, June 13, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Zuill Bailey's Lalo Concerto Live from Mexico City
Cellist Zuill Bailey's performance of the Lalo Concerto with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional from Mexico City, Carlos Miguel Prieto, conducting, will be broadcast live throughout the country on Friday, June 13, 8:00 p.m. (central time) on XEEP AM 1060 Radio Educacion, the cultural and educational programming station from Mexico City.
The concert can be listened to worldwide by entering XEEP 1060 AM or entering the call letters on google. Listeners can then click on the web listening link to enjoy the concert.
Voice – a weekend of singing at Spitalfields Festival
13-15 June 2008
Spitalfields Festival returns to the streets (and houses!) of Spitalfields bringing to the vibrant heart of East London three weeks of musical and cultural experiences that span many genres and periods.
Featured this summer is Voice, a weekend-long celebration of singing that invites audiences to share the concert platform with some of the UK’s leading performers including acclaimed vocal ensemble EXAUDI, whose programme centres around Brian Ferneyhough’s Missa Brevis, complemented by works from Sheppard and Taverner.
The excellent choirs of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge and King’s College, London join forces for the UK premiere of Rodion Shchedrin’s beautiful work The Sealed Angel.
A new work by successful British composer Christopher Fox receives its world premiere by The Clerks, foremost interpreters of Renaissance music, in a departure from their usual repertoire. 20 Ways to Improve Your Life sets to music some of today’s “street cries” – advertising slogans, newspaper headlines and spam – adding a modern twist to the celebration of urban life. This will echo 16th century work The Cryes of London by Orlando Gibbons, which forms the centrepiece of the concert and the inspiration for a very special workshop open to all.
Big Sing: The Cryes of London will invite participants to learn and perform a brand new work before the main concert. A workshop with a very different flavour takes the form of a ‘come and sing’ session in which participants explore The Great Learning: Paragraph 7, a work by cult figure in avant-garde twentieth century music Cornelius Cardew. A musical experience like no other is guaranteed!
Other Voice events include a free concert by Women Sing East, Spitalfields Festival’s singing group, and a programme of works by all-female group The Curate’s Egg, ranging from Kodály and Poulenc to the striking sounds of this year’s Festival commission – Interference by one of today’s brightest young composers, Naomi Pinnock. In perfect contrast, the solo spotlight falls on acclaimed mezzo-soprano Suzan Bickley with a special concert of songs by Wolf, Schubert and Wagner to conclude the weekend’s festivities.
More information at www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk
Thursday, June 05, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Cellist Zuill Bailey
Cellist Zuill Bailey is preparing to perform in a concert with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional, the National Orchestra of Mexico City, with Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor. Bailey will perform the Lalo Concerto on June 13-15 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Bailey performs with the symphony orchestras of Minnesota Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Louisville, Milwaukee, Honolulu, San Francisco, Toronto and other leading orchestras around the world.
For more information, log on to his website at www.zuillbailey.com.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Major Celebration on Great English Composer
Church will host four concerts in three days One of England’s greatest composers and folksong collectors, Ralph Vaughan Williams, will be celebrated with a weekend of music at St Mary’s Parish Church, Greyhound Hill, Hendon NW4.
Top names from the world of classical music, including the world-renowned tenor James Gilchrist and the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, will be taking part, alongside folk performers such as the highly acclaimed Mellstock Band. The weekend (May 16th to 18th) will also include a concert of Vaughan Williams’s choral music by St Mary’s own choir, which has recently returned from a tour of New York.
“Vaughan Williams died 50 years ago,” says Richard Morrison, director of music at St Mary’s. “We wanted to celebrate the life and achievements of the man who not only wrote great symphonies, choral music and songs, but also collected many of England’s best-loved folksongs. If it wasn’t for his pioneering work in the early 1900s, hundreds of those wonderful tunes would have been lost.”
The festival opens on Friday May 16th at 8pm with a costumed performance by the Mellstock Band - four folk musicians who specialise in recreating the village music of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex.
On Saturday May 17th at noon, the band of Queen Elizabeth’s School in Barnet will give a lunchtime recital of English wind-band music. The Saturday evening concert (7.30pm), should be a highlight of the weekend, with James Gilchrist, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and top local pianist Anna Tilbrook performing Vaughan Williams’s great song-cycle “On Wenlock Edge”.
A recording of this work by the same performances was recently praised on BBC Radio 3 as the best in the catalogue. Finally, on Sunday evening at 7.30pm, the Choir of Hendon St Mary sings Vaughan Williams’s sublime Mass in G Minor, and his jolly Shakespearean cantata In Windsor Forest. “Two contrasting sides of the composer, but both hugely enjoyable,” says Richard Morrison, who will conduct the concert.
Tickets (£20 for the whole weekend, or £10 per event) are available from the box office, 0208 959 0207, or on the door. Press contacts: Susie Owen 07974309437 Richard Morrison 07770
Saturday, May 10, 2008 | Posted by:Rod Corkin
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Concert in Petit-Palais, Paris
Last thursday, we had an enormous chance to hear two wonderful young artists - cellist Maja Bogdanovic and pianist Sanja Bizjak, in the Auditorium of Petit-Palais in Paris.
They gave a recital with works of Rachmaninov and Paganini. The concert was extremely visited, that the little hall that recieves about 200 people, had to refuse many of friends, family, professionals, or just curious tourists that were passing by Avenue Champs-Elysees.
The success was granted. The concert started with solo piano and Etudes-Tableaux, that Sanja Bizjak performed remarkably. Only 19 years old, she succeded to perform these deep musical thoughts, very demanding and challenging for all of pianists.
Concert continued with amazing Rachmaninov sonata for cello and piano op.19. Maja Bogdanovic made her cello sing, her phrasing was perfect, variety of moods in this piece extremely well presented. Both artists showed amazing technical skills, nuances, different atmospheres of this master-piece.
The concert finished with Paganini Variations on one string, transcription for cello and piano of original violin version. Tricky piece, but not enough to fool our beautiful musicians. Very theatral, very singing in the begining, very demanding till the end, and finally very funny piece...
As an encore, Maja Bogdanovic and Sanja Bizjak, gave us a little present, the marvelous "Sentimental Valse" by Tchaikovsky. Whole concert was recorded by France Musique, and will be broadcasted on 24th of may, at 13h.
Despite very dry acoustics of the Petit Palais, and maybe not the best piano in the city, this concert was absolutely worth of going.
Saturday, April 12, 2008 | Posted by:sacha
Bournemouth Philharmonic Society Charity Concert
Held at the Chiropractic College in Bournemouth (13-15 Parkwood Road, Boscombe, BH5 2DF) and featuring works by Weber, Herold, Mascagni, Arutunian, Aliven, Grieg and Sibelius. Tickets cost £10.00 and are bookable by phoning 01202 436337.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
New Internet Radio Station from Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes, the world-renowned music publishers, have launched a new, free, classical music internet radio station. At www.booseyradio.com the listener is in control. You can select stations by musical mood, or by composer or period, or you can build your own bespoke station by selecting from a tag cloud of adjectives such as "Invigorating", "Contemplative" or "Playful". The music is uninterrupted by adverts or DJs, and the service is free of charge.
Saturday, March 08, 2008 | Posted by:Cadenza_Music
rarescale - a concert of music for flute, viola and harp
rarescale will be performing a concert of works for flute(s), viola and harp at St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch High Street, London. E1 6JN @ 7:30pm including:
Tom Ingoldsby - Long Drift Sleep (world premiere)
Geoffrey Gordon - Bright White Smooth (UK premiere) and
Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola and harp.
Tickets are priced at £10.00 (£8.00 concessions)
For more information visit
http://www.concert-diary.com/home/concert_details.asp?id=84709
For further information on the music of Tom Ingoldsby visit the Cadenza Music website at:
www.cadenza-music.com
Thursday, March 06, 2008 | Posted by:ikon arts
Stile Antico launch new CD at Eaton Square Concerts
"...the singing is staggeringly beautiful" - Sunday Times.
GRAMMY award nominees Stile Antico present their new CD 'Heavenly Harmonies' in a concert at Eaton Square Concerts on 6th March. Featuring Tallis' beautifully simple psalm settings interspersed with some of Byrd's most powerful insurgent Catholic motets.
Go to www.eatonsquareconcerts.org.uk for more information, or call 020 8144 3656.
Sunday, January 20, 2008 | Posted by:YvonneSchwartz
Belsize Baroque Orchestra (London) plays Bach and Vivaldi
The Belsize Baroque Orchestra plays Bach Orchestral Suite No4, Bach Sinfonia to Cantata 42 and Vivaldi Violin Concerto conducted by Laurence Cummings.
Sunday, 20/01/08 in St. Silas Church, Penton Street, N1 9UL, London. The concert begins at 6:30 pm and admission is £10.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
Elizabeth Watts sings Brahms: Requiem - in Sandbach
Elizabeth Watts, winner of Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize for 2007, is singing Brahms Requiem with Sandbach Voices and Orchestra at 7:30 pm on Saturday 15th March 2008 in St. Mary's Church, Sandbach, Cheshire.
Tickets are available at £10 from 01244 540511 or 01270 841727
Friday, January 04, 2008 | Posted by:rogers_kp
The Dmitri Ensemble announces PASSIONTIDE tour, March 2008
The Dmitri Ensemble announces its PASSIONTIDE 2008 project: a four-concert tour and commercial recording for the Naxos label, to be released in 2009.
The disc of works by James MacMillan, to include two première recordings, is the culmination of a UK tour of Passiontide music by MacMillan and Giles Swayne. The Dmitri Ensemble has worked closely with both composers in the past, and looks forwards to renewing these collaborations in this challenging and eagerly-anticipated project.
Performing in four of England’s most prestigious venues in the run up to Easter, The Dmitri Ensemble’s project features James MacMillan’s celebrated Seven Last Words from the Cross alongside Giles Swayne’s striking Stabat Mater for solo quartet and choir. Interspersing the Latin stanzas with texts from the Muslim and Jewish burial services, Swayne creates a collective mourning of grief in a remarkable, powerfully relevant new setting. MacMillan draws on his devout Catholicism in both the rarely-heard chorus version of his …here in hiding… and in his hauntingly beautiful Seven Last Words from the Cross for choir and string orchestra.
Full concert details can be found at www.dmitriensemble.co.uk
The Dmitri Ensemble
PASSIONTIDE tour 2008
Graham Ross, conductor
Jamie Campbell, leader
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy, mezzo-soprano
Ben Alden, tenor
George Humphreys, bass
James MacMillan: ...here in hiding...
Giles Swayne: Stabat Mater
James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Friday 14 March 2008, 8pm
Trinity College Chapel, CAMBRIDGE, UK
£15, £12, £9 (concessions £2 discount each price band)
Box Office: Cambridge Corn Exchange, City Centre Box Office, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB
tel. +44 (0)1223 457562 | email boxoffice@cambridge.gov.uk
Monday 17 March 2008, 7.30pm
FREE pre-concert talk, 6.30pm
James MacMillan and Giles Swayne talk with Anthony Burton
St. John's, Smith Square, London, UK
£20, £15, £12, £9 (concessions 10% discount each price band)
Box Office: St. John’s Smith, Square, London, SW1P 3HA
tel. +44 (0)20 7222 1061 | fax +44 (0)20 7233 1618
online booking www.sjss.org.uk
Tuesday 18 March 2008, 6.30pm
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (performed liturgically as part of St. Paul's Meditation services for Holy Week)
Free admission
(c) The Dmitri Ensemble 2008
www.dmitriensemble.co.uk
http://www.londonlyricopera.com/207096/index.html
February 17th 2009 7.30pm
Fidelio
Opera in Two Acts
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Text in German by Joseph von Sonnleithner
from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly.
This version was first performed at the
Kärtnertortheater, Wien on 23 May 1814
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Philharmonia Chorus
Madeleine Lovell - Conductor
Elizabeth Connell - Leonore
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts - Florestan
James Hancock - Don Pizarro
Rachel Nicholls - Marzelline
Andrew Staples - Jaquino
Paul Goodwin-Groen - Don Fernando
Richard Wiegold - Rocco
Sung in German with English surtitles
http://www.londonlyricopera.com/673/index.html
London Lyric Opera is proud to present a concert performance of Richard Wagner's music drama Der fliegende Holländer arguably one of the greatest operas of the romantic tradition.
Lionel Friend will conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Chorus and a stunning cast of International soloists including Gweneth-Ann Jeffers making her role debut as Senta, James Hancock singing the Holländer and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts as the spurned lover, Erik.
An exciting opportunity to hear Richard Wagner's first masterpiece accompanied by 78 players of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in concert at the Barbican. One performance only. Not to be missed.
Premiered in Dresden in 1843, Der fliegende Holländer follows the story of a mariner, cursed to sail the oceans for eternity, whose only hope of redemption comes once every seven years; A young woman dreams of a man she can rescue through love. She imagines herself as the 'angel' who will save the eternally damned Dutchman. Will these two lost souls find their way to each other? 
http://www.londonlyricopera.com/11701.html
Tuesday 16 September, 2008
7.30pm
London Lyric Opera
Cycles
Madeleine Lovell conductor
St George's Chamber Orchestra
Katherine Broderick soprano
Julietta Demetriades soprano
Anando Mukerjee tenor
James Hancock baritone
Programme:
Mendelssohn: Die schöne Melusine Overture, op. 32
Respighi: Deità silvane, P.147
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été, Op.7
Michael Pringsheim: Eichendorff Liederkreis (world premiere)
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (orch. RVW and Roy Douglas)
Four passionate song cycles. Four sumptuous voices. London Lyric Opera’s
‘Cycles’ explores the rich Romanticism of Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, the
mystical sincerity of Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, the evanescent
colours of Respighi’s Deità silvane, and the world première of Michael Pringsheim’s exquisite new cycle Six Eichendorff Songs. Conducted by Madeleine Lovell with the St George’s Chamber Orchestra the programme is completed with two purely orchestral narratives – Mendelssohn’s evocation of the legendary Melusine and Ravel’s Pavane. 
