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Modern aspects of the Christmas story: Gabriel Jackson’s The Christmas Story and Edward Nesbit’s Nativity
Gabriel Jackson: The Christmas Story; Choir of Merton College, Oxford, The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan & Francois Cloete (organ), Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas (conductor); DELPHIAN Edward Nesbit: Nativity, Wycliffe Carols, […]
The Dunedin Consort at Wigmore Hall: Caroline Shaw premiered alongside rare Stradella and Christmas Corelli
Signed handwritten draft of Thomas Hardy’s The Darkling Thrush with original title Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerto grosso in F minor Op.1 No.8; Alessandro Stradella: Ah! troppo e ver, Sonata di viole ‘Concerto-concerto grosso’, Caroline Shaw: The Holdfast, Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto […]
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Vivid engagement, vigorous articulation & imaginative programming: The English Concert at Wigmore Hall
Vom Himmel hoch – Luther’s hymn in a 1541 songbookUsed by Bach in his Magnificat in E Flat Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Alessandro Stradella, Purcell, Bach: Magnificat in E Flat; Ciara Skerath, Katie Bray, Jess Dandy, James Way, […]
Three Operas in One: Puccini’s Il Trittico
Recently, we covered two operas extracted from Puccini’s Il trittico: at ENO: Suor Angelica (review here) and, on DVD from Florence, Il tabarro (review here). So it is only right we consider the full deal […]
New York Philharmonic – Justin Freer conducts John Debney’s score for Elf
Jon Favreau’s comedy Elf, the story of Buddy, a human accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised among Santa’s elves, who travels to New York City at age 30, in full […]
Opera Up-Close: Unveiling the dramatic process with Paul Curran & young artists of Palm Beach Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto – Bernardo Medeiros (Rigoletto)Palm Beach Opera (Photo: Coastal Click Photography) Opera Up-Close: Unveiling the dramatic process with Paul Curran; Paul Curran, Palm Beach Opera; The Cornelia T. Bailey Opera Center; Palm Beach, Florida14 […]
A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church
This is a beautifully-recorded mix of traditional and contemporary works on teh much-respected Avie label that celebrates the choir’s musical heritage, It begins with a carol by William Walton, Make we joy now in this […]
The year in review 2024 (updated with pictures)
With the proliferation of new Classical releases this year, I’ve found myself spending much more time listening than reviewing, eager to move on to the next batch of CDs that arrives in the mail. So […]
Celebrating the viola at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music
There is a week celebrating the viola at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead, as it hosts the Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions from 19 to 26 January 2025. Named for two great English violists, […]
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