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Classical Source Reviews April 28, 2024

Deutsche Oper, Berlin – Richard Strauss’s Intermezzo – Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson & Thomas Blondelle; directed by Tobias Kratzer; conducted by Donald Runnicles

A ‘bourgeois comedy’ is how Strauss described his autobiographical opera (1924), based on a real incident in which a misdirected letter (owing to the confusion of Strauss’s name with a similar one) was wrongly interpreted […]

Classical Explorer April 28, 2024

Jonathan Biss plays Brett Dean and Beethoven

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Following on from Brett Dean’s Wigmore Concert (we published my report just two days ago) here we have Dean’s take on Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73, the so-called “Emperor,” A […]

Planet Hugill April 27, 2024

Fear no more: Brindley Sherratt on releasing his first recital disc

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Brindley Sherratt (Photo: Gerard Collett) I first chatted with bass Brindley Sherratt in early 2020 about a fundraising gala he was organising. Much happened afterwards, and the interview did not appear on the blog until […]

Classical Explorer April 27, 2024

Everyday Non-sense: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Aurora’s Southbank adventure

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Everyday Non-sense; works by Shiomi, Schmit, Higgins, Mozart, Kurtág, Cage, PatKop, Françaix and Ligei Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin/voice/vacuum cleaner); members of Aurora Orchestra. Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 24.04.2024 The force of […]

Planet Hugill April 26, 2024

David Pickard says farewell to the BBC Proms with 90 concerts across the UK including Bizet’s Carmen, Julius Eastman’s Symphony No. 2, Suk’s Asrael Symphony and much more

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So, the BBC Proms are on us again. The 2024 festival runs from 19 July to 14 September 2024 with 73 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and 17 around the UK, with short seasons […]

Classical Source Reviews April 26, 2024

Radu Lupu Live, Volumes 3 and 4

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As with the first two volumes of this series, these CDs mainly capture the celebrated Romanian pianist in his early years. Lupu’s Mozart is urban, elegant and rhythmically sprung with occasional ritenuti and pedal use […]

Planet Hugill April 26, 2024

Named for the 1996 Pride party on Clapham Common, Omnibus Theatre’s 96 Festival is back for its ninth year and we’re presenting ‘Out of the Shadows’ there

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In 1996, the Pride festival took place on Clapham Common and attracted 250,000 to party on the Common. In celebration of this, Omnibus Theatre, Clapham created its 96 Festival, a celebration of queerness and theatre. […]

Classical Explorer April 26, 2024

Earthcycle: Orchestra of the Swan

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The Stratford-upon-Avon based ensemble Orchestra of the Swan is one of the most inventive groups around in the UK today – this extends from their programming to their use of multimedia to the subjects they […]

Classical Explorer April 25, 2024

Benjamin Grosvenor at the Wigmore: Brett Dean, Bach, Brahms

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Bach – Prelude in E minor, BWV 955a (transcribed Siloti) Brett Dean – Hommage à Bach (2010): Prélude; Hommage à Kurtág (2011); Music for Drakenstein – Two Etudes (2018, world première); Hommage à Janáček (2009); Hommage à Lutosławski (2017); Hommage à Bach (2010): Chorale; Faustian Pact (Hommage à Liszt) (2023, UK premiere) Brahms – Klavierstücke, […]

Planet Hugill April 25, 2024

A German in Venice – Schütz alongside music he could have heard in Venice, a wonderfully life-affirming disc

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Schütz: A German in Venice – Schütz, Monteverdi, Rossi, Grandi, Cavalli, Sances; David de Winter, The Brook Street Band, FHR;Reviewed 24 April 2024 A wonderfully engaging and life-affirming disc which mixed Schütz’s music with pieces […]

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Deutsche Oper, Berlin – Richard Strauss’s Intermezzo – Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson & Thomas Blondelle; directed by Tobias Kratzer; conducted by Donald Runnicles

Jonathan Biss plays Brett Dean and Beethoven

Fear no more: Brindley Sherratt on releasing his first recital disc

Everyday Non-sense: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Aurora’s Southbank adventure

David Pickard says farewell to the BBC Proms with 90 concerts across the UK including Bizet’s Carmen, Julius Eastman’s Symphony No. 2, Suk’s Asrael Symphony and much more

Radu Lupu Live, Volumes 3 and 4

Named for the 1996 Pride party on Clapham Common, Omnibus Theatre’s 96 Festival is back for its ninth year and we’re presenting ‘Out of the Shadows’ there

Earthcycle: Orchestra of the Swan

Benjamin Grosvenor at the Wigmore: Brett Dean, Bach, Brahms

A German in Venice – Schütz alongside music he could have heard in Venice, a wonderfully life-affirming disc

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