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« Reply #270 on: 22:43:13, 06-06-2008 » |
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I'm playing in Chichester tomorrow night.
Hansel and Gretel, 6.30pm, 7 June 2008
Millennium Hall, Westbourne House School, Shopwyke, Chichester (PO20 2BQ)
I think it is a charity event, so sorry I don't know ticket prices, and I can't find details on the web.
Anyone know a good pub for between rehearsal and gig?
Tommo
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« Reply #271 on: 22:45:13, 06-06-2008 » |
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Lovely! Am envious.
Me too. And homesick, again.  I've got a weird soft spot for the Holberg suite, too. Wasn't that repertory rather swamped in W. Cathedral, though? Not from a few feet away, martle, which was why I booked to be at the front. Last week I was there for a Winchester Glee Club 'German Requiem' and a first half where Kiri Te Kanawa sang a recital of Mozart, Berlioz and Richard Strauss with solo piano accompaniment. I'd been given a ticket about halfway back and the acoustic did not help. I could appreciate some fine singing, but in terms of how clearly I could hear the words, she could have been singing in Serbo-Croat. (She was very charming, though, when I met her at a post-concert reception.  ) |
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« Reply #272 on: 23:16:16, 06-06-2008 » |
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Quick reminder to all! Hope to see some of you here a week from today: SPITALFIELDS FESTIVAL Friday 13 June6.30 – 7.30pm Shoreditch Church A £25 B £18 C £12 D £5 unreserved and restricted view EXAUDI James Weeks director Mieko Kanno violin Sheppard Libera nos I and II Evan Johnson Colophons ("That other that ich not whenne") reflecting pool / monument Taverner Marian Antiphons: Mater Christi Dum transisset Brian Ferneyhough Intermedio alla ciaconna Brian Ferneyhough Missa Brevis We're delighted to welcome back EXAUDI in a not-to-be-missed programme of excellent vocal music – new and old. Their pure, bright tone suits both styles perfectly; their performance of Brian Ferneyhough's Missa Brevis has received superlative reviews and they are equally at home with Sheppard and Taverner. Mieko Kanno’s superb musicianship lights up the intricate patterns in Intermedio. This concert is sure to be a real joy. |
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« Reply #273 on: 00:20:43, 07-06-2008 » |
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And the first of those Sheppard Libera Nos settings is one of the most exquisite things I've ever heard. I saw The Sixteen do it at the end of a concert they gave at the Basingstoke Anvil: one of those moments when time just stands still.
I'd love to go for the rest of the programme too, if only I were closer....
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« Reply #274 on: 18:11:18, 09-06-2008 » |
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Went to Thomas Trotter's lunchtime organ recital at Brum Town Hall today, his usual varied programme. There was one chap sitting in the row in front of me who looked like he had some sort of movement disorder but he was actually trying to nod his head, tap his hands etc in time with the music. He was so far out that I couldn't bear to look at him, it was ruining the music  |
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« Reply #275 on: 23:55:45, 09-06-2008 » |
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Just got back from the Dave Smith concert. M4 closed between Junctions 1 and 3 westbound, so the Greenline bus/coach had to use the A4 and took rather longer than scheduled.
Very enjoyable evening. Have copied the recordings to hard disc and will try to get them edited and burned to CD-R as quickly as I can. Probably not tonight though.
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« Reply #276 on: 00:22:30, 12-06-2008 » |
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I just got back from the Ensemble 10/10 concert in Liverpool. Once again I enjoyed it, though I thought the turnout was heartbreakingly small. The lovely concert room in St George’s Hall attracted an audience smaller than anything I’ve ever seen on a wet Tuesday at our concert society. I’d be surprised if there were 200 in the audience at the start and, amazingly, a significant number didn’t come back for Pierrot Lunaire. I can’t believe they were all too disappointed by the non-appearance of Sally Burgess to stay for an accomplished (well I liked it!) performance by her replacement, Rachel Gilmore. Or maybe some of them disliked the new piece The Punishment of Lust by James Wishart even more than I did and just wanted to go home and listen to football chants on the telly.
I’m afraid I did find the Wishart piece – a sort of cantata for screeching soprano and ensemble – a bit of an ordeal; though the young soprano (Emma Morwood) sounded like she would be fine given something less abrasive to sing. Before that we had a good selection of pieces from the first couple of decades of the 20th century. Any band that can make me thoroughly enjoy a piece by Anton Webern (Six Pieces, op 6) must be doing something right.
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« Reply #277 on: 09:46:21, 12-06-2008 » |
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I’d be surprised if there were 200 in the audience at the start and, amazingly, a significant number didn’t come back for Pierrot Lunaire. HtoHe, call me an old cynic, but 200 for a concert like that in a non-major venue with non-major performers (excepting the no-show Burgess perhaps) seems pretty good going, these days... (10/10 are great, though!) |
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« Reply #278 on: 18:59:38, 17-06-2008 » |
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I know Richard posted details of this some time ago, but I'm damned if I can find the post. So - Brighton Pavillion Theatre, this Sunday (June 22nd), 7.30pm, part of the Soundwaves Festival. Sarah Nicholls, piano Larry Goves My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name. Jonathan Green Piece for Piano and Lamp Richard Barrett Adrift with noise interventions directed by Christopher Fox; concert choreographed with live performance by dance artist Augusto Corrieri. More details: http://www.soundwaves-festival.org.uk/programme/event05.phpI'll be there. |
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« Reply #279 on: 19:41:50, 17-06-2008 » |
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Richard Barrett Adrift
Confirmed too late to make it onto the programme, this piece will be performed with video (also performed in real time) by Kjell Bjørgeengen, whose work some might have seen accompanying the Evan Parker Electroacoustic Ensemble in 2002/4. |
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« Reply #280 on: 20:26:46, 17-06-2008 » |
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I know Richard posted details of this some time ago, but I'm damned if I can find the post. So - Brighton Pavillion Theatre, this Sunday (June 22nd), 7.30pm, part of the Soundwaves Festival. Sarah Nicholls, piano Larry Goves My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name. Jonathan Green Piece for Piano and Lamp Richard Barrett Adrift with noise interventions directed by Christopher Fox; concert choreographed with live performance by dance artist Augusto Corrieri. More details: http://www.soundwaves-festival.org.uk/programme/event05.phpI'll be there. Oh poo, I knew there would be conflict eventually. http://r3ok.myforum365.com/index.php?topic=3076.0Still, sufficiently different works to attract different audiences? Tommo |
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« Reply #281 on: 12:28:42, 18-06-2008 » |
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Schubert Trockne Blumen variations 1-7 D 802
Howells Rhapsodic Quintet Op 31
Schubert Octet in F D 803
At the Oakham festival last night.
Schubert though divine, puts a lot of what Charles Rosen called STUFF in his works, especially noticeable when sitting on hard wooden pews....something of a windbag was the thought as the glutus maximus knotted....but vividly and rapturously played
Howells' Quintet was an astonishing performance, the piece enthralled and could surely only rarely be better performed; an epiphany and rapture rolled into one stunning performance
Ensemble 360 give very engaging dynamic performances, happily they return in November!
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« Reply #282 on: 17:14:23, 19-06-2008 » |
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FURTyet again ... at THE CROSS KINGS126 York Way London N1 OAX Tuesday 24 June doors open 8.30 admission £5 + Jim Lebaigue (drums) with Tim Crowther (guitar), Graham Painting (guitar) & Malcolm Bruce (guitar)
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« Reply #283 on: 17:43:03, 19-06-2008 » |
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Tuesday 24th ?
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« Reply #284 on: 22:33:24, 21-06-2008 » |
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Just back from a very good concert in Winchester Cathedral, conducted by former Master of Music there, David Hill. Using his knowledge of 'local conditions', he put together a programme which really worked in the acoustic: Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin, Poulenc's Organ Concerto (wonderfully dramatic performance) and two RVW works. They played The Lark Ascending (which was fascinating to watch from the third row) and the 5th Symphony - a glowing performance, a little lacking in sparkle in the scherzo perhaps, but some truly ecstatic moments in the Passacaglia. Hearing the symphony this evening also doubles at perfect prep for tomorrow's trip to Sadler's Wells for The Pilgrim's Progress too! |
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