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« Reply #345 on: 22:24:14, 11-10-2008 » |
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There's a reprise at Cambridge's West Road Concert Hall tomorrow (Thur 9 Oct) if anyone in the area is interested.
So near and yet so far... I was there last night, playing the celeste for a few all-too-brief minutes in the RCM orchestra. A nice space to play in, I thought; it feels very open with the access directly from the audience to the platform. It's not very big though. |
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« Reply #347 on: 21:30:58, 14-10-2008 » |
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Message 310, Ollie. Do read the threads, dear boy.  |
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« Reply #348 on: 22:07:44, 14-10-2008 » |
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From three pages ago? You must be joking. Ancient history.
Whatever. Consider it a bump then.
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« Reply #349 on: 22:11:21, 14-10-2008 » |
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« Reply #351 on: 12:54:22, 16-10-2008 » |
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Haven't written anything re the Gateshead Sage for a while.
Last night Mrs W and I went to hear the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra play Elgar and Tchaikovsky.
Elgar's Introduction and Allegro was more passionate than usual and almost sounded like a Tchaik piece, especially at its opening.
After the interval it was fascinating to hear a Russian orchestra play Enigma Variations. I felt that it taxed the woodwind quite severely and at one point during the Dorabella variation you could hear the strain. But Nimrod sounded completely unhackneyed.
Separating the two was the ever-popular Tchaik no 1 Piano Concerto--overplayed, perhaps, but I always enjoy it.
Mrs W is less keen on this repertoire than I am but agreed that the performances had been outstanding.
Alas--we can't go and hear the orchestra's second concert tonight, as we're at a rehearsal for a local Prom Praise event. The works are Tchaik's Romeo and Juliet, Elgar's Cello Concerto and Tchaik's Pathetique Symphony.
By the way--the Northern Sinfonia commenced their 50th anniversary season with a full Beethoven symphony cycle. We managed to get only to the last concert, 8 and 9. But the Sage tell us that the attendance was extremely good, which they claim bucks the national trend. Comments?
Ian.
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« Reply #352 on: 17:11:19, 17-10-2008 » |
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I heard the bass George Humphreys give a (free  ) recital at the Barber Institute at lunchtime with pianist Timothy End. Their programme had some Stanford and Ravel but they started with one of my favourites, Finzi's cycle Earth and Air and Rain. I find the final song Proud Songsters very moving. Here's a photo of them receiving their final applause, taken with available light:  |
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« Reply #353 on: 17:57:10, 17-10-2008 » |
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Haven't written anything re the Gateshead Sage for a while.
Last night Mrs W and I went to hear the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra play Elgar and Tchaikovsky....
...By the way--the Northern Sinfonia commenced their 50th anniversary season with a full Beethoven symphony cycle.....
Strange that you don't mention a conductor at all, Ian. Coincidentally, the first concert of that Sage Beethoven cycle will be broadcast as part of tonight's Performance on 3. |
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« Reply #354 on: 12:57:47, 19-10-2008 » |
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I've saved myself a wasted journey today. I was going to hear Henry Fairs' Messiaen organ recital at Birmingham University this afternoon - he's playing the whole lot over a series of 6 afternoons. Fortunately I was too lazy to go downstairs to get my leaflet and instead looked on the website to see what his programme was, only to discover that he's injured and today's concert is postponed until 7 December.
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« Reply #355 on: 14:08:33, 19-10-2008 » |
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Strange that you don't mention a conductor at all, Ian.
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Thanks for this. There was a late change of conductor. Yuri Termikanov was booked but had to decline because of illness. His place was taken by Yuri Simonov.
There was also a change of soloist in the Tchaik concerto. Elisso Virsaladze had broken her foot so Dmitri Alexeev replaced her.
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« Reply #356 on: 21:59:49, 20-10-2008 » |
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Another concert postponed due to injury this evening  though I knew about it in advance. Pianist Mary Dullea was due to give a contemporary recital at the Conservatoire tonight as part of Joe Cutler's Frontiers series. Her husband Darragh Morgan replaced her with a programme of pieces for solo violin and electronics: Jürgen Brauninger - DDD Steve Reich - Violin Phase Ed Bennett - String Factory Paul Wilson - Trapped in Ice Frank Lyons - Rush |
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« Reply #357 on: 22:13:41, 21-10-2008 » |
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Great concert this lunchtime, the marvellous Schubert Ensemble were playing the Brahms op. 26 Piano Quartet at the Conservatoire. Op. 25 is my favourite but they said that they prefer op. 26. They're starting a year long residency at the Conservatoire. There was a very large audience, which is hardly surprising.
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« Reply #358 on: 22:23:17, 21-10-2008 » |
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the marvellous Schubert Ensemble I'm biased, but they bluddy well are, aren't they? |
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