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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Heaven and Earth: Marek Janowksi ascends Bruckner 7 and admires the view
Wagner, Bruckner: LPO/Janowski **** Royal Festival Hall, 26th April 2017 Long climbs often provide the best views. The Adagio second movement of Anton Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony bears the tempo marking Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam… and it is very solemn … Continue reading
A Scriabin marathon: Peter Donohoe scales the complete piano sonatas
Scriabin: Peter Donohoe **** Milton Court, 23rd April 2017 Pounding the 26 miles from Greenwich Park to The Mall wasn’t the only marathon in London today. At Milton Court, Peter Donohoe ran his own marathon – albeit from the safety of … Continue reading
Rites of Spring: Tcherniakov embraces Rimsky-Korsakov’s hymn to nature at the Bastille
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden **** Opéra Bastille, 15th April 2017 There’s a wonderful painting by Ilya Repin of an aged Leo Tolstoy in peasant clothing. Having renounced his aristocratic lifestyle, the great writer didn’t just adopt peasant dress, but lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida Garifullina, Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Elena Manistina, Franz Hawlata, Martina Serafin, Maxim Paster, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Maiden, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Vladimir Ognovenko, Yuriy Mynenko
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Rossini’s Thieving Magpie doesn’t quite take flight at La Scala
Rossini: La gazza ladra *** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 12th April 2017 Everyone knows the overture to La gazza ladra. It’s the one that begins with a pair of snare drums snarling across opposite sides of the orchestra which then … Continue reading