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Tag Archives: Rimsky-Korsakov
Listen with Mother: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar Saltan as autism parable at La Monnaie
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan La Monnaie, Brussels, 16th June 2019 Look at it from the point of view of the child. The father he’s never met sentences him and his mother to be nailed into a barrel and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Altinoglu, Alexander Vassiliev, Ante Jerkunica, Bernarda Bobro, Bogdan Volkov, Carole Wilson, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Elena Zaitseva, Gleb Filshtinsky, La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chorus, Nicky Spence, Olga Kulchynska, Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stine Marie Fischer, Svetlana Aksenova, The Tale of Tsar Saltan
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Alice Sara Ott and Scheherazade both weave tales with the London Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan/London Symphony Orchestra Barbican, 9th June 2019 What qualities make for a good storyteller? Someone with a captivating voice to draw in listeners. Someone who makes eye contact. Someone who brings a story alive through vivid characterisation, be it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Sara Ott, Elim Chan, London Symphony Orchestra, Mattison, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Tchaikovsky
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Safety first: the Symphony Orchestra of India makes its London debut
Zane Dalal/ Symphony Orchestra of India Cadogan Hall, 20th February 2019 It was a case of “East meets West” – both musically and literally – last night at Cadogan Hall as the Symphony Orchestra of India continued its debut tour … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Symphony Orchestra of India, Zakir Hussain, Zane Dalal
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Scheherazade through a monochrome veil: Simon Trpčeski at Wigmore Hall
Simon Trpčeski *** Wigmore Hall, 2nd May 2018 Take some stiff paper and a stick of charcoal, then attempt to draw Vincent van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Cypresses. However skilled the sketch, it’s never going to be able to replicate the colours … Continue reading
A poster paint Tsar Saltan from the Mariinsky
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan I well remember this production of The Tale of Tsar Saltan. In 2008, for the centenary of Rimsky-Korsakov’s death, the Mariinsky Opera brought the opera to Sadler’s Wells under the baton of Tugan Sokhiev. It’s … Continue reading