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Sir John Dankworth (20 September 1927-6 February 2010) – The Show Still Goes On: A Tribute by Michael Darvell
Dankworth also provided the original theme for the television series The Avengers, used for the first three years of its life, when Ian Hendry was the star and when it...
Jones the Instigator: Richard Jones and The Gambler [The Royal Opera’s The Gambler, 11-27 February 2010]
As Covent Garden prepares for the first time to produce Prokofiev’s opera The Gambler, Mansel Stimpson talks to its director Richard Jones... The Royal Opera House may be a long-established...
Feature Review – Miraculous Logic: The Music of Jean Sibelius [London Philharmonic/Osmo Vänskä]
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä January/February 2010 Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall Where do Sibelius’s fortune’s lie today in Great Britain? We hear symphonies 2 and 5 regularly, 3,...
Feature Preview: Chopin Unwrapped – Martino Tirimo at Kings Place, London [2010: February 10-13; March 10-13; June 2-5]
TO CELEBRATE THE BICENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHOPINMARTINO TIRIMO SURVEYS THE COMPLETE MUSIC IN THREE WEEKS OF CONCERTS Chopin Unwrapped at Kings Place is an unprecedented survey of the...
Gut Feeling: Sally Matthews and Così fan tutte [The Royal Opera’s Così fan tutte, 29 January-17 February 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to Sally Matthews who appears in the latest Covent Garden revival of Jonathan Miller’s production… It is just over ten years since Sally Matthews won the Ferrier...
Feature Review: Franz Joseph Haydn – The Symphonies/Dennis Russell Davies
Haydn Symphonies 1-104 Symphony A Symphony B Sinfonia concertante, Hob I:105 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies Recorded 1998-2009 in Mercedes Benz Centre, Stuttgart SONY CLASSICAL 88697443312 (37 CDs) A...
The Maciejewski Requiem – A UK premiere at last [4 February 2010, Westminster Cathedral]
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is to give the UK premiere of Roman Maciejewski's Requiem (Missa pro defunctis) in Westminster Cathedral on February 4. This large-scale setting is scored for mixed...
Acting as Advocate: Ingo Metzmacher and The Rake’s Progress [The Royal Opera, 22 January – 3 February 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the conductor and pianist who has carefully thought through the duties of being a musician… On grounds of sensitivity Germany’s role in the two world wars...
Interview with Daniel Hope [‘Yellow Lounge’ event in the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, 18 January 2010]
11 January 2010. Only a few minutes later than agreed, Daniel picks up the phone in his Hamburg home, where he lives with his wife, double bass player Annika Pigorsch....
Feature Review – Total Immersion: Hans Werner Henze [BBC Symphony Orchestra, 16 January 2010]
Hans Werner Henze Voices Toccata mistica Variations, Op.13 Cherubino Scorribanda pianistica Fraternité – air pour l’orchestre Symphony No.4 Elogium musicum amatissimi amici nunc remoti [UK premiere] Sioned Gwen Davies, Katie...
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