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What was your last concert?
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostThat would presumably be the same Colin Honour who gave the UK premiere of Ferneyhough's La Chûte d'Icare with Ensemble Exposé in 1988. Excellent player indeed.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostBrilliant to hear about this appointment! I have worked with Ben when he came over to the school where I work and he rather liked my tuba playing, and my musicianship! It was really great working with him. really glad he's done well! :)I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Last night at the Barbican: BBCSO/Oramo with Carolin Widmann (violin).
Overture/concerto/symphony: not a format we hear much these days, but it was certainly justified last night. A lively performance of Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon overture (does anyone know what that Wagner quote is doing there?), then Michael Zev Gordon's new violin concerto, superbly played. The only other piece of Gordon's I have heard was a set of rather unmemorable orchestral pieces (Bohortha), but this held my attention throughout. My wife and I agreed that we would both very much like to hear it again. It has a quiet ending so might not catch on with some violinists, I suppose. That would be a pity. I'll be interested to hear on Monday's broadcast if the balance is kind to the soloist, who was sometimes overpowered by the orchestra.
Shostakovich 10 was superbly done, with tremendous tension in the slow music and much virtuosity elsewhwere. It is very evident how much these musicians enjoy playing for Sakari Oramo.
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Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostLast night at the Barbican: BBCSO/Oramo with Carolin Widmann (violin).
Overture/concerto/symphony: not a format we hear much these days, but it was certainly justified last night. A lively performance of Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon overture (does anyone know what that Wagner quote is doing there?), then Michael Zev Gordon's new violin concerto, superbly played. The only other piece of Gordon's I have heard was a set of rather unmemorable orchestral pieces (Bohortha), but this held my attention throughout. My wife and I agreed that we would both very much like to hear it again. It has a quiet ending so might not catch on with some violinists, I suppose. That would be a pity. I'll be interested to hear on Monday's broadcast if the balance is kind to the soloist, who was sometimes overpowered by the orchestra.
Shostakovich 10 was superbly done, with tremendous tension in the slow music and much virtuosity elsewhwere. It is very evident how much these musicians enjoy playing for Sakari Oramo.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Schreker – Der ferne Klang – Nachtstück
LeFanu – The Crimson Bird (world premiere)
Rachmaninov – Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.44
Rachel Nicholls (Soprano)/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov Friday 17 February 2017 at the Barbican
Ilan Volkov is not a conductor whom I immediately associate with Rachmaninov but, after he settled down and relaxed, the 3rd Symphony went very well. It's a work I love so I'm inclined to like any performance of it I hear live. The idiot who started applauding even before the second movement had finished caused a visible stiffening in Volkov. Happily, he didn't storm off, although i would have had some sympathy with him had he done so.
I very much want to hear the Lefanu work again (powerful lyrics by John Fuller) but not in the Barbican. The acoustic told against it (big orchestra, big-voiced soloist) so that it was difficult at times to hear what was being sung. The Schreker had an enormous orchestra (only the BBC could get away with that for a work lasting about 14 minutes) but, the next day, I'm struggling to remember any of it. Great playing by the orchestra for a conductor to whom I sense that they don't greatly warm, although the Rachmaninov seemed to have a bit of a thawing effect. On Afternoon on Three in due course.
Next concert for me in two weeks: Sakari Oramo doing the Lemminkäinen Legends - yay!
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Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View PostI understand that this went out live, replacing a recording of the cancelled 13/2 Kaufmann gig, so it should be available on I-Player already.
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