Recital of Songs by Vaughan Williams, Quilter & Britten as part of the ‘Summer Music in City Churches’ Festival
As part of Wimpole history Festival , Michael Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question tells the story of Paolo Levi, a world-famous performer who developed his passion for music as a young child with the help of his teacher, Benjamin.
Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose presents the fully-staged, national tour of their new English version of Donizetti’s Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda).
Libretto J. Barbier based on short stories by E.T.A. Hoffman Musical Director and Conductor – People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Pavel Bubelnikov Director – People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Petrov Scenography and costumes – Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Natalia Klyomina Ballet Master – Maria Bolshakova Arias and ensembles are performed from French in Russian
Summer Music in City Churches is a fledgling festival, founded in 2018, presenting beautiful music to engage, divert and inspire, in ancient and architecturally stunning churches in London’s Square Mile. Standing cheek by jowl with City offices, these churches are glorious settings in which to listen and reflect: oases of history, beauty and peace amidst the 24-7 hurly-burly of City life.
The theme for the second festival in June 2019 is WORDS & MUSIC. During a week and a half of events, you will find sumptuous settings of poetry, lyrical music inspired by poetry, plays and literature, words that illuminate music with biographical insight and context, music of significance to literary heroes and heroines, and more.
As part of the Belle Saison – Schubert : Sonate D959 en la Majeur – Debussy : Sonate D959 en la Majeur »Histoires d’eaux » avec : Reflets dans l’eau – Ondine – Poissons d’or – Brouillards – La Cathédrale engloutie – Jardins sous la pluie – L’Isle Joyeuse
Bath Cantata Group join forces with Oakfield Choir, Frome in a performance of Elgar’s wonderful oratorio The Kingdom. This work tells the story of the lives of Jesus’s disciples including the early church, the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and the events of the days after that. With full symphony orchestra, international soloists Maria Danishvar, soprano, Arabella Heaton, mezzosoprano, Joseph Doody, tenor and Craig Bissex, baritone, this concert.
“I am as though dead. But as a comfort to the world, with its thousands of souls, I live on in the hearts of all loving people. And that means I am not dust.”
– Michelangelo Buonarroti
We begin with Mussorgksy’s visionary Nursery cycle, in which the composer attempts to musically embody the stilted charm of a child’s patter, feelings and thoughts. We end with Shostakovich’s
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti which captures the infamous sculptor and painter’s yearning to live longer, love better and continue creating art. Composed one year before his death in 1975, Shostakovich sets these words to music as he contemplates his own death. Join us as we embark on a musical journey of life’s ages and stages.
John Andrews conductor Guy Johnston cello MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas ELGAR Cello Concerto DVORAK New World Symphony
Conductor : Betsy Cook Weber (USA) Soloists:- Alejandrina Vazquez (Meksyk) – soprano Sylwia Złotkowska – alto Rafał Majzner – tenor Piotr Lempa – bass
Musical Director and Conductor – People’s Artist of Russia Pavel Bubelnikov Director – People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Petrov Scenography – Alexey Levdansky Costume Designer – Elena Orlova Choreographer – Maria Kolozhvari Lighting Designer – Alexander Kibitkin
This concert offers you a bouquet of the most beautiful French music, from Debussy’s famous Clair de lune to Satie’s Gymnopédie, Fauré’s Pavane and Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte, in sumptuous arrangements for chamber ensemble, under the direction of Marc David. Guest soloists soprano Laetitia Grimaldi and baritone Marc Boucher will perform Hector Berlioz’s magnificent song cycle Les nuits d’été. They complete this intimate journey with a melodic selection of works by Fauré, Hahn and Gounod, accompanied by the orchestral ensemble of flutist Jocelyne Roy, clarinettist Aïrat Ichmouratov, bassoonist Mathieu Lussier, violinist Antoine Bareil, violinist Chloé Chabanole, violist Elvira Misbakhova, cellist Stéphane Tétreault and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz.
As part of the Sunday Morning Concert series, a performer of many talents, violinist Daniel Pioro takes on a varied programme comprising what is perhaps the most searching of Beethoven’s violin sonatas and the challenging concluding passacaglia from Biber’s ‘Rosary’ sonatas, alongside an unusual arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ famous piece in which he and pianist Roderick Chadwick are joined by two other musicians, Charlotte Bonneton viola and Clare O’Connell cello
The Queille Festival occurs every odd year over the last weekend in May. QXI, the eleventh Queille Festival will be held over the weekend of 24th to 27th May 2019. Starting on Friday evening and running through until the early hours of the following Monday morning, the festival combines the highest possible standards of performance, repertoire and artistry with the informality of a family gathering. The family numbers about 260 performers, helpers and patrons, who mingle and mix in the buildings, grounds and surroundings of the beautiful Château de Queille in south-west France.
As part of the Bach @ Knox series, Tyler Duncan, Baritone, performs Bach’s Ascension Oratorio
As part of the SInfonia Music Season, Philippe Cassard, Anne Gastinel & David Grimal performs Beethoven Trios to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of his birth
Conductor – Igor Novitsky Soprano – Maria Kamolova Mezzo-soprano – Natalya Yakimova Tenor – Klim Tikhonov Bass – Yakov Strizhak Choirmaster – Lev Shishkin Artistic Director of the Theatre – Ilya Takuntsev
Congratulations to Owen White artist Ondes Martenot player Augustin Viard, who has just performed Arthur Honegger’s Oratorio ‘Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher’ in Poland, with the Polish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Liebreich. Augustin writes that the “performance in Katowice was amazing! It was a full house and the audience were very enthusiastic. Florence Darel was a great Jeanne.”’ Before the rehearsals could even begin though it was no simple.
Piotr Lempa performs the role ‘Un chasseur’
The Tsar’s Bride, written by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov in 1898, refers to the events of 1572 that occurred with real-life people. In this great Russian opera, truly Shakespearean passions are raging. Insane interweaving of love, jealousy, deceit lead to a series of crimes and murders. And behind all this stands the terrible figure of Ivan the Terrible, personifying the lawlessness of power and disregard for the value of human life. In the production of “Mirror”, he paid close attention. It is he who becomes the main “hero” of the whole action and today, for the actuality of the drama of relations between the state and the individual is obvious.
As part of the series of Norwich Chapel Concerts, Daniel Pioro performs a programme of Biber, Beethoven & Vaughan Williams ahead of his Wigmore Hall debut on 2nd June
a solo violin programme in the intimate setting of Kings Arms Berkhamstead.
Come and listen to music by Biber, Tom Coult, Tartini, Linda Catlin Smith, and Bach.
No other work in the symphonic repertoire so completely brings together musicians and audiences in communion. Music Director Alain Trudel combines a larger-than-life orchestra and a massive chorus of community singers to perform Mahler’s heart-stopping soundscape that unites life, death, and ultimate resurrection.
Natalie Dessay presents works by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Frédéric Chopin, Leo Délibes, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Jules Massenet, Albert Roussel and Enrique Granados. Accompanied by Philippe Cassard.
Joanna, the daughter of the spoiled peasants from Domréma in Lorraine, received diligent religious education as a child. At the age of 13 she made vows of chastity – soon after her first vision, when St. Michael Archangel, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret betrayed her God’s plan to drive the English out of France. In 1429 she managed to convince Karol VII to entrust the command of Orleans with her command. The range of Joanna’s triumphant victories provoked envy at the royal court. The Virgin of Orleans a year later was captured by the Burgundians and sold to Englishmen. She was accused of witchcraft and a pact with the devil. In May 1431, she was burnt at the stake. Nobody stood in her defense.
5BMF and Brooklyn Art Song Society team up to present Hugo Wolf’s complete Mörike-Lieder, led by world renowned pianist Martin Katz.
A RITE OF SPRING IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA
Bach Week Festival was founded in 1974 by Karel Paukert, then associate professor of Organ and Church Music at Northwestern University and Organist/Choirmaster at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Paukert combined St. Luke’s renowned choirs with professional instrumentalists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera Orchestra and Northwestern with a mission in mind: To showcase the music of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Âmes solitaires et coeurs amoureux : Schubert, Massenet, Chopin, Debussy Natalie DESSAY, Philippe CASSARD Natalie Dessay, la plus célèbre cantatrice française revient au château du Grand Jardin ! Elle sera accompagnée par Philippe Cassard, pianiste émérite, audacieux et partenaire préféré des plus grandes voix.
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, tells the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) during World War II who performed Verdi’s Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation. With only a single smuggled score, they performed the celebrated oratorio sixteen times, including one performance before senior SS officials from Berlin and an International Red Cross delegation. Conductor Rafael Schächter told the choir, “We will sing to the Nazis what we cannot say to them.”
The Cavatina Orchestra and Chamber Choir present a fundraising concert in aid of Guildford Cathedral
A sensational show of the very best classical music, dazzling lasers and special effects including Nessun Dorma, Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory. Plus an explosive 1812 Overture complete with cannon effects and an indoor firework finale.