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Post by julesd68 on Mar 19, 2023 19:34:31 GMT
I've got a heavyweight piano recital tomorrow at Wigmore Hall - the boy Lugansky just playing Rach, including the Etudes-tableaux which he's recorded twice for immortality.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 22, 2023 14:16:03 GMT
The full 23-24 programme at the Barbican is now online. It will hit me hard in the wallet - I've found ten that I like and could have easily chosen more... www.barbican.org.uk/classicalmusic2324 |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 22, 2023 15:07:02 GMT
They really need to work on that website, the ability to quickly browse events including the actual music is non-existent.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 22, 2023 15:17:51 GMT
Agreed - the mobile site is a PITA ...
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 26, 2023 18:12:24 GMT
I'm looking for a suitable venue to hear the Saint Saens Organ Concerto. Prime contender would appear to be Symphony Hall, Birmingham. They appear to have the necessary tools and the added advantage of the excellent organist, Thomas Trotter. Read on ... bmusic.co.uk/what-we-do/who-we-are/history/organ |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 27, 2023 7:05:25 GMT
Yes, Trotter is a tremendous player. That concert hall does look marvellous. Our visit is coming soon!
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 27, 2023 11:14:17 GMT
Well I've decided on the CBSO for the SS OC, LOL.
It has the added bonus of the Poulenc Concerto - sold!
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Post by MartinT on Apr 27, 2023 11:41:29 GMT
The Poulenc Organ Concerto is no "added bonus", I'll have you know!  |
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Post by Tobias on Apr 27, 2023 11:53:08 GMT
I'm looking for a suitable venue to hear the Saint Saens Organ Concerto. Prime contender would appear to be Symphony Hall, Birmingham. They appear to have the necessary tools and the added advantage of the excellent organist, Thomas Trotter. Read on ... bmusic.co.uk/what-we-do/who-we-are/history/organWait, something is wrong here! This is actually the back of my listening room... |
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Post by julesd68 on May 1, 2023 15:52:59 GMT
Continuing my Mahler symphony cycle of different concerts, I will be going to Mahler 1 with the Halle at the estimable Bridgewater Hall in Manchester this Thursday.
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Post by julesd68 on May 22, 2023 12:16:43 GMT
The Poulenc Organ Concerto is no "added bonus", I'll have you know! Got a nice ticket when booking opened this morning for the Organ recital at Symphony Hall in September - never heard the Saint Saens live so really looking forward to it ... |
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Post by MartinT on May 22, 2023 13:27:27 GMT
It's fabulous live - I hope the Symphony Hall organ gets the same 'amphitheatre effect' as the orchestra.
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Post by julesd68 on May 23, 2023 9:19:30 GMT
On Wednesday I am seeing the excellent Ingrid Fliter with an all Schumann recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank. The Etudes symphoniques will form the main course.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2023 16:12:21 GMT
I'm seeing Nicola Benedetti next week at the Buxton Festival and soon after Benjamin Grosvenor for the first of my Proms this year ...
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 18, 2023 13:50:18 GMT
This Thursday I have my second Prom and will be hearing the very highly rated 20 year old Spanish violinist, María Dueñas, playing the Symphonie Espagnole.
The rest of this concert features Ravel, Debussy and Falla with Spanish tinged music ... Should be most colourful.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 26, 2023 10:48:57 GMT
My final Prom tonight - hope the Halle are on form with Sir Mark.
Shosta 5 + Rach is my kind of programme.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 26, 2023 12:00:09 GMT
I still have the Strauss / Ligeti to come, really looking forward to it.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 8, 2023 14:19:51 GMT
This is what we're hearing on Friday.
Programme
György Ligeti - Requiem (29 mins)
INTERVAL
György Ligeti - Lux aeterna (9 mins)
Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra (34 mins)
Performers
Jennifer France - soprano
Clare Presland - mezzo-soprano
Edvard Grieg Kor
Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner - conductor
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 8, 2023 14:56:04 GMT
Let me know what you think of Gardner - I wasn't sure whether to bother with his Mahler 2 in September.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 12, 2023 14:55:48 GMT
Next week I am attending an epic trilogy of concerts.
Monday at Wigmore Hall, Tuesday at the Barbican and Wednesday at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. I think this is a first for me!
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