DOCSLIB.ORG

Harmonia Mundi UK Classical New Release

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Harmonia Mundi UK Classical New Release ópera les OCTOBER 28 2013 harmonia mundi UK Classical new release NEW LABEL! DISTRIBUTED LABELS: accent, actes sud musicales, agogique, alia vox, ambronay, aparte, arte verum, audite, bel air classiques, the choir of kings college cambridge, christophorus, cso resound, delphian, ducale, fra musica, glossa, harmonia mundi, hat[now]art, K617, la dolce volta, les arts florissants, lso live, mariinsky, melisande films, mirare, mode, muso, naïve, onyx, opella nova, orfeo, pan classics, paradizo, pearl, philharmonia baroque, phil.harmonie, praga digitals, radio france, royal academy of music, real compañia ópera de cámara, rco live, sfz music, signum classics, stradivarius, united archives, wahoo, walhall eternity, wergo, wigmore hall live, winter & winter, ysaye available 28 October, call-off 18th Oct BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE RECORDING OF THE MONTH MONTH NOVEMBER Signum SIGCD348 Britten Peter Grimes [On the Beach] Steuart Bedford DVD CHOICE NOVEMBER Bel Air Classiques BAC080 /480 Mozart Don Giovanni / Tcherniakov INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW IRR Outstanding harmonia mundi HMC902169 Charpentier Litanies de la Vierge Ensemble Correspondances / Sebastien Dauce GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE October Orfeo C854131A Schumann: Violin Concerto; Violin Concerto Baiba Skride, Danish National SO/John Storgards EDITOR’S CHOICE October Glossa GCD922801 Marenzio: First Book of Madrigals La Compagnia del Madrigale ICS DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR 2013: harmonia mundi UK RELEASE DATE 28TH OCTOBER 2013 Che puro ciel The Rise of Classical Opera Bejun Mehta Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin René Jacobs Arias & scenes from l’Orféo et Euridice, Ascanio in Alba, Antigona et Ifigenia in Tauride (Traetta), Il trionfo di Clelia (Hasse), Artaserse (Bach), Ezio (Gluck), Mitridate (Mozart) In the famous Preface to Alceste (1767), Christoph Willibald Gluck and his librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi posited a new direction for opera. They spoke of moving beyond Baroque forms, of striving for a new naturalism in opera. They wanted, in Calzabigi's lovely phrase, to liberate the language of the heart. Taken from the height of this Reform period, the arias on this disc reveal composers exploring and experimenting, at struggle and at play, as they create the new forms that bring to opera the noble simplicity of the Classical era. Label: harmonia mundi Bejun Mehta returns to the Wigmore Hall and Covent Garden in 2014 [Mitridate]. File Under: Classical/Secular Vocal music ALSO AVAILABLE: Catalogue No: HMC902172 HMC902077 Ombra Cara: Handel Arias Barcode: 3149020217221 Sunday Times Classical CD of the Week NORMAL Price ***** The Guardian Format: 1 CD “Bejun Mehta’s disc towers above the other Handel ‘medley’ recordings currently fashionable among opera stars. Packaging: digipack Musicality and a brilliant intelligence emanate from every track. Mehta and René Jacobs, by contrast, achieve a perfect meeting of musical minds…This is not just another aria collection, but a celebration of genius, in composition and Bejun Mehta [counter-tenor] Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin performance alike.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010 *****/***** René Jacobs "AMERICAN Bejun Mehta is a phenomenon among today's countertenors...he explores a universe of colour and emotion, and demonstrates the sheer effortlessness of his delivery (never once do you sense that slight unnatural unease so common among average countertenors) with the supremely stylish backing of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under René Jacobs. Welsh soprano Rosemary Joshua also features." 9 November 2010, Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman ***** RELEASE DATE 28TH OCTOBER 2013 RIAS Kammerchor: Christmas! RIAS Kammerchor Hans-Christoph Rademann MENDELSSOHN: Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden op.79/1 UWE GRONOSTAY: Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen JOHANN ECCARD: Ich lag in tiefster Todesnacht, Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit, Über's Gebirg Maria geht BRUCH: In der Christnacht op.60/1 BRAHMS: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op.74/2 PÄRT: Magnificat BRUCKNER: Ave Maria, Virga Jesse POULENC: Salve Regina GRIEG: Ave maris stella SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est PRAETORIUS: In dulci jubilo, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Label: harmonia mundi POULENC: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël File Under: Classical/Choral Eusebius MANDYCZEWSKI: Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! Catalogue No: HMC902170 The great painters have always known how to combine the different perspectives of the Nativity into a single picture. Barcode: 3149020217023 Here the RIAS Kammerchor tells the Christmas Story in music: Mendelssohn frames the painting, to which the darkness NORMAL Price and the promise of promise of heavenly light form the background. The Virgin Mary leads us to the heart of Christmas Format: 1 CD Night and to rejoicing at the Saviour’s birth. We come full circle with the Four Motets of Poulenc, which sum up all the facets of Christmas and its emotions. RIAS Kammerchor Founded in 1948 under the auspices of ‘Radio in the American Sector’, the RIAS Kammerchor played an important role Hans-Christoph Rademann [conductor] in the revival of post-war musical life in Berlin. The core of its repertoire is the music of the Baroque era, together with the modern classics and the music of today. It swiftly acquired an international reputation for premiering new works by such composers as Penderecki, Reimann, Kagel, Gundermann and Tan Dun. After Uwe Gronostay, Marcus Creed, and Daniel Reuss, Hans-Christoph Rademann has directed the ensemble since 2007, in close collaboration with Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, with such conductors as Frans Brüggen, Roger Norrington, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe. RELEASE DATE 28TH OCTOBER 2013 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio Op. 50 ARENSKY: Piano Trio Op. 32 Trio Wanderer Tchaikovsky’s celebrated large-scale Trio Op.50 sets the tone of this recording, at once elegiac and virtuosic. Dedicated to his friend Nikolay Rubinstein with the French epigraph ‘À la mémoire d'un grand artiste’, it shows great originality both in its dimensions and in its style, which calls for highly skilled performers. A similarly ambitious work is the Trio Op.32 of Anton Stepanovich Arensky, also dedicated to the memory of a musician, the cellist Karl Davidov (1838-89). This gem of chamber music, much less often played, constitutes the true discovery of the programme. The Trio Wanderer celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012. Feted by the international press for its extraordinarily sensitive playing, its almost telepathic complicity, and its complete instrumental mastery, the Trio Wanderer is one of the finest chamber music formations in the world today. Dubbed ‘Wandering Star’ by The Strad magazine, it is invited to appear in the most prestigious concert series and at the leading festivals. Since 1999 the trio have recorded for harmonia mundi: 13 recordings have appeared so far, repeatedly winning awards from the critics (Choc de l’Année in Le Monde de la Musique, Critics’ Choice in Gramophone, CD des Monats in Fono Label: harmonia mundi Forum, CD of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Midem Classical Award). The group’s File Under: Classical/Chamber recent interpretation of the Mendelssohn trios was chosen as the benchmark version by the New York Times. music MUSIC FOR MY EARS FEATURE FOR BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE Catalogue No: HMC902161 Barcode: 3149020216125 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Trio Wanderer CONCERT: Bath 12th November RELEASE DATE 28TH OCTOBER 2013 Les Sons et les Parfums Debussy meets Chopin Javier Perianes CHOPIN • Berceuse DEBUSSY • Clair de lune CHOPIN • Etude op.25 n°1 DEBUSSY • Etude XI CHOPIN • Ballade op.52 DEBUSSY • Prèludes, Premier Livre: 4. Les sons et les parfums CHOPIN • Grande valse brillante op.34 n°2 DEBUSSY • La plus que lente. Valse CHOPIN • Prèlude op.28 n°1 DEBUSSY • Prèludes, Premier Livre: 1. Danseuses de Delphes CHOPIN • Nocturne op.15 n°2 Label: harmonia mundi DEBUSSY • Prèludes, Deuxième Livre: 7. La terrasse des audiences File Under: Classical/Instrumental CHOPIN • Barcarolle op.60 Catalogue No: HMC902164 DEBUSSY • L’Isle joyeuse Barcode: 3149020216422 Chopin and Debussy: the connections between them are as numerous as they are subtle, never obvious, yet so very NORMAL Price profound. The achievement of Javier Perianes here is to have teased out the artistic thread linking two geniuses who Format: 1 CD+bonus DVD soar high above their respective centuries. Javier Perianes [piano] CD+DVD BONUS ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC902099 Falla: Nights in the Gardens Of Spain; Solo Piano Works "Not all the best Spanish music was composed by Debussy and Ravel. Here’s a bewitching disc of piano music by the Andalusian-born Manuel de Falla... Javier Perianes’s performance was recorded with the BBCSO live at the Barbican in January; what immediately impresses is the sharpness, the steeliness of Josep Pons’s accompaniment. He too loves this piece but never wallows in it. The last few minutes of En los jardines de la sierra de Cordoba are overwhelming in their sultry headiness, with Perianes’s keyboard beautifully integrated into the orchestral sound...Perianes spent time consulting Falla’s autograph scores before making these recordings; it’s hard to imagine them being bettered." Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk, 29 October 2011 RELEASE DATE 28TH OCTOBER 2013 Vadym Kholodenko, Gold Medalist Van Cliburn International Piano Competition LISZT: Transcendental Études, STRAVINSKY: Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka Vadym Kholodenko Winner of the coveted
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Chichester Festival Theatre Productions YOUNG CHEKHOV
    The Chichester Festival Theatre productions YOUNG CHEKHOV Olivier Theatre Previews from 14 July, press day 3 August, booking until 3 September with further performances to be announced. The YOUNG CHEKHOV trilogy opened to overwhelming acclaim at Chichester Festival Theatre last year. The company now come to the National, offering a unique chance to explore the birth of a revolutionary dramatic voice. The production is directed by Jonathan Kent, with set designs by Tom Pye, costumes by Emma Ryott, lighting by Mark Henderson, music by Jonathan Dove, sound by Paul Groothuis and fight direction by Paul Benzing. Performed by one ensemble of actors, each play can be seen as a single performance over different days or as a thrilling all-day theatrical experience. Cast includes Emma Amos, Pip Carter, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Coy, Mark Donald, Peter Egan, Col Farrell, Beverley Klein, Adrian Lukis, Des McAleer, James McArdle, Mark Penfold, Nina Sosanya, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Sarah Twomey, David Verrey, Olivia Vinall and Jade Williams. David Hare has written over thirty original plays, including The Power of Yes, Gethsemane, Stuff Happens, The Permanent Way (a co-production with Out of Joint), Amy’s View, Skylight, The Secret Rapture, The Absence of War, Murmuring Judges, Racing Demon, Pravda (written with Howard Brenton) and Plenty for the National Theatre. His other work includes South Downs (Chichester Festival Theatre and West End), The Judas Kiss (Hampstead and West End) and The Moderate Soprano (Hampstead). His adaptations include Behind the Beautiful Forevers and The House of Bernarda Alba at the NT, The Blue Room (Donmar and Broadway) and The Master Builder (The Old Vic).
    [Show full text]
  • La Petite Bande Olv
    2007-2008 BLAUWE ZAAL DO 24 APRIL 2008 La Petite Bande olv. Sigiswald Kuijken 2007-2008 Bach wo 14 november 2007 KOOR & ORKEST COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT OLV. PHILIppE HERREWEGHE za 15 december 2007 FREIBURGER BAROckORCHESTER & COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT OLV. MASAAKI SUZUKI do 24 april 2008 LA PETITE BANDE OLV. SIGISWALD KUIJKEN Bach LA PETITE BANDE SIGISWALD KUIJKEN muzikale leiding SIRI THORNHILL sopraan PETRA NOskAIOVÁ mezzo CHRISTOPH GENZ tenor JAN VAN DER CRAbbEN bas JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Cantate ‘Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe’, BWV108 20’ Pictogrammen DeSingel AUDIO gelieve uw GSM uit te schakelen Cantate ‘Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch’, BWV86 18’ Cantate ‘Sie werden euch in den Bann tun’, BWV44 22’ pauze De inleidingen kan u achteraf beluisteren via www.desingel.be Selecteer hiervoor voorstelling/concert/tentoonstelling van uw keuze. Himmelfahrtsoratorium REAGEER ‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen’, BWV11 32’ & WIN Op www.desingel.be kan u uw visie, opinie, commentaar, appreciatie, … betreffende het programma van deSingel met andere toeschouwers delen. Selecteer hiervoor voorstelling/ concert/tentoonstelling van uw keuze. Neemt u deel aan dit forum, dan maakt u meteen kans om tickets te winnen. Bij elk concert worden cd’s te koop aangeboden door ’t KLAverVIER, Kasteeldreef 6, Schilde, 03 384 29 70 > www.tklavervier.be foyer deSingel enkel open bij avondvoorstellingen in rode en/of blauwe zaal open vanaf 18.40 uur kleine koude of warme gerechten te bestellen vóór 19.20 uur broodjes tot net vóór aanvang van de voorstellingen
    [Show full text]
  • Thursday 17 January 2019 National Theatre: February
    Thursday 17 January 2019 National Theatre: February – July 2019 Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles will play at the Roundhouse, Camden for a limited run from July as part of a UK tour Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Leah Harvey and Aisling Loftus lead the cast of Small Island, adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s prize-winning novel, directed by Rufus Norris in the Olivier Theatre Justine Mitchell joins Roger Allam in Rutherford and Son by Githa Sowerby, directed by Polly Findlay Phoebe Fox takes the title role of ANNA in Ella Hickson and Ben and Max Ringham’s tense thriller directed by Natalie Abrahami Further casting released for Peter Gynt, directed by Jonathan Kent, written by David Hare, after Henrik Ibsen War Horse will return to London as part of the 2019 UK and international tour, playing at a new venue, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, for a limited run in October Olivier Theatre SMALL ISLAND adapted by Helen Edmundson based on the novel by Andrea Levy Previews from 17 April, press night 1 May, in repertoire until 10 August Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts into new life on the Olivier Stage. A cast of 40 tell a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948, the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. Adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson Small Island follows the intricately connected stories of two couples. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.
    [Show full text]
  • Playwright DAVID HARE Receives the Guild's 2017 GIELGUD AWARD
    But the culminating moments of a richly varied program Playwright DAVID HARE Receives were devoted to the GIELGUD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS and to the afternoon’s final presentation, for The Guild’s 2017 GIELGUD AWARD OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH THEATRE.. That trophy went to LYN GARDNER, “a renowned theatre journalist, critic, n Sunday, October 15, at a memorable UK THEATRE author, and champion of the industry, whose invaluable O AWARDS luncheon in London’s historic GUILDHALL, one insights can most often be found in The Guardian and The of today’s most versatile dramatic artists received the 2017 Stage, of which she is an associate editor.” GIELGUD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS. Not only has DAVID HARE enriched our theatrical repertory resenting this year’s GIELGUD AWARD was FREDDIE FOX, with some of the most resonant and challenging stageplays of P an actor of impeccable pedigree who is admired for our era. He has also produced screenplays that have garnered films such as The Three Musketeers, Victor Frankenstein, The Riot Club, Pride, and Worried About the Boy, as well as for such stage roles as Bosie in The Judas Kiss, a David Hare drama about the tragic fall of Oscar Wilde. Mr. Fox talked about how much he’d enjoyed working not only with Sir David but with artistic director Jonathan Kent while co-starring in this Hampstead Theatre production. As he bestowed the 2017 GIELGUD trophy, he shared two messages from admirers of Sir David who were unable to attend the Guildhall luncheon.
    [Show full text]
  • Maximilian Schmitt Entdeckte Seine Liebe Zur Musik Bereits in Jungen Jahren Bei Den Regensburger Domspatzen
    Maximilian Schmitt entdeckte seine Liebe zur Musik bereits in jungen Jahren bei den Regensburger Domspatzen. Er studierte Gesang bei Roland Hermann und Prof. Anke Eggers in Berlin. 2005 und 2006 war er Mitglied im Jungen Ensemble der Bayerischen Staatsoper München. Während seiner Münchner Zeit debütierte Maximilian Schmitt am Salzburger Landestheater als Tamino in der Zauberflöte, bevor er sich für vier Jahre beim Ensemble des Mannheimer Nationaltheaters verpflichtete. Dort sang er David/Meistersinger, Lenski/Eugen Onegin und den lyrischen Mozart-Partien wie Tamino, Don Ottavio, Belmonte oder Ferrando. Im Sommer 2012 beschloss Maximilian Schmitt seine erfolgreiche Mannheimer Zeit mit der Titelpartie in Mozarts La Clemenza di Tito. In konzertanten Opernabenden war Maximilian Schmitt mit dem Scottish Chamber Orchestra unter Robin Ticciati (Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni, Ferrando/Così fan tutte) und mit dem WDR Sinfonieorchester mit deutschen romantischen Arien zu erleben. Ende 2012 debütierte er an der Oper Amsterdam als Tamino in der gefeierten Neuproduktion von Simon McBurney unter Marc Albrecht. In René Jacobs‘ Produktion von Mozarts Entführung aus dem Serail mit der Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin übernahm er die Partie des Belmonte. Konzertante Vorstellungen führten nach Perugia, in den Amsterdamer Concertgebouw sowie in den BOZAR nach Brüssel. Die CD liegt inzwischen bei harmonia mundi France vor. Neben seiner Leidenschaft für die Oper hat der Konzertgesang großes Gewicht. Sein weit gefächertes Repertoire reicht von Monteverdi über Mozart bis Mendelssohn, eingeladen von Dirigenten wie Franz Welser-Möst, Andrew Manze, Daniel Harding, Thomas Hengelbrock, Fabio Luisi, Andres Orozco Estrada, Marcus Creed, Trevor Pinnock, René Jacobs, Robin Ticciati und Orchestern wie der Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, dem Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, den Symphonieorchestern des Bayerischen und des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks, dem WDR Sinfonieorchester, den Wiener Symphonikern, dem Cleveland Orchestra, dem Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra und dem Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ultimate On-Demand Music Library
    2020 CATALOGUE Classical music Opera The ultimate Dance Jazz on-demand music library The ultimate on-demand music video library for classical music, jazz and dance As of 2020, Mezzo and medici.tv are part of Les Echos - Le Parisien media group and join their forces to bring the best of classical music, jazz and dance to a growing audience. Thanks to their complementary catalogues, Mezzo and medici.tv offer today an on-demand catalogue of 1000 titles, about 1500 hours of programmes, constantly renewed thanks to an ambitious content acquisition strategy, with more than 300 performances filmed each year, including live events. A catalogue with no equal, featuring carefully curated programmes, and a wide selection of musical styles and artists: • The hits everyone wants to watch but also hidden gems... • New prodigies, the stars of today, the legends of the past... • Recitals, opera, symphonic or sacred music... • Baroque to today’s classics, jazz, world music, classical or contemporary dance... • The greatest concert halls, opera houses, festivals in the world... Mezzo and medici.tv have them all, for you to discover and explore! A unique offering, a must for the most demanding music lovers, and a perfect introduction for the newcomers. Mezzo and medici.tv can deliver a large selection of programmes to set up the perfect video library for classical music, jazz and dance, with accurate metadata and appealing images - then refresh each month with new titles. 300 filmed performances each year 1000 titles available about 1500 hours already available in 190 countries 2 Table of contents Highlights P.
    [Show full text]
  • Kirchenmusik Evangelische Kirche Zum Erlöser - Konstantin-Basilika Juli Bis Dezember 2016
    Kirchenmusik Evangelische Kirche zum Erlöser - Konstantin-Basilika Juli bis Dezember 2016 1 I E EDITORIAL SEITE 3 Sehr geehrte Freundinnen und Freunde der Kirchenmusik, ORGELSOMMER 2016 - ÜBERSICHT SEITE 4 vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse an den kirchenmusika- VERANSTALTUNGEN SEITE 5 lischen Veranstaltungen des Jahres 2016 in der Ev. Kirchengemeinde Trier. Diese sind von großer Vielfalt MUSIKALISCH GESTALTETE GOTTESDIENSTE SEITE 29 geprägt und reichen von musikalisch besonders ge- stalteten Gottesdiensten durch unsere gemeindli- chen Gruppen (Caspar-Olevian-Chor, Kinderchor, Po- IHRE HILFE ZÄHLT SEITE 31 saunenchor, Blockfl ötenkreis) über Kammerkonzerte und Chorkonzerte des Trierer Bachchores sowie aus- DISPOSITION DER SCHUKE-ORGEL SEITE 32 wärtiger Gastchöre bis zu zahlreichen Orgelkonzerten. DISPOSITION DER EULE-ORGEL SEITE 33 Von der Programmgestaltung her steht der Kompo- nist Max Reger (1873 – 1916) anlässlich seines 100. CD-EINSPIELUNGEN SEITE 34 Todestages in diesem Jahr besonders im Mittelpunkt. Dies wird in der Basilika in mehreren Konzerten deut- lich, die Teil einer ökumenischen Veranstaltungsreihe ORGELPFEIFEN-PATENSCHAFTEN SEITE 37 zum Reger-Jahr sind unter dem Motto „Keine Note zuviel!“ Diese Konzertreihe, in deren Rahmen alle großen Orgelwerke Regers, aber auch Chor- und Kammermusik des Kompo- AUF EINEN BLICK SEITE 38 nisten erklingen, wird veranstaltet in Kooperation von Hoher Domkirche Trier und der Ev. Kirchenmusik an der Konstantin-Basilika. Am 31.10. (Reformationstag) beginnt das Gedenkjahr „500 Jahre Reformation“. Die Ev. Kirche im Rheinland begeht dieses unter dem Motto „Ich bin vergnügt, erlöst, befreit“ – ein Satz aus einem Psalmgedicht von Hanns Dieter Hüsch. Auch, wenn wesentliche mu- sikalische Höhepunkte des Reformationsjubiläums erst in 2017 stattfi nden, so setzt doch der Beginn am diesjährigen Reformationstag ein besonderes Zeichen mit der „Nacht der off enen Kirche“ (siehe Seite 21).
    [Show full text]
  • Download Booklet
    WEIHNACHTS.ORATORIUM Lhe Chistmas Oratorio appear as separate manuscripts, (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248 and musically, too. each one stands on jts own. But from This work, which was given the title of'Oratorio'by such points as the choice of so orgmic a base key as D Bach himself, can be said to have a story-like nmative major and the juxtaposition of accounts of the nativity flow, and is not a group of independent, successively from Luke 2 and Matthew 2 (different tiom the readings performed pieces. In fact, it is a set of six sequential appointed for the church). we know that Bach conceived cantatas. The writing of the celebration of Christ,s bi.th of all six parts as one combined work. The naffation of as a cantata series takes as a presupposition the fact that the nativity story is entrusted to the tenor, in the r6le of Christmas is not an independent holiday but, like Japan- Evangelist, and other characters such as angels. Herod ese New Year, a fixed period of celebration. That is. and shepherds also apper. Although Mary does not speat Bach's Weihnachts-Orqtorium (Christmqs Oratorio) is directly, her supposed words and thoughts are taken as lruly a work grand on a scale which celebrates the whole the text of an alto solo in ftee verse. delightful season from rhe three days of Christmas The libretto is attributed to picander, the author of through New Year ro Epiphany (6th January). the St. Matthew Passion text. Picander probably con- The Christmas Orctorio rs one of the later works fered with Bach in producing skilful parodies of exist_ among Bach's church music.
    [Show full text]
  • Castleton Festival Opera the Britten Project: the Rape of Lucretia
    CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8pm Friday, March 25, 2011, 8pm Zellerbach Hall Castleton Festival Opera The Britten Project: The Rape of Lucretia Composed by Benjamin Britten Conducted by Lorin Maazel Stage Direction by William Kerley Berkeley Symphony production Set & Costume Designer Nicholas Vaughan Lighting Designer Rie Ono Production Stage Manager Laine Goerner Assistant Director Amanda Consol Assistant Lighting Designer Marnie Cumings Associate Lighting Designer Brandon Mitchell Assistant Costume Designer Sarah Swafford cast (in order of vocal appearance) Male Chorus Vale Rideout Female Chorus Arianna Zukerman Collatinus Michael Rice Junius Michael Weyandt Tarquinius Matthew Worth Lucretia Ekaterina Metlova Bianca Alison Tupay Lucia Marnie Breckenridge music staff Assistant Conductor Blake Richardson Rehearsal Pianist/Coach Wilson Southerland By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright holder. These performances are funded, in part, by the Britten-Pears Foundation and by Patron Sponsors Susan Graham Harrison and Michael A. Harrison. Cal Performances’ 2010–2011 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. CAL PERFORMANCES 5 SYNOPSIS PROGRAM NOTES Scene 2 The Female Chorus takes us into the world of Lucretia at home with her nurse, Bianca, and maid, Lucia. They work, spinning yarn, embroi- dering, and folding linen, while Lucretia frets over Collatinus’s prolonged absence. Just as they are preparing to go to bed, Tarquinius arrives and demands to be put up for the night. With some trepidation, she invites him in and shows him to his room. Giuseppe DiLiberto Giuseppe act two The Rape of Lucretia (1946; rev. 1947) Scene 1 Civil unrest grows in Rome, and the discontent- he events of the opera, which take ed wait for the moment to revolt.
    [Show full text]
  • Hamlet West End Announcement
    FOLLOWING A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED & SELL-OUT RUN AT THE ALMEIDA THEATRE HAMLET STARRING THE BAFTA & OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING ANDREW SCOTT AND DIRECTED BY THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR ROBERT ICKE WILL TRANSFER TO THE HAROLD PINTER THEATRE FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON FROM 9 JUNE – 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 ‘ANDREW SCOTT DELIVERS A CAREER-DEFINING PERFORMANCE… HE MAKES THE MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES FEEL FRESH AND UNPREDICTABLE’ EVENING STANDARD ‘IT IS LIVEWIRE, EDGE-OF-THE-SEAT STUFF’ TIME OUT Olivier Award-winning director, Robert Icke’s (Mary Stuart, The Red Barn, Uncle Vanya, Oresteia, Mr Burns and 1984), ground-breaking and electrifying production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, starring BAFTA award-winner Andrew Scott (Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock, Denial, Spectre, Design For Living and Cock) in the title role, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre, following a critically acclaimed and sell out run at the Almeida Theatre. Hamlet will run for a limited season only from 9 June to 2 September 2017 with press night on Thursday 15 June. Hamlet is produced by Ambassador Theatre Group (Sunday In The Park With George, Buried Child, Oresteia), Sonia Friedman Productions and the Almeida Theatre (Chimerica, Ghosts, King Charles III, 1984, Oresteia), who are renowned for introducing groundbreaking, critically acclaimed transfers to the West End. Rupert Goold, Artistic Director, Almeida Theatre said "We’re delighted that with this transfer more people will be able to experience our production of Hamlet. Robert, Andrew, and the entire Hamlet company have created an unforgettable Shakespeare which we’re looking forward to sharing even more widely over the summer in partnership with Sonia Friedman Productions and ATG.” Robert Icke, Director (and Almeida Theatre Associate Director) said “It has been such a thrill to work with Andrew and the extraordinary company of Hamlet on this play so far, and I'm delighted we're going to continue our work on this play in the West End this summer.
    [Show full text]
  • The Royal Opera
    THE ROYAL OPERA MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR ANTONIO PAPPANO DIRECTOR OF OPERA OLIVER MEARS Approximate timings Live cinema relay begins at 7.15pm; opera begins at 7.30pm Act I 50 minutes Interval Act II 45 minutes Interval Act III 35 minutes The performance will end at approximately 10.30pm Please note that there will be gunshots on stage in Act III. TOSCA Tweet your thoughts about tonight’s performance before it starts, during the interval or afterwards with #ROHtosca MELODRAMMA IN THREE ACTS MUSIC GIACOMO PUCCINI LIBRETTO GIUSEPPE GIACOSA AND LUIGI ILLICA AFTER This production is available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray VICTORIEN SARDOU’S PLAY LA TOSCA roh.org.uk/shop CONDUCTOR DAN ETTINGER FREE DIGITAL PROGRAMME DIRECTOR JONATHAN KENT Royal Opera House Digital Programmes bring together a range of specially REVIVAL DIRECTOR ANDREW SINCLAIR selected films, articles, pictures and features to bring you closer to the DESIGNER PAUL BROWN production. Use promo code FREETOSCA to claim yours (RRP £2.99). LIGHTING DESIGNER MARK HENDERSON roh.org.uk/publications ROYAL OPERA CHORUS CHORUS DIRECTOR WILLIAM SPAULDING ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 2017/18 LIVE CINEMA SEASON CO-CONCERT MASTER SERGEY LEVITIN THE WINTER’S TALE WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2018 DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY JONATHAN HASWELL CARMEN TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2018 BERNSTEIN CENTENARY TUESDAY 27 MARCH 2018 MACBETH WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL 2018 LIVE FROM THE MANON THURSDAY 3 MAY 2018 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE SWAN LAKE TUESDAY 12 JUNE 2018 WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2018, 7.15PM roh.org.uk/cinemas Synopsis The events take place in Rome on 17–18 June 1800 ACT III The Castel Sant’Angelo ACT I At dawn, Cavaradossi attempts to write his farewell to Tosca but is overwhelmed by The church of Sant’Andrea della Valle memories of her.
    [Show full text]
  • J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio
    J. S. BACH CHRISTMAS ORATORIO Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750) Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 142'19 (Christmas Oratorio) Disc 1 Part I: Jauchzet, frohlocket! auf, preiset die Tage 24'57 Christmas Day (25th December 1734) 1 1. Chor. Jauchzet, frohlocket! auf, preiset die Tage … 7'35 2 2. Rezitativ (Tenor [Evangelist]). Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit … 1'14 3 3. Rezitativ (Alt). Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam … 0'56 4 4. Arie (Alt). Bereite dich, Zion … 5'05 5 5. Choral. Wie soll ich dich empfangen … 1'05 6 6. Rezitativ (Tenor [Evangelist]). Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn … 0'24 7 7. Choral und Rezitativ (Sopran, Bass). Er ist auf Erden kommen arm … 2'46 8 8. Arie (Bass). Großer Herr, o starker König … 4'30 9 9. Choral. Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein … 1'10 Part II: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend 28'31 Second Day of Christmas (26th December 1734) 10 10. Sinfonia 5'42 11 11. Rezitativ (Tenor [Evangelist]). Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend … 0'43 12 12. Choral. Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht … 1'01 13 13. Rezitativ (Tenor, Sopran [Evangelist, Der Engel]). Und der Engel sprach … 0'42 14 14. Rezitativ (Bass). Was Gott dem Abraham verheißen … 0'39 2 15 15. Arie (Tenor). Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet … 3'35 16 16. Rezitativ (Tenor [Evangelist]). Und das habt zum Zeichen … 0'20 17 17. Choral. Schaut hin! dort liegt im finstern Stall … 0'38 18 18. Rezitativ (Bass). So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht … 0'57 19 19.
    [Show full text]