At the core of the Australian Chamber Orchestra is a string ensemble, soloistic in nature, enquiring in spirit, whose connections one to the other make for a palpable kind of musical telepathy. Energy and vitality are key to their communication skills and the twinkle in the eye contact and bravado in the body language (in … [Read More]
Edward Seckerson
Reviews, Blogs, Podcasts
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Tognetti, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tagged with: australian chamber orchestra, grieg, mozart, richard tognetti, shostakovich, simon trpceski
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Greer/Wallen “Yes”, Linbury Studio Theatre
The starting and finishing point for Errollyn Wallen and Bonnie Greer’s chamber opera Yes is Greer’s 2009 appearance on BBC’s Question Time alongside the British National Party’s Nick Griffin. Entering the Linbury auditorium – opened up on this occasion to an audience on opposing sides of the action, as it were – the floor of … [Read More]
Tagged with: bonnie greer, errollyn wallen, john lloyd davies, libury studio theatre, yes
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OAE, Podger, Queen Elizabeth Hall
The OAE billed this one 1700s London & the Fab Four which I guess left it to us, the audience, to decide who might be the Lennon and McCartney of the evening. JC Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel were old chums from Leipzig and roommates in London and on the basis of the first half … [Read More]
Tagged with: abel, arne, haydn, jc bach, orchestra of the age of enlightenment, rachel podger
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I, Culture Orchestra, Kotla, Marriner, Royal Festival Hall
Sounding for all the world like the latest App for a certain smartphone, the I, Culture Orchestra is the youngest orchestra on the planet – just seven concerts old. In essence it’s the official orchestra of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council and yet another instance of music in action across borders – namely … [Read More]
Tagged with: Culture Orchestra, I, neville marriner, Pavel Kotla, Peter Jablonski, prokofiev, szymanowski, tchaikovsky
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