The English Concert announce 2018-19 season, celebrating their 45th Anniversary
The English Concert celebrates its 45th Anniversary year with a star-studded 2018-19 season featuring Brenda Rae, Fflur Wyn, Dorothee Mields, Elizabeth DeShong and Ailish Tynan. Led by Harry Bicket, the season also showcases guest director Kristian Bezuidenhout and the ensemble's principal musicians. Following critically acclaimed performances of Rinaldo in March 2018, The English Concert and Harry Bicket continue their celebrated annual Handel opera series with Semele, touring throughout the USA, Paris and London next spring. Elsewhere in the season the orchestra explores the cross-pollination of ideas through the music of Mozart and Haydn in a programme entitled 'The Art of the Arrangement'. Meanwhile in September, they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with the world premiere of Wayne Eagling's ballet Remembrance set to Handel's Ode to St Cecilia's Day.
Read moreTon Koopman presents a Spanish themed programme for the 17th Itinéraire Baroque Festival
At this summer’s Itinéraire Baroque, Ton Koopman is celebrating Spanish culture during his annual festival in the Dordogne. Spanish music and dance form the backbone of the 4-day programme alongside Koopman’s annual trademark concert with the Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra performing Bach and Telemann. Set in the picturesque medieval villages and towns around Riberac, the festival runs from Thursday 26 July to Sunday 29 July 2018 and annually addresses three major objectives; teaching, heritage and baroque music. The 2018 Festival line-up includes Koopman’s many friend and colleagues, both new and returning, such as tenor Tilmi Lichdi, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, and guitarist Fred Jacobs.
Read moreThe Manchester Collective premiere Daniel Elms’ new work 100 Demons for live strings and electronics
The Manchester Collective, the disruptive new arts organisation pushing the envelope in the northwest, founded by Managing Director Adam Szabo and Music Director Rakhi Singh, present the world premiere of Daniel Elms’ new piece 100 Demons. The collective will present three sets of wild new music by Vessel, Reich, Harvey, Finnis, Xenakis and Gordon
Read moreThe Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra announce the 20th anniversary Oxford Piano Festival line-up
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director Marios Papadopoulos announce the 2018 Oxford Piano Festival celebrating two decades since the founding of the festival. From 28 July – 5 August, the Festival will welcome once again some of the world’s most distinguished pianists and teachers for an inspirational series of concerts, masterclasses and lectures. This summer’s line-up includes Piotr Anderszewski, Alfred Brendel, Seong-Jin Cho, Julius Drake, Richard Goode, Niel Immelman, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Anne Queffélec, Dame Fanny Waterman, Life President of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, 94-year old pianist, Menahem Pressler, and President of the Festival Sir András Schiff.
Read moreChristophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques join Pierre Audi to mark his final production as Artistic Director of the Dutch National Opera
Pierre Audi joins Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques to direct Stefano Landi’s La Morte d’Orfeo from 23 to 26 March, marking his last production in Amsterdam as Artistic Director of the Dutch National Opera, and celebrating two decades of collaboration with Rousset.
Read moreNew production of Jonathan Dove’s Flight to open Royal Academy of Music’s new theatre
Jonathan Dove’s ever-popular comic opera Flight opens the Royal Academy of Music’s new theatre on Monday 12 March in a new production by Martin Duncan, conducted by Gareth Hancock.
Read moreLaurence Equilbey and Insula orchestra brandish Suffragette Tricolour by its original manufacturer for International Women’s Day
To mark International Women’s Day, Laurence Equilbey and Insula orchestra will bear the Suffragette’s Tricolour with ribbons made by the original manufacturer, Toye, for tonight’s concert at the Barbican.
Read morePianist Lucy Parham and actor Henry Goodman present the life of Rachmaninoff
To launch their new CD on the Deux-Elles label, Lucy Parham and actor Henry Goodman present Élégie, at St John’s Smith Square on Sunday 15 April. The fifth in a series of Composer Portraits, Élégie chronicles Rachmaninoff’s life through his letters, diary entries and music. Through a series of flashbacks and taking on the persona of the aged composer, Goodman reminisces on Rachmaninoff’s flight from the Bolshevik Revolution, his new life as a concert pianist in the US and Europe, humour on the stage and trauma of being uprooted from his homeland.
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