Month: November 2017

A Charming Mix of Piano Competition Winners

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CanadaCanada Beethoven, Schubert, Granados, Liszt: Zhang Zuo (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 15.10.2017. (GN)

Beethoven – 32 Variations in C minor, WoO80
Schubert – Sonata in C minor D958
Granados – Goyesca No.1 ‘Los Requiebros’
Liszt – ‘Vallée d’Obermann’ from Années de pèlerinage: Suisse; Rhapsodie Espagnole

Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt: George Li (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 22.10.2017.

Haydn – Sonata in B minor Hob.XVI:32 L.47
Chopin – Sonata No.2 in B flat minor Op.35
Rachmaninoff – Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42
Liszt – Consolation No.3 in D flat major S.172; Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 S.244/2

George-Li-photo-credit-SimonFowler
George Li (c) Simon Fowler

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An Extraordinary Covent Garden Lucia from Oropesa, Castronovo, Maltman and Mariotti

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloist; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 30.10.2017. (CC)

Lucia
Lisette Oropesa (Lucia) & Charles Castronovo (Edgardo) in Lucia di Lammermoor
(c) Stephen Cummiskey

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Composer Speaks Up for the Environment: An Interview with Margaret Brouwer

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Mark Sebastian Jordan Encounters Margaret Brouwer

American composer Margaret Brouwer will be premiering an oratorio, Voice of the Lake, on November 12 in Cleveland. Though she grew up in Michigan, the composer now lives near Lake Erie in Ohio, where she served as head of the composition department of the Cleveland Institute of Music until 2008. By her own reckoning, she has a special relationship with nature in general, and water in particular, which is reflected in many of her pieces.

Margaret Brouwer, composer of 'Voice of the Lake' (Photo: Christian Steiner)
Margaret Brouwer, composer of Voice of the Lake
(c) Christian Steiner

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BRB’s Crowd-Pleasing Aladdin Creates Ballet Memories for Young and Old

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Aladdin: Soloists and artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 31.10.2017. (JPr)

Aladdin_BRB, Evening, LOWRY_SALFORD, Aladdin; Mathias Dingman, Princess Badr al-Budur; Momoko Hirata, The Mahgrib; Tyrone Singleton, The Djinn; Tzu-Chao Chou,
Mathias Dingman (Aladdin), Jonathan Payn (Sultan) & Momoko Hirata (Princess Badr al-Budur)
(c) Bill Cooper

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