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What do you understand by the word ‘history’? This simple question, but one which will inevitably prompt multifarious and complex responses, was the origin of the title of Richard Causton’s new orchestral work, Ik zeg: NU (which translates from Dutch as ‘I say: NOW’), which was commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and will be premiered by the orchestra and their chief conductor Sakari Oramo at the Barbican Hall later this month.
United Kingdom Schubert & Brahms: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.1.2019. (CS)
Switzerland Handel, Semele: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla / William Christie (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 8.1.2019. (JR)
United Kingdom Strauss and Wagner: Rachel Nicholls (soprano), London Schools Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) Barbican Hall, London 7.1.2019. (JPr)
United Kingdom Chopin and Chausson: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Elīna Buksha (violin), Hermès Quartet (Omer Bouchez & Elise Liu [violins], Yung-Hsin Lou Chang [viola], Anthony Kondo [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London 6.1.2019. (CSa)
United States Brahms [II]: Pinchas Zuckerman (violin), Amanda Forsyth (cello), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Zubin Mehta (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. (DD)
United Kingdom ‘Sound the Trumpet’ – Music by Purcell, Blow, Humfrey, and Williams: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Hall (countertenor), The King’s Consort (Rebecca Miles [recorder], Ian Wilson [recorder], Reiko Ichise [bass viol], Lynda Sayce [theorbo], Robert King [harpsichord and chamber organ]). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.1.2019. (CSa)
United Kingdom Baroque at the Edge [1] – Scarlatti and Cage: David Greilsammer (piano and prepared piano). Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, London, 4.1.2019. (MB)
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