Colin Clarke – Page 95 – Seen and Heard International

The Fairy Queen: Musically a Triumph but the Production Tried Too Hard

19/10/201612/10/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Purcell, The Fairy Queen (semi-staged performance): Soloists, Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (harpsichord/director). Barbican Hall, London, 10.10.2016. (CC)

fairy4 — AAM’s *The Fairy Queen* (c) Ben Ealovega

The Exotic Music of the Indian Subcontinent Comes to London

26/09/201622/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Darbar Festival 2016 – Vocal Carnatic and Hindustani music: Aruna Sairam (carnatic vocal); Jayanthi Kumaresh Saraswati (veena); Jyotsna Srikanth (carnatic violin); Venkatesh Balaraman (mridangam); Dr S Karthick (ghatam); Pandits Rajan & Sajan Mishra (khayal vocals); Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla); Dharamnath Mishra (harmonium). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.9.2016. (CC)

Haydn and Mysliveček Provide a Memorable Evening, Full of Delights

26/09/201621/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Haydn, Mysliveček: Susanna Hurrell (Gasparina); Rachel Kelly (Apollonia); Kitty Whately (Don Ettore); Robert Murray (Don Pelagio); Orchestra of Classical Opera/Ian Page. Wigmore Hall, London, 19.9.2016. (CC)

Memorable Chopin and Prokofiev in Yuliana Avdeeva’s Wigmore Hall Debut

21/09/201617/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bach, Chopin, Prokofiev: Yuliana Avdeeva (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.9.2016. (CC)

Good Singing in Rossini’s Il barbiere but Orchestral Contribution was Below Par

19/09/201615/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Cast, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Henrik Nánási (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 13.9.2016. (CC)

Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Royal Opera House on 10.9.16 — The Royal Opera’s *Il barbiere di Siviglia* (c) Mark Douet

Orchestra is the Star in Covent Garden’s Misconceived Production of Norma

18/10/202015/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12.9.2016. (CC)

rsz_-bc20160909_norma_ro_1369_-bc20160909_norma_ro_1025_production_image_c_roh_photographer_bill_cooper — The Royal Opera’s *Norma* (c) Bill Cooper

The Last Night of the Proms Fails Fully to Ignite

15/09/201612/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Prom 75 – The Last Night of the Proms: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor); Duncan Rock (baritone); Francesca Chiejina, Eve Daniell, Lauren Fagan & Alison Rose (sopranos), Claire Barnett-Jones, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Anna Harvey & Katie Stevenson (mezzo-sopranos), Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, Oliver Johnston, Joshua Owen Mills & James Way (tenors) and Bragi Jónsson, Benjamin Lewis, James Newby & Bradley Travis (baritones/basses); BBC Proms Youth Ensemble; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2016. (CC)

prom-75_cr_bbc-chris-christodoulou_15 — Juan Diego Flórez serenades Paddington Bear at the Last Night of the Proms 2016
(c) Chris Christodoulou

Christian Thielemann Brings the Staatskapelle Dresden to the Proms

23/09/201608/09/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Prom 71 – Mozart, Bruckner: Daniil Trifonov (piano); Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2016. (CC)

Gastspiel der Staatskapelle Dresden am 07.09.2016 bei den " BBC PROMS " in der Royal Albert Hall in London / Grossbritannien . Foto: Oliver Killig — Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden (c) Oliver Killig

Page 95 of 103
<
1
...
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
...
103
>