Ireland Foroni, Rota: Wexford Festival Opera, Wexford, Ireland. (RD)
Wexford Opera Uncovers More Rareties
Roderic Dunnett
Uplifting Mendelssohn from Gardner and the CBSO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Baiba Skrida (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 19.10.2013. (RD)
The Bargee’s Wife Closes the Three Choirs Festival Impressively
United Kingdom John O’Hara The Bargee’s Wife: Community Opera: Soloists, Opera Chorus, Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, John O’Hara (conductor). Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 4.8.2013 (RD)
Gloucester Commemorates Hindemith Anniversary with Das Marienleben
Hindemith: Das Marienleben: Der-Shin Hwang (soprano), James D’Angelo (piano), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, 31.7.2013 (RD) The composition of Paul Hindemith’s song cycle Das Marienleben exercised the composer for a quarter of a century. Perhaps the times influenced his take on it. He began it in 1923 in a cash-strapped but optimistic Weimar … Read more
Superb Britten Parable Tryptych at Aldeburgh Festival
United Kingdom Britten, The Church Parables (Curlew River, The Prodigal Son, The Burning Fiery Furnace): Soloists, Mahogany Opera, Aurora Orchestra / Roger Vignoles (music director/accompanist), Orford Church, 16-17.6.2013.(RD)