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GRIMEBORN, London’s Hippest Opera Festival returns to Dalston for its 6th year
09 Aug 2012
Tuesday 21 August – 8th September, 7:45pm
“The place was packed out with a crowd so cool and buzzing that I felt I had crashed some very hip party.”
- Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph
- Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph
Grimeborn, London’s hippest Opera Festival, returns for its 6th year in Dalston. Among the highlights of this year’s festival is the UK premiere of Philip Glass’s The Sound of a Voice (2003) on 23, 24 and 25 August. This year’s programme includes a stimulating mix of timeless classics by Puccini, Verdi and Mozart; new operas with challenging and provocative themes and new musicals. Edgy subject matter is prominent with operas dealing with suffering and loss in Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine; extreme seclusion in Glass’s The Sound of a Voice; sexual violence in Venables’ Unleashed, and even greed in the modern world through a dramatic retelling of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques announce their 2012-2013 season making welcome returns to Frankfurt, Versailles, Paris and London
09 Aug 2012
During the 2012-2013 season, musical archaeologist Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques present a programme of masterpieces and some more forgotten works in performances across Europe including Frankfurt, Vienna, London, Paris and the Opera Royal, Versailles. Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques will open the season at the Theater an der Wien for a new production of Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria directed by Claus Guth.
Christophe Rousset champions a revival of Lully’s tragédie lyrique Phaëton, composed for the Sun King in Versailles
09 Aug 2012
Thursday 25 October 2012
Paris: Salle Pleyel
Friday 26 October 2012
Lausanne, Opéra, Festival Bach de Lausanne
Friday 8 March 2013
London, Barbican Hall
Paris: Salle Pleyel
Friday 26 October 2012
Lausanne, Opéra, Festival Bach de Lausanne
Friday 8 March 2013
London, Barbican Hall
Renowned conductor and harpsichordist Christophe Rousset and his Baroque ensemble Les Talens Lyriques continue their exploration of forgotten masterpieces with a fresh interpretation of Lully’s Phaëton - the story of the son of Helios, the sun God. Performances take place at at Paris Salle Pleyel on Thursday 25 October; Festival Bach de Lausanne on Friday 26 October and at London’s Barbican Hall on Friday 8 March 2013. Phaëton will be recorded on CD by APARTÉ in October 2012, ready for release in 2013. This will be the first recording of the complete work since 1994 (ERATO/Marc Minkowski).
Lontano give UK premiere of John Harbison’s Full Moon In March as part of the Fourth London Festival of American Music
09 Aug 2012
From 22 to 27 October 2012 at The Warehouse, London
“Harbison’s operatic devices are applied as surely as those that animate great operas from Monteverdi to Britten”
- New York Magazine
- New York Magazine
Enterprising and highly spirited contemporary music specialist Odaline de la Martinez and her ensemble Lontano present the Fourth London Festival of American Music at The Warehouse, Waterloo, from 22 to 27 October. The centrepiece of this year’s programme is the UK premiere of Pulitzer prize-winning composer John Harbison’s opera Full Moon in March.
London Music Masters launches the first instrument recycling campaign for London children - LOST & SOUND
03 Jul 2012
London Music Masters (LMM), a music charity providing music education to inner-city primary schools and violin awards for young emerging professionals, launches the first London-wide musical instrument recycling campaign - LOST & SOUND. The campaign is a rallying call for supporters to donate disused violins, cellos, trumpets, flutes and clarinets for distribution to LMM Bridge Project children aged 5-9, in some of the capital’s most deprived boroughs.
London Music Masters’ three new 2012-2015 LMM Award Holders perform recitals at Wigmore Hall in October
25 Jun 2012
Alexandra Soumm 16 October
Hyeyoon Park 18 October
Benjamin Beilman 20 October
“This is clearly an award scheme which seeks and finds the best of the best”
Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor
Hyeyoon Park 18 October
Benjamin Beilman 20 October
“This is clearly an award scheme which seeks and finds the best of the best”
Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor
London Music Masters announces individual recitals with its three new Award Holders for 2012-15: violinists Alexandra Soumm (France), Hyeyoon Park (South Korea) and Benjamin Beilman (United States) will perform individual recitals in Wigmore Hall, London on 16, 18 and 20th October. These will be Beilman and Park’s debut recitals in London. The LMM Awards are three-year career development programmes which include performance opportunities at the Wigmore Hall and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The award package is individually tailored to each recipient.
Darbar Festival 2012 - Weekend immersion in Indian classical music and culture
25 Jun 2012
London’s Southbank Centre
From Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 September
& further concerts nationwide
http://www.darbar.org/darbarfestival
From Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 September
& further concerts nationwide
http://www.darbar.org/darbarfestival
“All classical music begins in India. it predates Western classical music and has a highly developed theory behind it”
Sandeep Virdee, Artistic Director of Darbar
The Darbar Festival brings the colours, sounds, and aromas of India to the Southbank Centre for a vibrant weekend of music, talks, food, and yoga from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 September in the Purcell Room. From dawn to dusk, hypnotic ragas will set the pulse of the day for a full immersion in the rhythm of India. Showcasing India’s most respected classical virtuosi, many appearing in the UK for the first time, The Darbar Festival provides an ideal introduction to an ancient tradition, which is more than 4,000 years old. Many of the concerts will tour nationwide to 12 different cities.
Double knighthood for Sir Antonio Pappano in Britain and Italy
17 May 2012
President of the Italian Republic Georgio Napolitano has awarded Sir Antonio Pappano with the highest order in Italy, the knighthood of the Cavalierie di Gran Croce dell’Ordine ‘al merito della Repubblica Italiana.
Christophe Rousset champions a revival of Lully’s tragédie lyrique Phaëton, composed for the Sun King in Versailles
17 May 2012
Saturday 28 July 2012
Beaune, 30th anniversary Festival international d’opéra baroque de Beaune
Thursday 25 October 2012
Paris: Salle Pleyel
Friday 26 October 2012
Lausanne, Opéra, Festival Bach de Lausanne
Friday 8 March 2013
London, Barbican Hall
Beaune, 30th anniversary Festival international d’opéra baroque de Beaune
Thursday 25 October 2012
Paris: Salle Pleyel
Friday 26 October 2012
Lausanne, Opéra, Festival Bach de Lausanne
Friday 8 March 2013
London, Barbican Hall
Violinist Agata Szymczewska and Southbank Sinfonia perform Martin Suckling’s de sol y grana as part of their free Rush Hour series
03 May 2012
Thursday 24 May, 6pm
St John’s Waterloo
Agata Szymczewska violin, Jonathan Berman conductor
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Colin Matthews Grand Barcarolle
Martin Suckling de sol y grana (commissioned by London Music Masters)
Charlotte Bray Beneath the Dawn Horizon
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
St John’s Waterloo
Agata Szymczewska violin, Jonathan Berman conductor
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Colin Matthews Grand Barcarolle
Martin Suckling de sol y grana (commissioned by London Music Masters)
Charlotte Bray Beneath the Dawn Horizon
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Alessandro Marangoni champions a new recording of forgotten Piano Concertos by Hollywood legend Castelnuovo-Tedesco Release Date – 1 May 2012 on Naxos Catalogue No: 8.572823
03 May 2012
with Malmö Symphony Orchestra directed by Andrew Mogrelia
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 46
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
4 Dances from Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 167 *
* Newly performed and recorded edition
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 46
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
4 Dances from Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 167 *
* Newly performed and recorded edition
Ian Page and Classical Opera launch their complete Mozart Opera recording cycle, in partnership with Linn Records, with the release of Mozart’s first opera
03 May 2012
Release date: Monday 14th May 2012
Lawrence Zazzo (Apollo) Klara Ek (Melia) Andrew Kennedy (Oebalus) Sophie Bevan (Hyacinthus) Christopher Ainslie (Zephyrus) Marcus Farnsworth & David Shipley (Priests of Apollo) The Orchestra of Classical Opera
Ian Page (conductor)
Concert performances of Apollo et Hyacinthus in Bristol and London:
St George’s Brandon Hill on 11th May and Cadogan Hall on 14th May 2012
Lawrence Zazzo (Apollo) Klara Ek (Melia) Andrew Kennedy (Oebalus) Sophie Bevan (Hyacinthus) Christopher Ainslie (Zephyrus) Marcus Farnsworth & David Shipley (Priests of Apollo) The Orchestra of Classical Opera
Ian Page (conductor)
Concert performances of Apollo et Hyacinthus in Bristol and London:
St George’s Brandon Hill on 11th May and Cadogan Hall on 14th May 2012
London Music Masters announces the three new 2012-2015 LMM Award Holders – violinists Benjamin Beilman, Hyeyoon Park and Alexandra Soumm
29 Mar 2012
Following the success of London Music Masters’ first international violin awards, established three years ago and complementing its music education programme in primary schools, LMM announces three new award holders for 2012-15 – violinists Benjamin Beilman (United States) Hyeyoon Park (South Korea) and Alexandra Soumm (France). The violinists will be presented in individual recitals at Wigmore Hall in October 2012.
Pianist Janina Fialkowska to release ‘Chopin Recital’ Part II
19 Mar 2012
Polish-Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska will release the much-anticipated second CD of her critically acclaimed Chopin Recital series this April. Since recovering from cancer of the shoulder muscle, Fialkowska has firmly re-established herself as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of Chopin and Liszt and has completed four celebrated CDs of in 2 years, which have received exceptional reviews.
UK Release Date – 14th May 2012
‘If you buy one Chopin selection this year, make it Fialkowska's.’
Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times
‘If you buy one Chopin selection this year, make it Fialkowska's.’
Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times
Mercury Quartet continue their RADAR series at the Forge, marking the100th anniversary performance of Pierrot Lunaire with Linda Hirst
12 Mar 2012
Monday 19 March, The Forge Camden, 7.00pm
New work, Edmund Finnis*
Katabasis, Steven Daverson*
A Purcell Garland, Knussen, Benjamin, Matthews
Fast Medium Swing by Matthew Shlomowitz
Monday 25 June, The Forge Camden, 7.00pm
Commedia, Jonas Kocher*
Pierrot Lunaire, Arnold Schoenberg (with Linda Hirst)