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Gianluca Marcianò conducts rare Puccini opera.
19 Apr 2011
Gianluca Marcianò “the Italian whizz” returns to the UK for a rare
performance of Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut, followed by repeat visits
to Longborough and Grange Park
5 June – Manon Lescaut, Queen Elizabeth Hall
6, 7, 9, 10, 12 June – Tosca, Nevill Holt, Grange Park Opera
16, 18, 19, 24, 25 June – Così fan Tutte, Longborough Festival Opera
5 June – Manon Lescaut, Queen Elizabeth Hall
6, 7, 9, 10, 12 June – Tosca, Nevill Holt, Grange Park Opera
16, 18, 19, 24, 25 June – Così fan Tutte, Longborough Festival Opera
London Music Masters exceeds target in its Facebook fundraising campaign - BUY A BAR
05 Apr 2011
London
Music Masters exceeds target in its Facebook fundraising campaign - BUY
A BAR - to commission a new violin concerto by Martin Suckling
FACING GOYA, Michael Nyman’s groundbreaking opera on genetic engineering to be re-released on MN Records
05 Apr 2011
FACING GOYA, Michael Nyman’s groundbreaking opera on genetic engineering to be re-released on MN Records
“It is hard enough being me. It is hard enough being you. A clone is just the shadow of invention”
General release date: 26th April
MNRCD121
“It is hard enough being me. It is hard enough being you. A clone is just the shadow of invention”
General release date: 26th April
MNRCD121
Benjamin Grosvenor gives two virtuoso recitals - Newbury Spring Festival & Wigmore Hall
15 Mar 2011
BBC New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor gives two virtuoso recitals - Newbury Spring Festival & Wigmore Hall
Newbury Spring Festival, Corn Exchange - Friday 20 May, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concert - Monday 20 June, 1pm
Newbury Spring Festival, Corn Exchange - Friday 20 May, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concert - Monday 20 June, 1pm
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques: debut recording of Lully’s BELLÉROPHON,
09 Mar 2011
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques release the debut recording of
Jean-Baptiste Lully’s BELLÉROPHON,
a favourite of Louis XIV The Sun King,
Aparte Label UK Release date 28 March 2011
Michael Nyman composes new aria for Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea
09 Mar 2011
Michael Nyman composes new aria for ground-breaking production of Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea by Mark Ravenhill and Alex Silverman
King’s Head Pub, Islington
10 performances from Tuesday 5 April to Thursday 19 May
Press Night: Tuesday 12 April at 7.15pm
Romanian Pianist Alexandra Dariescu: first evening recital at the Wigmore Hall on Friday March 18th.
07 Mar 2011
Romanian Pianist and YCAT Artist Alexandra Dariescu wins the Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize and plays her first evening recital at the Wigmore Hall on Friday March 18th 2011.
Friday March 18th, 7:30pm
Programme:
Bartók, Schumann, Liszt, Wagner, Dutilleux, Chopin
Vlad Maistorovici’s Halo at the Barbican Sunday 13th March 7.30pm, Barbican Hall
07 Mar 2011
LSO gives world premiere of Vlad Maistorovici’s Halo at the Barbican
Sunday 13th March 7.30pm, Barbican Hall
Vlad Maistorovici’s acclaimed Mercury Quartet gives a concert of free composition at St Martin in the Fields
Tuesday 26th April 1pm, St Martin in the Fields
Supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute
Sunday 13th March 7.30pm, Barbican Hall
Vlad Maistorovici’s acclaimed Mercury Quartet gives a concert of free composition at St Martin in the Fields
Tuesday 26th April 1pm, St Martin in the Fields
Supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute
WeDidThis launches with the Classical Opera Company to raise funds for a new Mozart opera disc
28 Jan 2011
New crowd-funding website WeDidThis launches with the Classical Opera Company to raise funds
for a new Mozart opera disc
WeDidThis.org.uk – from 27 January 2011
classicalopera.co.uk
for a new Mozart opera disc
WeDidThis.org.uk – from 27 January 2011
classicalopera.co.uk
BUY A BAR (of music) for a FIVER- Fundraising with London Music Masters
28 Jan 2011
BUY A BAR (of music) for a FIVER
LONDON MUSIC MASTERS LAUNCHES A FACEBOOK FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO BUY A BAR OF MARTIN SUCKLING’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
www.londonmusicmasters.org
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor makes his debut in Brussels. 20th Feb.
19 Jan 2011
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor makes his Belgian debut at BOZAR, Brussels on Sunday 20th February at 11am.
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Chopin: Scherzo no. 1, op. 20, Mazurka, op. 17/4, Mazurka, op. 33/2, No. 4, Op. 54, op. 39
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Chopin: Scherzo no. 1, op. 20, Mazurka, op. 17/4, Mazurka, op. 33/2, No. 4, Op. 54, op. 39
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Castor and Pollux in Vienna
18 Jan 2011
BAROQUE SPECIALIST CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET CONDUCTS AUSTRIAN PREMIERE OF
RAMEAU’S CASTOR ET POLLUX (1754)
IN A NEW PRODUCTION BY MARIAME CLEMENT
WITH LES TALENS LYRIQUES, THE ARNOLD SCHOENBERG CHOR
AND AN INTERNATIONAL CAST
THEATER AN DER WIEN, VIENNA
OPENING NIGHT - 20 JANUARY, 2011 followed by 22,24,26,28,30 at 7pm
Antonio Pappano and Accademia di Santa Cecilia UK Tour
18 Jan 2011
Antonio Pappano and his award-winning Roman Orchestra the Accademia di
Santa Cecilia return to the UK in 2011 marking the 150th anniversary of
the Unification of Italy
Thursday 17th March – Anvil, Basingstoke
Friday 18th March – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 19th March – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Thursday 17th March – Anvil, Basingstoke
Friday 18th March – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 19th March – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Artaxerxes CD Release- January 24th 2011.
18 Jan 2011
New disc of Thomas Arne’s Artaxerxes
With Ian Page and the Classical Opera Company
released on Linn Records January 24th, 2011
Linn CKD358
Following Ian Page’s critically acclaimed, sold-out performances of Thomas Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Royal Opera House in 2009, Linn Records will release on 24th January a recording of the opera with the Classical Opera Company Orchestra and 5 of the 6 original cast, including Elizabeth Watts, Rebecca Bottone, Caitlin Hulcup, Christopher Ainslie, Andrew Staples and Daniel Norman.
With Ian Page and the Classical Opera Company
released on Linn Records January 24th, 2011
Linn CKD358
Following Ian Page’s critically acclaimed, sold-out performances of Thomas Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Royal Opera House in 2009, Linn Records will release on 24th January a recording of the opera with the Classical Opera Company Orchestra and 5 of the 6 original cast, including Elizabeth Watts, Rebecca Bottone, Caitlin Hulcup, Christopher Ainslie, Andrew Staples and Daniel Norman.
Christophe Rousset releases a third new disc - Bach Fantasy
07 Dec 2010
The celebrated harpsichordist Christophe Rousset brings out his third disc of harpsichord works this year – Bach Fantasy –released on the Aparte Label on 6th December.