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World Premiere Recording of André Mathieu: Concerto No. 3, JoAnn Falletta and Alain Lefèvre

By Newswire on 10 October 2017 Classical Music, La Scena Online, Orchestral, Piano, Uncategorized

World Premiere Recording of André Mathieu: Concerto No. 3 features JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with Piano Soloist Alain Lefèvre Analekta CD Celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Canada and the 75th Anniversary of Mathieu’s Composition A world premiere recording of André Mathieu: Concerto No. 3, theConcerto de Quebec, paired with George Gershwin’s An American in Paris is now available on Analekta Records featuring acclaimed conductor JoAnn Falletta leading the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with soloist Alain Lefèvre. The CD debuted as the No. 1 classical album in Canada. Says Falletta: “The pairing of the Mathieu and Gershwin on our Analekta CD celebrates the 150th anniversary of…

Vale Rideout (Hades), Michael Mayes (Lucifer), Colleen Daly (Persephone); photo by Kathy Wittman and Ball Square Films

The Devil Came Up to Boston for Cerise Lim Jacobs’ New Opera, “REV. 23”

By Charles Geyer on 9 October 2017 Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Opera

REVIEW of REV. 23, a new comic opera that sees beyond the End of Days, conceived and written by Cerise Lim Jacobs, with a score by Julian Wachner; performed September 29, September 30, and October 1, 2017 at Boston’s John Hancock Hall; viewed here September 30 and October 1. The End was at hand, and it was a devil of a good time. The city of Boston recently got a privileged, early glimpse of the Apocalypse – and beyond – courtesy of resident visionary, opera-maker, and eschatologist nonpareil, Cerise Lim Jacobs, who not only conceived and wrote the libretto for…

Austin Symphony’s “Feast of Voices” Imaginative Programming

By Paul E. Robinson on 9 October 2017 Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral

“FEAST OF VOICES” Beethoven-Bruckner: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 “Pathétique” (lst movement) Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi Mahler-Britten: Symphony No. 3 (2nd movement) Bruckner: Te Deum Bruce Williams, viola Julia Taylor, soprano Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano Brian Yeakley, tenor Charles Evans, baritone Chorus Austin (Ryan Heller, director) Austin Symphony/Peter Bay Long Center for the Performing Arts Austin, TX October 7, 2017 In his opening remarks, conductor Peter Bay informed the audience that they were about to hear only the second performance ever of Anton Bruckner’s orchestration of the first movement of Beethoven’s “Pathétique” Sonata, making this a U.S.…

Lebrecht Weekly – Noa Wildschut, Mozart: Violin Concerto, Sonata (Warner)

By Norman Lebrecht on 6 October 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Classical, Lebrecht Weekly, Violin

Noa Wildschut, Mozart Yoram Ish-Hurwitz, Gordan Nikolić, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Warner I’m about to break an iron rule and review a kid playing the violin. And, no, I haven’t given in to peer pressure, though there has been plenty of it from the London agency that signed her at 15, and the record label that followed up. The kid’s 16 now, old enough to take a bit of criticism and interesting enough to warrant adult consideration. Noa Wildschut first appeared on Dutch television at six years old and at the Concertgebouw a year later. The child of two string players…

Stingray Classica, chaîne télé consacrée à la musique classique, désormais offerte par Vidéotron

By Newswire on 4 October 2017 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Newswire

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE Stingray Classica, la plus importante chaîne télé consacrée à la musique classique, désormais offerte par Vidéotron Montréal, le 4 octobre 2017 —Stingray (TSX : RAY.A; RAY.B), un chef de file des services musicaux multiplateformes interentreprises, a annoncé plus tôt aujourd’hui l’arrivée au pays de Stingray Classica, la destination télévisuelle consacrée à la musique classique la plus prisée au monde. Les abonnés Vidéotron seront les premiers téléspectateurs au Canada à pouvoir profiter des meilleurs concerts de musique classique, opéras et ballets filmés dans des établissements de renom, ainsi que de 50 premières exclusives par année. Stingray Classica est…

Love Songs Opéra Not for Everyone

By Adrian Rodriguez on 2 October 2017 Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Opera

What you miss: A great performance by the polyvalent mezzo Marie-Annick Béliveau as she explored with sounds that go from raspy-bluesy to classical to flat out screaming. Saxophonist Jean Derome also showed a big palette of colours and nuances. The music will please any fan of experimental sounds and dissonant harmonies. For those expecting an opera in the traditional sense, be warned, this is more of a song cycle with staging. The sense of the piece seems to be more to explore ways of expressing love than the search of beauty. Grapes: If you’re not a contemporary music lover and instead enjoy…

Lebrecht Weekly – Scriabin: 2nd symphony and piano concerto (Lawo classics)

By Norman Lebrecht on 30 September 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Classical Music, Lebrecht Weekly, Newswire

Alexander Scriabin: 2nd symphony and piano concerto Kirill Gerstein, piano Oslo Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko, conductor Lawo classics LWC113 Total duration 01:16:33 What did Alexander Scriabin have in common with Donald J. Trump? Small hands, that’s what. Scriabin’s 1897 piano concerto was an instant hit with similarly endowed artists, although it also won approval from Sergei Rachmaninov, whose mitts were mega-sized. Despite these contemporary endorsements, it has hovered ever since on the repertoire fringes. That may be due to uninspiring first movement, all meander and no meat. But the succeeding andante has one of the most memorable tunes in any piano concerto, as compelling…

Against the Grain Theatre #GoForBaroque in 2017/2018 season

By Newswire on 27 September 2017 Baroque and Early, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Newswire, Opera, Vocal

A Handel mash-up and an international co-production comprise AtG’s most expansive season to date TORONTO – Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) returns in its eighth season with BOUND, a pastiche workshop of new interpretations of Handel’s music, and a groundbreaking new production of Berlioz’s arrangement of Glück’s Orphée. AtG’s acclaimed #OperaPub nights return as a monthly fixture at the Amsterdam Bicycle Club, and the company collaborates with Canadian baroque-pop artist Kyrie Kristmanson at the Alliance Française in Toronto. In addition, AtG enters its second season as company-in-residence at the Canadian Opera Company (COC). This December, Artistic Director Joel Ivany and Music Director…

Nora Graham-Smith (Fury), Jamie-Rose Guarrine (Fury), Michael Mayes (Lucifer), Melanie Long (Fury)

Cerise Jacobs is Full of Revelations in Her New Opera, REV. 23

By Charles Geyer on 27 September 2017 Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Newswire, Opera

PREVIEW: of the world premiere of Cerise Lim Jacobs’ new opera REV. 23 (music by Julian Wachner), at Boston’s John Hancock Hall – September 29 at 7:30 p.m.; September 30 at 7:30 p.m.; and October 1 at 3 p.m. Boston-based librettist and myth-maker Cerise Lim Jacobs has an imagination that literally knows no bounds, as amply demonstrated by her newest work, the opera REV. 23, which is set to premiere in Boston this weekend and take audiences on an adventure beyond the End-of-Days. Revving for Take-Off The title, REV. 23, is a shorthand formation designating a chapter of the Bible…

Lebrecht Weekly – Haydn: Cello concertos

By Norman Lebrecht on 22 September 2017 CD and Book Reviews, Classical, Classical Music, Lebrecht Weekly, Newswire

When Pierre Boulez became music director of the New York Philharmonic in the 1970s, he refused to conduct Mozart, inserting Haydn instead. It did no good for Haydn. The Mozart lovers deserted in droves, while the cerebral types that Boulez hoped to attract were dismayed to find just as much frivolity in Papa Haydn as in the trivial Amadeus. Haydn’s reputation has taken years to recover. The instant appeal of this recording is that it contains not just two well-known Haydn concertos but three extra pieces that complement and contextualise them. The second benefit is that Steven Isserlis’s performance with…

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